Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-03
Crown Sheet in Rio Grande En-
CINE Blows Up With
Terrific Results.
ACCIDENT AT SOLDIER SUMMIT
William A. Gooda|e, Arthur B,
Spear, and Leslie Mathis
Yield Their Lives.
All Residents of Salt Lake CIty-Ex-
pioslon Shakes Country for
Miles Around.


Tnree men, resioefts OF sat Luke
are dead ana their podies are peihs
carried toward TINS city on spe-
cial engine as the result OF a'' expo
sion OF the crown shcet. III ire'sh' el-
s'ne NO, l.i'V' on me denver ie''
Hrahde raiiro 'a! on inc mount Jun tam lpou'
mlie east OF Soluief summit W
','',es so ,. ~ 81 "Ne' - = =
Tho explosion threw the engine 100
foot from tho tract, shaking thdy coun-
~. ror ,n,les around and snurrcd ont
tha livas ~ the5 three men quicker
tbnn ono can snurf candle. It Ia
doubtful If any ono of the three knew
what hrrt him
The men to lose their lives we're
william A. Goodale, engineer. aged
oc ,,,.,,o, o,a ro,;o,n. ,.,,r n,r-
~ ~ u'''''''. '''u 80 - \
ents at va west FIRST SCUM street.
Salt Lake; Arthur b. Spear. fireman.,
90. unmarried. and residing with par
q, oea ,yo.t cocond North street
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SAT- Like, anu Eipeit A-eSiic A"i'ti''''
a. unmarried, residing 230 west Sec
Eond South street, Salt Lake, his
,,o+hor Mrs n r. witch, living
! NJ H0ii's1er, san bei'i.o county s Sa''
The engine was one of the great hog"
pattern, weighing 1853 tons and carry.
Inc, oo5 nounda NJ steam bnn,,np ia
-.
loaueu y cars cars at "po'i. SIN i'i'ics an
hour with II. f'. Dllrktn. conductor,
poDIES FO1rSD
The force Of the explosion was such
MS 10 huri the unfortunate engine run
80 .oo ,..t =, =, ,,o 5v,,,,,, 80 40
- :. : -, $3.50, -,
etioli''ous poiicr rom us az III.
wrought iron frame, and send the great
mass hurting through tile air 100 feet.
VII, "a hack bend ana cro.-, sheet
torn to shreds. and spreading out the
flues in all directions.
The flrcman's body was found buried
force of the explosion had excavated
n hole 10 feet deep, and destroyed the
roadbed. The br.lkcmun's body was
discovered underneath the overturned
tender. The right of way was f,cmoral-
lied for some little distance. obstruct-
ing travel. and IL was difficult to com
mi,nIcnte Nv tanning the wire with
sources Of help. MS the concuss;on mad
hIo,,.,, ,o,,.,, al, ~, ,,,,n. r., ,n,t'>,t
,,.a n MI, ',',,r,,,,,, hornro Vic oo,
,'a,t, ,,,,i .',,,sn,a,,.I, -. 80,
- 49, ,,',..',.,.,. ,..nt .a,,i,
~ s.,...'eII,, .D.u "
IN ~, ,,,,, - ~
s re-, ny nooll' uohei ".so 'es.. oue
lu,i Wreck tnn o ,u. Win u force OK
, y ,' 50 ..i'l. t'ie ioaoocu vas su.
licientiy repaired Tor trains 70 pass on
tHe west track AT a.oo. iraiHs NOS. J.
D ana were delayed only Az Hlhutes'
but No. 81 was held up for nearly four
hours. Master Mechanic Bennett went
down on No. 6 this morning.
The bodies We're expected to arrive
about pm, on extra Western Pacific
engine. No. Is. Undertaken Evans was
notified to take charge of the bodies.
ppo,.p c,Ircr
4
cine were killed, and the engine com
nletely demolished, an Investigation
cnn hardly more than establish the fact
That itiwas n crown sheet explosion
From tho nature of things, suspicious
poipt toward carelessncss born of sleep
mess MS tho cause or the disaster. With
nm engine running IN hill. there is n 4
ma Nimliln NcDtha of water on the crown
sheet. + al That chances of trouble from
this source are reduced to n minimum.
Rut after mn engine has pitched over
thn 5i,.ifn tho wn ter,e dcnth over tbe
crown sheet tends to minimum. re-
nuirinr wntchruIness md care on tho
mart ~ tI,o runner n ia then TINT hc
,n,,st watrb His water gage. freu,ent-
~ lost his On 10 cocks on the hnci,head
n the hoi,n. and IN VI Ills iiniectors In
,,ri,,n ~orl,inr nrlnT rcndv to Instant.
T. ', rasn" "" -" + Is 'thonrht nrobahlc tho
sneinnrnc,,' must have drnnncd ar 10
sicen s3thn an@i,,o yns moi;inpf 3stenm
,nn,,,,,, ana uerls no In ri m tha prnde
M h.,n,n t%ey wn,., war; ths AVIAN,
, M, Inv mn Tor II ~ INA cro,ym. sheet m
,rn,nn1,S tha tra,,,om,oms stao =, ,,,os.-
~, ,,,,I" t,,a ,,,',.,,inn .i,aat ~ &c,
ta,d thn snnno -, a n'e thsn tho ~ ex a
IA, co ~. sama,no a tIroo sn,,,s intn ntnr.
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'H'9ts N' ''''''''1 'i'o '-'e'.
LAST BIG ACCIDENT.
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