The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-02


ing to the enormous speed. The in
spector on the station platform, watch
in hand. followed her course with his
eye, and was Mortified to see the train
leave the rails and jump to the vacant
line on the right and plunge into the
rear of the milk train. A crash like
the roar of artillery awakened many
inhabitants of Salisbury, a mile away.
Within twenty seconds the whole train
became a mass of wreckage, the pom
derous engine having smashed the
guards van of the milk train to at
oms and killed guard Instantly all
the carriages broke from their COUP
lings. The engine hurled itself against
the edge of the strong iron parapet
which bounds the bridge over the road
way. Fortunately it struck the para
pet almost end on and SO probably
saved it from carrying away the para
pet and projecting the train into the
street below.
Startling Results.
However, the iron work of the para
pet was twisted out of shape and a
portion of it was detached and fell
to the pavement beneath. The impact
with the bridge was startling In its
results. While the under parts of the
railway carriages remained on the
track, though off the rails, the wood
work of the carriages projected over
the bridge. and the street below was
strewn with glass and splinters- One
passenger was even hurled right
through the side of a broken carriage
thirty feet to the enbankment and
either killed by the fall or by the mass
of wreckage that fell upon him.
The locomotive and tender, rebound
ing from the parapet' hurled their I'M
mense weight against the stationary
locomotive, which became wreck its
boiler exploding and so severely scaid-
inc, the driver and the fireman that the
latter has since died. The express en-
zine 1naaly turned turtle, broken
hacked INTO the midst of torn VI
rails.
Wreck Was Complete.
The wreck was horribly complete
Carria ge was piled upon carriage az
though by giant hands, the stationary
ENGINE tilted toward the concrete pat
form with the WreckGge of one car
riogo IN it's tOp. and the engine ant
tender of theN express almost looked
into the stationary engine, everything
being smashed and splintered with tn
exception of the guards van Oh IN
express. which, owing the the pres
ence of mind of the guard, VINO QUICK
lv applied the brakes, was not over
turned. ,..,... o,,o
The directions to engine drivers owe
this portion of the line Is liot. 10 ca
coed a speed of thirty mlles an noui
but it is alleged that calculations Ddee'
on the times at which different sigma
pnvec were PASSED showed that TIL
sneed was exceeded. Unfortunatel.
hoth the engineer and the stoker ar
dead and therefore il may be dlfilcul
/ 80 ohtain reliable evidence as 10 III
Snead tho train was running when IN
| accident occurred.
Silence Was Ominous.
The few officials at the station, Wh
| ,,-oro coon re-enfOrced by willing help
orc from the town, with the aid
1amns. began the work of rescue. In
| snnctaele that met their gaze wa
hesrtrending. Instead OF the shrlek
that might have been expected. omln
ous silence added to the horrors OF IN
some In the carriages huddled /
yvrackaee almost under the wheels Q
tho ,1nfurned engine death had bee
busiest Here nine men and five won
ON were taken out dead soon a1ter III
accident. The driver and fireman WEI
dead in their cab. These were all take
to the waiting-room, and several OF III
injured were given first aid and dis
Matched to the infirmary, when forlu
natelv was not far distant.
Bodies damned Together.
When an opening was made into tn
second carriage a terrible sight was re
veaIed. At one end of a compartnlei
severaI bodies were damned togetht
in an almost unrecognizable mass
ryos six or eight hours before 1t wa
fornd POSSIBLE to remove them. In or
; nart of the coach the Sentell tamil
from New York were travelling togetf
: az of whom only Edward W. Sente
! was found alive three hours after u
: accident. Some water was handeu Ill
through a hole in the wreck and ne wa
: soon removed to the inflrmary' pleee
; ing from q scalp wound ana WIN n
{ left leg badly fractured.
t An immense gang or men with pow
! orfuI equipment of trains worked
49, 1ono, clearing away the debris, ar
7 bout 2 o'clock this afternoon tral
; got through. ..,,.
. The MAYOR of Salisbury telegraphe
y 20 American Ambassador Whitela
Pe;d AT London heartfelt sympathy
, hahaIf of the citizens of the town
! Enc whole American nation. Similar e.
! nressions of sympathy were voiced
+ he sermons in all the Salisbur
: churches.
Not Expected to Recover.
2 Inquiry at the infirmary late tonigl
. elected the fact that r. S. Critchell
> Chicago was unconscious from a fra
h ture at the base of the skull and TIL
: both legs were fractured. He is III
exDected to recover. Miss M. Hftcl
!, cock of New York is progressing favo
v ably. Miss 1. S. Griswold has unde
e gone an operation. Miss Margar