Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-26
TWO hCCIOENTS|N
RAILROAD YARDS
Michael Marine Run Over at Il. G,
w. Depot Dies of Injuries
Shortly After.
GARFIELD ENGINE BLOWS UP.
Fireman Harry RWgg Badly Scaltcd
While Train Grew In Cab Has
Some Narrow Escapes.

The hour between and 10 clock
Inst night witnessed two serious rail-
road accidents, the victim of ono OF
which died at 1890 this morning.
While the other lies in a preeartous
condition ct So. Marks hospital.
One Of The casualties occurred In tho
local yards OF tho Rio Grandc. A
young man of unbalanced mind, by
the name Of Michael Marine, about 9S
Years OF age, was wandering about the
railroad yards On Third Souh street.
and WAS run ovsr by a string OF rleight
cars that We're being switched hack
and forth, The poor fellow must
have lain there nearly an hour before
II, Nlagmey Luke Shaw and Louis
ISohler, car repatrers. happened to-
pass mat way IN the performance Of
their duties The men heard groans,
and after some search found Marine
stretched out on the rails With both
legs cut OFT below the Knees and his
ttSht arm severed above the elbow.
They carried the unfortunate man tu
tho baggage room and stauched his
wounds the best they could until the
arrival OF DR.. Warren Benjamin. the
ttio Graude physician, who attended
tho sufferer and ordered hirn sent To-
the 81 Marks hospital Local Agent
Alley who Was requested 10 take care
% the case. SAID he could not do so
under the law AS a railroad case but
ne and the other railroad employees
did what they could to- relieve the
spileter and diligently piled both tale-
phone lines In an effort to gel u physl-
clan TO take care Of Marine. The i'm.
putAtlpn that Agent Alley did not re.
Spond to The humane instinct TO as-
slst the unfortunate sufferer Is err one
ntlS, aud the only delay accustomed in
securing such assistance was IN not
being able 10 locate DR. CalderwoOl.
The county physician, The railroad
physician was secured and he respond
ca quickly auG everything was done
that was possible for the injured man.
both by tine physicians and the hos.
niial corps, but Marine passed away
az ~ Su This morning as the result of
his injuries.
Young Marine lived with his par
lnts az 213 south Fifth West street
For 10 or IL Years no has suffered
With unsourd mind. and np 10 recent
ly was confined in the mental asylum
"a Provo, Els father is very sick and
the news OF the accident was Kept
from him, until this morning. when
the son died Just how the accident
happened will probably newer be
known, but II is supp psed that Marine.
who was prone TO wander, crawled un-
Ger the cars to get by when the swltc h
engine started the train crushing him
under the wheels.
ENGINE BLOWS UP.
The other accident happened Ia
Harry Rngs. a fireman on tho switch
engine at Garfield This engine,
which is used In switching ore cars
for the American Smelling and Refn-
ing company, had been standing idle
for some % minutes when the boiler
blew up seriously iniuring Rugg, and
completely demolishing the engine.
AT the time OF the accident the cab
WAS coupled by The engineer, flreua n,
conductor and brakeman. Tho CON
duetor was ON the engineers side
while the brakeman WAS stan ding near
the fireman who had just left his seat
and was standing IN front of the fire
box door when the explosion took
place. Tho front of the engine was
blown out. the fire door was buried IN
the coal of the tender and the whole
engine lifted from the track and
wrecked by the force OF the explosion.
The brakeman was blown a consider
able distance buI was not seriously
injured, nor We're the engineer or CON
euctOr badly hurt.
RuGg was attended by a Garfield
physician and later brought In to this
city on the Rio Cirhndo road. arriving
here early this morning. He was sent
to ST. Marks hospital, and shortly be-
fore noon this morning ho was pro
uounCed some better. bat was suffer
ing a great deal Of pain.
The cause Of the explosion Is at
tributed by the engineer to the calling
OF the crown sheet, as he said there
WAS plenty OF water In the boiler.