Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-23
Westbound Southern Pacific No.
S Goes Into Ditch Near
Deeth, New.
ONE DEAD, TWENTY-FIVE HURT
Tom Reynolds of Salt Lake Is Among
The niurcd--Broken Rail
Caused Smash,

Elko. New Jan. 23.--Southern Pacific
train No, !, westbound, wa s deraiIed n,
1899 last night, one mile east of Deeth
New, resulting in the death of one and
INJURY OF 20 passengers. None of the
crew was injured.
The dead:
). Hoskins, residence unknown; frac-
tured skull
severely injured:
9. j. Roberts of Pennsylvania; severe
cut on head.
Bedilla Kahn. Butte, Mont; head nd
face cut and bruised.
Tom Reynolds. Salt Lake; fractured
leg.
G. Z. Sherman of Montana: head cut.
number OF others sustained minor
cuts and bruises, but all, with the ex-
ception of one We're able to resume the
journey. The body OF Hoskins was ia
ken TO Elko, where an inquest will be
held
No. left Wells at 10 o'clock, rum
ming about four hours late. Just be-
fore reaching Deeth, while running 40
miles an hour the baggage, smoker,
chair car, diner. tourist and three Pull
man cars left the rails. plunged over a
lo-foot enbankment and rolled over.
Only the engine and an empty express
car We're left intact. The chair car was
forced from its trucks and clear of the
right of way. fully 100 feet from the
track The smoking car suffered most,
and 1t was here that Hoskins was
killed.
AS soon as possible word was sent to
Deeth, and within 80 minutes four ply
sicians with assistants We're sent from
Elko. Everything was done TO make
the passengers as comfortable as pos
sible. but owing to the intense cold sew
eral suffered severely.
4 lie Inn n I'll IL,
was made up at Deeth and proceeded
at once to Reno where further arrange
ments will be made
The cause of the accident is not
known at present, but 1t is supposed to
be due to a broken rail. The delay 10
traffic will not exceed 10 hours.
Following within ten days of a wreck
on the southern Pacific. Western ex-
press No. s. westbound on this road
was ditched q mile east Of Deeth. Ne
vada, 1874 miles west of Ogden shortly
before midnight last evening. The en-
tire train of eight cars was hurled from
the tracks. turning turtle at the bot
tom OF steep embarrassment. A man
riding ON the blind baggage, S. Hos
kins. was killed, and n number of pas
sengers injured. The railroad officials
assert that none were hurt at all seri-
ously. Superintendent Buckingham's
office in this city had received no COM
plete report up until noon today. Chief
dispatcher Wright left Ogden with
wrecking crew early this morning and
will remain on the scene until the de-
bris has been cleared up. The acci-
dent is not believed 10 have done much
damage 10 the tracks and no long in
terruption of traffic is expected.
The train was going at a speedy clip,
being four hours late. report sent
into headquarters attributed TO the ac-
cident 10 broken brake beam, but
later Information indicates that a spring
hanger dropped on To the road bed and
as the train was travelling AT high
speed threw the cars from the rails
The two day coaches were thrown n
distance OF 200 feet, and II Is a miracle
n number OF passengers We're not killed.
The engine did not leave the tracks.
the first baggage car did, however. fol-
lowed by the second baggage coach.
diner two day coaches, tourist sleeper
and two Pullman sleepers, The in
jured passengers were taken 20 Wells.
Nevada, where medical attention was
In readiness. The latest reports says
10 passenger was so badly hurt that
he cpnnot continue his Journey A
number ~ Salt Iakers are on No. s.
:. Hoskips the dead man, was ayi-
IDENTIFY a laborer IN company with u.
!. Roberts he left Ogden yesterday
having purchased an agreement ticket
from a labor contractor IN the Junction
city to go 10 BeWs. 10 work on the
Western Pacific. II IN believed he got
off nj Colre and then climbed upon the
blind baggage Of the express, He comes
from Illinois or some neighboring state
but his home Is unknown. An efforr
will be made 20 locate ID. J. Roberts
his COMPANION. who may be able 10
furnish the desired Information nhont
HoskinE The Southern Pacific had
wreck az CARNEY 10 days ago. greatly
similar 10 .last nights accident. A
broken rail- Threw six cars on the tracs
killing three persons and injnring over
two dozeu passengers and members OF
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