The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-11
SPECIAL ELK TRAIN
IS IN A WRECK
Twin City Special and a Special
Stock Train in
Collision.
ANTLERED HERD ESCAPES
WITH SLIGHT INJURY
Three Trainmen Die at Their
Posts and Two Are
Injured.


stated. was contracted to be run special
all the way from Pittsburg TO Les An
geles, in the end resulted in the death
of three people. railroad men who died
at their posts, and the woundIne Of
two others, also railroad men. who were
injured al their posts OF duty But
the lives OF nineJy-siX passengers were
saved because the man who were killed
and wounded made all effort TO avoid
collision, which occurred head-on.
This is the story told the The Tribune
regarding collision which occurred
on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
between Cisco and White Horse, AT
1921 clock Saturday morning.
The collision was between the fifth
section of train No. ,. designated rs
special No us, carrying Elks ard
their friends from the twin cities, ST.
Paul and Minneapolis, and a special
stock train designated as No. 1889,
eastbound. The result was rs stated.
the death Of thTcc employees of She
road, the wounding OF two others. the
destruction Of two monster locomotives.
baggage car reduced Ia splinters. Il
Pullman partially destroyed, three cars
of sheep piled Up IN n heap and the
animals therein either killed or wound
ed. The collision occurred on a curve
between the points named,
Killed
HEIDERMAN, HENRY. engineer Of
the Twin City special; residence Grand
Junction; leaves wife and four chill
dren.
IlEINZE. Z. f., fireman. same train;
residence Grand Junction: unmarried.
VAUGHN - baggagcman. same
train: residence Grand Junction, un-
married. His fist trip.
Injured
BURKE. -. brakeman. stock train;
residence Grand Junction; probably
fatally.
HOUSTON. a. NJ, engineer stock
train; residence Grand Junction;
Slightly. 60
Junction between q and 8 o clock p,
m. FRIDAY, tho Twin City special being
the third one. The first one to arrive
Was sent out shortly after arrival, and
when the second was shifted
around in the yards the one carrying
the Pittsburg delegation, in six cars,
the Twin CITY special was attached 20
it. Then objection was made, so The
Tribune is informed by gentleman,
on the Twin City special. 10 having the
Twin City special of throe sleepers and
n baggage car attached, the Pitts
burgers, :; so this gentleman states.
have their train run special all the
way through, and that it would be run
that way or not run at ALL Finally
the Twin City special was detached
and the Pittsburg train departed.
Twin City Made Special.
Meanwhile the other three specials
were consolidated. and the Twin CITY
special was the last one TO be sent out
leaving Grand Junction at Los o clock
SATURDAY, morning, II was, as said,
the fifth section of No. D, but whether
ii was reported or not will be disclosed
by the inquiry TO be made by the raul
road officials.
Be that rs it may, ii is said that
The stock special had orders to await
on a siding for four sections Of NO. D
10 pass. each section having a special
number and that when these four
trains had passed the stock special
pulled out from the siding, The fifth
section of No. >. or special No. us,
supposng they had clear track, was
running at a rapid rate OF speed, with
the result as stated.
The impact was n terrific one, and
ibe debris was piled up thirty feet
high The heavy freight engine forced
the engine of the passenger special
back through the baggage car, which
acted rs Il cushion and into the yestl.
bule Of the first sleeper. the baggage
ear being reduced 80 kindliDg wood.
The big engine attached to the freight
rcnring itself almost straight up IN the
air. while three cars containing sheep
wcre piled mp in a henp: On top Of this
debris lay the body OF Engineer hel'
darman, while buried in the wreckage
were the bodies Of Fireman Hcinze and
Baggageman Vaughn. They were
frightfully manglcd, and were lowered
from the wrcckage IN blankets and
later sent back TO Grand Junction, as
were the injured men,
AL Asleep in Berths.
The passengers were all asleep and
4 the crash threw several from their
berths, bur beyond bruises and
scratches and being thoroughly shaken
IN, thcy were not hurt As soon rs pos
sible the men were out OF the cars
and while there was no light except
Z from the moon, the Lighting plant being
+ DESTROYED, went TO the rescue OF those
in the wreckage Later the ladies in
the party arrived in carriages for the
wounded men. There was no panic
among the passengers,
A physician who was q member Of
the PARTY rendered all the aid possible
to the wounded men and later add
tiouaI medical assistance from Tbomp-
eou. Green River and Grand Junction
arrived. The scene of the wreck was
3 about six miles from Cisco, the near
cst telegraph station. and men were
sent there TO notify the railroad officials
and to secure belP.
Wrecking trains were sent at once
with all needed supplies from Grand
I Junction and Green River. and General
Superintendent Daley, who was II Hell
per, was advised and he proceeded "a
4 the scene, as did Division Superiutend.
Ont Opg of the Green River division,
and they arrived early i'll the day and
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