Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-15
INQUIRIES WAY TO SALT LAKE.
Two Brothers Searching for His
MangIed Body Start Out
On New Clue.
Wrcckasc Cleaned Up or the Track
At 1880 This Morning ana Train
Service is Resumed.
Especial, to the "Ncws.,,)

Telluride Power Plant, Jordan Mar
rows, Oct. 10, 2.30 u. m.-A telephone
message from Fort HERMAN has been
received TO the effect that two boys
driving cows to pasture this morning
encountered II man In overaIls. grimy
and greasy. walking painfully along
the cattle. track. According to the
boys the man appeared to be dement,
ed and dnzed but sensible enough to
ask his way to Salt Lake. He stated
III rambling fashion that he had
been out In the mountains since yes
tcrday afternoon ana was now walk
jig home. This man Is believed to be
the missing engineer. Tom LoftIls, Of
Yesterdays wreck. The Rio Grandc
train dispatcher was promptly notified
and he is now here trying to get into
communication with Ft. HERMAN to
get further details. The two brothers
OF tile missing engineer WHO hnve been
searching the river and vicinity for
their brother since yesterday afternoon
have started III tho direction tic lnys-z
terio,ls stranger is supposed to have
taken. Tint he Is the missing cngi-s
nccr seems to be the opinion OF all as
in this Isolated region even tramps are
practically unknown and stranger
is noticed at once.
DESPITE tile fact that the country
around Jordan Narrows has been gone
over by searching parties and the adj
ditional fact that the river has been
dragged, no trace of Engineer LOTUS
had been obtained UP until 2 p.m.today.
Lotus was thought to have been
caught In his cab in yesterdays wreck
on the Rio Grande. but, when the debris
was loosened up, nothing could be seen
of the engineer.
The wreck occurred about 2.30 yes.
terday morning. over So hours have
passed since the two freight trains met
in head-on collision 20 miles south of
Salt Lake, and the fate of Lotus re-
mains still unknown.
BY some 1t is believed he was killed
and cremated in the blaze which broke
out when the red hot Goals from the
4 two engines We're thrown out among
the demolished cars. The fire was ex-
tinguished before 1t spread however.
Perhaps the most logical guess is
made by men now at the scene of the
wreck. There are still big heaps of
coal along the track" was the message
sent to the News late this afternoon.
These have not been raked over at
all. coal being shoyeled from the
tracks, only. LOTUS has undoubtedly
been thrown to the side of the track
when his engine and the extra met. The
body is almost sure to be found under
the heaps OF fuel
RIVER DRAGGED.
Some imagined the engineer might
have fallen into the river and been
drowned, but dragging and redragglng
has been fruitless. Others thought
Lotus might have escaped bodily in-5
Jury. and losing his reason through his
horrible experience, wandered away.
The belief that the lifeless body of
the engineer will be found in the coal Is
getting widest attention and most ere
dence.
by daylight this morning, the first train
passing over the scene at 1920. Dur
Ing the remainder Of the forenoon traf-
fic was on as usual.
The company has no statement ready,
concerning the cause of the accident.
Although the general belief is that or
ders We're msread and that the regular
Should have been on a siding to let
the extra pass, no official information
is Forthcoming yet.
j. NJ. Carroll. one Of the injured, was
discharged from the st. Marks hospital
yesterday. E. w. Raymond and A.
G. McDougal are still under treatment
mt that hospital for injuries sustained
in the accident. Both patients are do
Raymond will be discharged in few
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