Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-22
WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS.
While Crossing TrestIe Shore Line
Limited Struck a Rail Pulled
Out of Place.
Trnhcr. Baggage and Mail Cars ami
Two Pullmans Plunged Into Dry
Ditch Sixteen Fe' Below.


crossing a trestle 10 miles north of this
civ mt 1890 this morning, train No. 20,
,be Shore line limited, struck a rail that
81 ls claimed had been pulled out of
r,ooe by train wrecscrs, and six cars,
ave of which contained passengers or
railroad employees. were hurled into the
drv creek 16 feet below. one man was
ltll.d and more than dozen other pas
sengers and railroad employees were
more or less severely hurt.
DEAD.
r j. McMahon, member electrical
workers union, Santa Barbara, was
supposed to have been stealing ride
on the blind baggage.
THE INJURED.
Frank Nahlor. Santa Barbara, "A
wears old. who was riding with Me-
Nahon: badly cut about face, head
and body, decorations, bruises will re-
Rose Fettcrman, Cleveland, o., brok
en- jaw and nose, badly hurt.
Benjamin Dixon, FruitVale, Cal, por-
ter; shoulder broken.
William Love. Chicago colored, por-
ter: nose broken, dishgured for life.
Edward Wilcox, Fruitvale, Cal; back
badly spralned.
a. G. Young, Marshall, Mo; cuts
and decorations about head.
W. McLain, Los Angeles; cuts and
bruises.
Mrs Moody, Los Angeles; muscles
sprained and body bruised.
Mrs Schneider, Los Angeles. right
hand cut body and head bruised.
Fern OpdelSe, Los Angeles, bruises
ana cuts
Several other passengers received
minor injuries and We're brought to
this city on the relief train. After be-
ing treated at the receiving hospital
they went TO their hotels or homes.
What seems 10 be convincing evil
dcnce of the method employed to
wreck tile train was discovered al
most before the injured had been re-
moved from the crushed ana spliut-
cred cars. Just az the edge Of the
ueste the bolts and plates of Two rails
lad been removed, and a heavy Wire,
fastened to the head of a each rail,
was Joined in such fashion that a
person standing on the sloping hill
side, many yards distant, could pull
the rails from place.
That this was the means employed
u wreck the train there seems no
reason to doubt The train was three
hours late and according to the state
lnent of the engineer ana fremen was
travelling between 80 and 30 miles
an hour, endeavorlng to make up
time. The first intimation OF any
thing wrong was when the wheels
of tho engine left the rails and ran
along the ties of the trestIc. which
IS double tracked. Fortunately the
engine did not plunge over the edge,
hut continued n for about 80 yards,
Stopping on solid ground beyond the
trestle
The tender, followed by baggage
h..
two Pullman cars. followed the di-
roction OF the misplaced rail and shot
on the trestle into the dry bed OF the
creek. In the descent three of the
coaches. including one Pullman and
the diner turned completed over,
striking on their roofs Two Pull
mans and the observation car re-
manned on the track. The fall crush
Cd ana damaged several OF the cars
and It was In the grinding crash that
me passengers We're hurt
As soon as possible the uninjured
lItlnnen and passengers scrambled
down the steep bank TO the overturned
cars. Through broken windows and
doors forced with axes welded from
within and without the frightened
passengers emerged while from the
darkened interiors came the groans
and cries Of the helplessly injured
News Of the wreck was received I'm
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a. a,5 ,eiiei train carTylng seVera. physi-
Ie,. $500 D. ~" tVr Luz s.g,ie "itn"ut ue-
va trel, art'N1l slIe.cheIS
,,crs,,, a., 80 80 ,,,eu 'l'u 'ne Hone s
,Lie 'nJurSu were illaue as cohllort-
VIII ne niS % ,o,,+,rns 4,,o ,,oin
men made an examination Of the track
roa eiaer 70 aeterni,ne II POSSIBLE the
llrst coach, which remained on the
,rtt,, Was found me loosened rails;
,hra,,o,, 'nI wires hTeurelY fastened
uHlung IN single strand that led into
W rh % u A,,. ON me hill-Hlae.
lit. ne eIElne crew, consisting OF I'm
~ ~ n1rles Mccain ana Fireman
W., w, Mcdresor, remained aboard
lne engine and was unIniured, Con
Ituet9r Blushinrton and Brakeman
ruplls We're also unscaihod.
.,, lm. injured We're brought TO This city
shortly aiter 3 o'clock on train IN. %.
lhe 'coaslcr' which followed tho
WWrecked train, closely hut witch was
Hstf,n before re'ching the trestle.
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