Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-17
Boiler EXPL0DEs
KILLING TWO MEN.
Series of Adventures on Uintah
Railroad eliminates With
Bad Accident.
sNowsLIDE MISSES TRAIN.
Fearful Experiences of Seven Men and
Two Women Passengers at Baxter
Pass on Utah Line.

One of the worst railroad accidents
1 was ever in. and one the like of which
hope I may never see again. occurred
on Friday. Jan, I. on the line OF the
Uintah railway. between Mack, Colo,
and Dragon. In Utah" The speaker
was w. w. Cluff. Jr., one of the local
managers of the Wyeth Hardware COM
pany. with Offices in the Mackintosh
building on West Temple and Second
South. Mr.. Clufr returned Saturday
from quarterly trip through eastern
Utah, and was back at his desk this
morning.
Two men were killed in the accl-
dent. which was caused by the expIo-
sion Of the engine boiler. One of these
men, Mr. Sutton, the roadmaster OF
the Uintah railway. was travelling on
the engine, and he was killed outright
The fireman, Samuel Hancock. was so
badly scalded that his death resulted
at $50 the next morning. The accident
happened at ] 10 a. m. Friday.
TIED UP ON BAXTER PASS.
I'VE left Mack at 2:sO p m. Thurs
| day, and had trouble with SNOW all the
! way up the rond We reached Baxter
| pass 50 miles from Mack, and were
unable to go any further on account of
| the snow which was piled up 10 or 20
| feet in front OF us We tried to go
! back, but the snow was so deep back
| OF us that we could not get through.
There we were. tied up on one of tho
| highest points of the Rocky mountains.
| with no food and no telling how soon
we should get out
But the worst was yet to come. Tie
| engine ran out OF water. and none
was to be had The trainmen tried to
melt snow for the boiler, but did not
succeed in melting it fast enough, and
soon the engine boiler exploded killing
the roadmaster who happened To be on
the engine. and fatally injuring the
fireman. The engineer. for some reason.
had just left his engine and was not
touched by the explosion
DEATH SCENE IN CAR.
"rhere was only one combination
coach on the train, and the body ot
the dead roa6mas.er was placed In one
enc and the dying fireman was placed
In the other. The suffcrings OF the
poor fireman were something terrible.
He did not lose consciousness once.
and his burns and scalds were some
thing awful. with no means for relief
at hand. He kept crying out for his
wife and little daughter and MS
screams of pain were heartrending.
think the passengers. of whom there
were nine. seven gentlemen and tw
ladies'. must have suffered almc
equally with the injured fireman. 81.
death came at $50 next morning, aTd
was a blessed relief for the poor fellow
RESCUE BY SNOWPLOW.
1--WE had plenty of fuel and the car
was kept at a red-hot temperature
The cold outside was intense, and i;
was practically impossible to stand out
on the platform for q single moment
We had no food nor could We have
eaten any had we had tons of it We
| stayed there all night and most of the
next day. and it was not until Satur-
Gay afternoon that the snowplows
pierced the vast piles of snow and re-
We went back to Atchee station while
they cleared the track. and reached
Dragon Sunday morning at l o'clock.
SNoWSLIDE HITS TRACK.
while we were tied up there /.
the car. in the middle OF the night on'
of the brakemen suddenly called out
Jump for 5our life there's a snow
slide coming This nearly scared u:
into mysteries. especially the women
but fortunately the snowslide hit JUS
beyond us. and we were saved The
railroad people did everything possibls
to relieve our situation. and tinall,
got some sandwiches up to the train
But none of us felt like eating.
BODIES SHIPPED HOME.
The body of Roadmaster Su.toi
was sent To Mack. and thence TO Ohio
where his home was Hancock's body
was sent to Grand Junction, Colo.
where his wife and daughter reside.
''The two women stood the terrible
seige In good shape. One Of them was
from the east. and the other from Sa
lima. Utah 1t was fearful experience
and one through which l would moi
care to pass again. I was glad to gel
back to my wife and family in Sail
Lake, and say never again the wiat9i
trip to Dragon any more