Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-11
CLEARING AWAY
DEBRIS OF WRECK
How Railroad Forces Were As
sembIed After the COL
IiSi0n.
LAB0RERS AND HONEY FEAST
They Tucked IL In Their shirts But q
Cruel Joke Spoiled Their
Fun.

Cruel Joke Spoiled Their
Fun.
The handling OF q big wreck like
yesterdays north ofSalt Lake ISL thing
about which the public knows but little.
Il learns that a wrec1er arrived from
Ogden. and a relief train from salt
Lake. but the technical progress Of in-
formation and orders, and tho progress
by which the wrecker finally gets into
action. is a thing buried deep beneath
tn system of railroad operating.
People who rode 20 tho wreck on
the salt Lake special train noticed that
IL carried a large number OF Greek
laborers. and that the train was stop
ped i'm the North salt lake yards TO
let them of They perhaps wondered
OF this but probably few noticed that
rail station was located there and
that the Greeks had been left TO load
rails for f0llow-up train.
Those on the train noticed the tail
sUitchman who stood on the front fiat
car signalling 10 the engineer, but few
noticed the chunky little man who
AN undertone.
Who this man was the curious found
out i'm "a short time when the train
was slowed down and AN were ordered
OF except those who were ON business.
I The brakeman delivered the orders.
Newspaper men appealing for per-
mission 70 stay on were referred % j.
w. Davis. assistant general superiu-
tendent.
LUNCH or WRECkER.
At o'clock those at the wreck
learned again who Davis was. APP
preaching steam heated fireman who
had worked a hose until he was almost
exhausted. Davis said:
How'd you fellows like cup OF
coffee about now p"
Great. but how I'm -- could
YOU get It out in this blistering
place o.
"WeU if YOU want one just drop
down TO that second car behind the
wrccking derrick and feed up"
And tho workers dropped 5own.'
To some 10 was 10 md revelation Of
how complete a Wrccking train
can be. Aoetylene are lamps,
hanging from the higher pro-
| iections. could transform the
the wreck occurred then. a car Of
trucks could have placed rolling pow
1 or under the most damaged cars, had
! this been necessary 70 get n clear
track A car of ties ami rails could
! have been used 20 build track
around the wreck had this In turn
been found 10 be the problems solu-
ton.
DERRICK LIFTS LOCOMOTIVES.
a huge iron derrick. capable Of
hosting so tons into tho air occupied
the foremost car. 30 that IL could
readily nose into the wreck
s sss for or i PlSnd' right to Of @f' w 9yt
Finally. 10 add the last touch 10 sci
cntihc wrccking. a dining car, heavily
stocked with provisions, was attached.
The table was built for 10, IL had an
0ilcloth top. but the range was larCe.
and the roast beef was juicy that was
served with hot coffee within one hour
after the special train arrived at the
scene Here again was modern de-
Nelopment, for with a table for 10.
there was a range large enough 20
cook for a trainload OF passengers had
the emergency occurred TO make this
necessary.
WORKED N HARMONY.
80 army detachment ever worked
ln more perfect harmony than did
the wrcckiug crew from Ogden. Each
man knew where he belonged, and
what part of its intricate machinery
De was 90 watch.
one hour before they were fishing
into tho red hot wreck with long irons
and guiding the graphing hooks into
places where they could hold 20 tho
twisted debris. the members OF the
crew were at work in the ogden yards
/ at the casual occupations OF the day
MESSAGE AT OGDEN
Twenty minutes after tho wreck. the
train Dispatcher had wired the ono
word wreck to AN officials who should
know about d in order to put into posi-
/ ton tho railroads resources OF rocup-
Grafton. Messenger boys from the Og-
den depot were sent with messages in
every direction 10 hnd crow members,
wherever they happened TO be az work
! The message simply read wreck and
tI the man it meant that within 20
minutes he must Boo AZ "a certain place.
from which the vrcckng train would
leave within % minutes. 10 stands on "a
designated track in the yards. subject
tO emergency call. and thc members OF
its crew with the train left the depot
just "A minutes after notice that it
uls needed was received, This was
hardly time for an engine 20 fire up.
h1l lt been without steam.
WORKING BOTH ENDS.
As Davis assistant general superin-
/ tandeut. stood on the front end OF the
| Cat car going north Don the morning no
auew what other preparations were go
ink 0n, and his railroad horse sense
showed itself when he had the engine
pacrI in the rear OF the Gear carrying
| thc Orc engine go that this fire engine
! could Doe pushed as close 1E possible 90
hr south end of tho burning engines,
Nhl. lhg NTtcker approached with its
derrick from the north. t0 strive 90
pull them apart
HONEY THIEVES BURNED.
m all moments OF tragedy the lighter
muse of comedy is not FAR distant
There was one huge joke played in
/ working ou The wreck yesterday. and 10
! ls suspected that the fine Italian hand
0f the assistant general superintendent
was NOD far out of focus whom the
| l0he WAS planned
| Tr tho News account of the wreck
published yesterday it win De romom-
| bored that a car OF honey was mcn-
/ toned Tho car of honey was returned
/ t0 salt Lake yesterday afternoon. That
/ n tha honey was returned after 10 had
boon Pun into "a new refugerauug car
/ .nut 0ut t0 receive a.
/ While ID was stacked near tho wreck
, number of Greek lahorcrs were
noticed sNdlng one pound cases OF
. D..... daft. fHoIH shirt frantic Mnf "a