The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-10
Collides Head=on With Stock Train East Of
White Horse, Utah. Three Trainmen
Believed to Be Beneath Wreckage

Salt Lake City. July 10-TAree
trainmen are missing. and are believ
cd to be buried under the wreckage
OF extra stock train No. 1889, east
bound, which went into head-on col
lision with the Twin City Elks' spec
ial train, west-bound, at mile-post oil,
east of White Horse, Utah, at o'clock
this morning. In addition to these,
two trainmen are injured, one serious
ly. Nc passengers were killed or in
jured, though they were badly shaken
up.
The collision Is believed, at the Of
fees OF the Denver & Rio Grande here,
20 have heen caused by miSunder.
standing of orders and an error in
tagging No investigation has yet
been instituted by the officials to place
the responsibility for the wreck.
When the Twin City Elks' special,
west-bound, in charge of Conductor
Dodson aud driven by Engineer Hen
rv Heldeman OF Grand Junction, met
the special stock train, an extra, In
charge OF Conductor Billig and driven
by Engineer A NJ Houston, both of
Grand Junction. both engines were
thrown from the track and piled In a
heap OF scrap iron. One baggage car
of the Ellcs' special was mashed to
splinters. and five double-deck stock
cars loaded with sheep. bound for the
eastern Colorado ranges. were derail-
ed and piled in a confused heap along
the track
Scenes Of confusion quickly follow
ed the disaster. Passengers in the
sleeping cars Of the Elks' special were
thrown from their berths. while wom-
en- screamed and tainted.
Missing.
Engineer Henry Heidcman, OF Twin
CITY Elks' special, residence Grand
Junction.
Baggageman Vaughn, same train,
residence Grand Junction.
Fireman e. F. Heinze, same train,
residence Grand Junction.
Injured.
Brakeman Burke, Grand Junction,
serious.
Engineer A. M Houston. Grand
Junction. slight injuries.
II is not believed that the mon
could nave survived after being bur
led under the mass of twisted iron
and splintered timbers from the
wrecked cars
Horror was added to the scene by
the injuring of many Of the sheep that
were in the FIVE double-decked stock
cars. which were also piled up on the
track. The bleating of the injured an
imals was pltiful, and added to the
distressing scenes.
As quickly as tne injured men were
o1n,Tartoh1n In rho claaTnT
canvass was made of the passengers
of the Elks' special. 1t was learned
that not one passenger was Injured,
beyond suffering few minor bruises
from being thrown from their berths
The nearest telegraph station Is
Cisco, which is seven miles from the
point where the collision occurred. As
soon as possible men were sent to tnis
point, whence adyices were immedi-
atelv transmitted to Salt Lake city
and 10 Grand Junction.
Wrecking trains were ordered to
the scene from Grand Junction and
Green River.
The work of removing the wreckaGe
and searching for the bodies OF the
men buried in the wreckage and be-
Ievcd TO have been killed, was taken
up as quickly as possible and will be
carried forward as rapidly as the men
can remove the debris,
The work of constructing a "shoo
fly" around the wreck TO permit OF
the passage of passenger trains was
begun, and it is believed that trains
will be moving at o'clock this aft
ernoon. In the event this "shoo fly
cannot be placed quickly enough to
hermit the moving of trains by that
hour, the company will probably
transfer their passengers to trains 60
ing either way.