Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-22


The l;epo Gazette 1T the 20 ia contains
the following regarding III, wrca at
Verdi:
One OF the most disastrous wrecks
that has happened on the Souther u
Pacific line for several months occurred
At T:3o last night, when a broken car
wheel caused extra eas,bound freight
train No. 1853 to pile up in II mass Of
%vreckage in a deep cut betw, en- Marmol
and Fleis, delaying all traffic over the
line. killing four people aud seriously
injurinH two others.
Twelve cara were completely demo.
hshed, ono car of OIL WIS thrown into
the river by the accident ind II mass Of
ing all trufiic over the read. All OF the
dead and injured men were tramps and
none OF the tram crew were injured,
although two brakemen had mariculeus.
escapes. The track was torn UP for a
distance Of over five hum | feet
aud in places the rails and it's are
buried from sight, having been torn
from the road bed, mud pressed IN to the
ground.
Tbose who Witnessed the wreck and
others who were present shortly after it
occurred cay that it presents "a fearful
sight and that Immediately after il had
occurred the cries Of the injured were
terrible to hear. Two men wete taken
from u car loaded with pipes. and
were saturated with oil from au oil car
next to the one they were riding on.
Another man was nearly drowned by
this oil and died from his injuries after
being taken from under the mass Of
twisted iron and steel.
Ed Lyon. one Of the injured men, is a
cousin nf n. a.. funnel. the we'll known
Reno attorney. lie has Il shoulder
dislocated, his nose is broken and he
has a number Of very painful scalp
wounde. lie was saturated with oil and
is III a serious condition. In speaking
Of his experiences this. morning, he
said:
81 was riding on u cal load OF pipe
with two other men and II little boy
when the crash came. just as the v heeI
broke I knew Tint something was hap,
penIng mud crnwled into Que of the
pipes. guess | saved my life by
doing this IA one OF the men on the cal
with me was killed and the other was
injured worse thar ! am. When the
crash came, the pipe I was in, was ben
and my shoulder was dislocated, | was
pinned TO the pipe but III n TOW minutes
the engineer of the train heard my cry
for help and assistel int to escape from
the steel C, lirder III which | was en-,
closed.
Il then helped to release the little
hoy that had crawlcd into another pirt
a short time before the train was wreck.
ed. This little fellow was not Injured
and after being released he looked
around aud then asked Tor something
to eat. He was n typical little trnmI
and had no thought OF tue dargei
through which he had passed. IIis
escape was miraculous. Tho pipe il
which he had crawled WIS pincLet
together at both ends rs "A man wonlC
pinch a cigarette together, and although
he was badly shaken up | do not believe
he was scratched"
The wreck near Verdi last night WIZ
the sixth one to occur within the pms
ten days, and when the company looked
around for wreckIng crews to clcal
away the wreckage it fonnd that the,
were all employed. The ST arks wreck
er was NJ Gilpin CLEARING away the
wreCkage resulting from the collision
there last Saturday aiternoou, while the
Truckee wrecker was at Heddiug clear
ing up II wreck thni occurred Mt thai
place few days ago.