Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14
BADLY INJURED.


y. McAlcer, engineer extra freight,
ePcstbonnd
BADLY INJURED.
Fireman TI,o,nns--Scalp wounds,
badly, bruised.
Fireman McDougan. No. 90
Bruises.
Brakeman Raymond--Nose broken.
shoulder hurt.
Bliilctfl-Ilic body of Engineer
LOTUS Is now believed to be under n
carload Of slack which turned over
as he jumped. Twelve cars loaded
witt, coal. steel. drygools and mer-
clIrndisc are piled up. The fire was
slbdned in Its inclDiency and big
gangs OF mon arc pulling the wreck
apart. with the result traffic will be
resumed late. tonight. The accident
occurred In Il deep cut which forms
part OF a curve.
Il That two have been killed and two
badly injured IN q freight wreck on the
Rio Grande at 2:SO o'clock this morning
4 is known, despite the efforts OF the To-
cal operating Offices to keep the affair a.
/ dark mystery. The wreck was head
son collision which occurred at Jordan
II Nnrrows, one half mile west OF divers,
4 u station just 20 miles from Salt Lake.
n Train No. &c, the regular eastbound
asfreight. left here at midnight last night
SSWith Engineer Lotus of this city at
\ the throttle and Fireman McDouEan.
gpIN,tIn e,- To-
55it is supposed the regular was to have
" had a clear track and was moving UNI.
& der that understanding. The extra was
Il probably supposed to have takefl3a sid
sing at divers, or some point near there,
d but was either ahead or behind time,
4 ana it's crew. believing it could make
Y q siding ahead before the regular came
i along, had set their train rolling at
good gait, too. The two trains came
together with a terrific crash. So sud-
denly did they meet that the engineers
We're killed at their posts and the fire.
I men escaped by a miracle
The offices here furnish little light
I upon the unfortunate affair and seem
to have an idea that killing OF train
Z crews or passengers is none OF
\ the publics business" This stand has
been taken many times by Rio Grande
operating officials. Unlike the Harri
! man lines. which offer all kilograms and
data to the press, the Rio Grande at
/ tempts to cover up accidents as muir
tlerer tries to cover traces of his bloody
4 deeds.
A, wrecking crew and train had
been sent to the scene as soon as
possible, but the engineers had been
/ caught squarely and death came before
hand could be lifted to save them.
/ Engineer Lotus was pinned beneath
tile wreckage. All efforts to get him
out were futile and 1t is almost a GER
tainty that he was killed in the COLI
sion.
Dr.. calderwood and others left Salt
Il Lake as soon as word of the wreck was
given them. DR.. Calderwood left this
4 morning. He boarded a street car to
i Murray and had a rig waiting for him
there. Others left for the Narrows in
1 automobiles. Those Injured We're soon
under medical care and 1t is believed.
hut two lives will be lost Trains pass
4 Ing east and west this morning We're
i transferred to the Salt Lake Route
\ tracks and thus traffic was kept on the
h move.
LEAVES THREE ORPHANS.
Up to Il late hour this afternoon the
a8body of Engineer Lotus had not been
%lccated under the burning wleckage.
although one of the wrecked engines
ssHhad been brought into the Salt Lake
e yards. The body of Engineer McAleer,
swho is also Salt Lake man, was
q found behind the tank OF his engine.
n His Iecks had been broken and he died
y instantly, being saved the horror Of
n the flames,
Y The death OF Engineer LOTUS is de-
!8cit.Gdly pathetic as but a few months
M ago III. lost both his wife and baby,
s&the former dying from consumption:
with his three remaining children, All
B boys aged 3, S and 10 years respectively
a he lived alone.
Conductor Williams of the tram or
4 when Thomas Loftus vas the engineer
4 atlfved in Salt Lake this afternoon anu
u took charge Of the children, taxing
Il them to his home.
DEATH OF DR.. WALLACE.