The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-20

General Superintendent L. c. Man.
son left Salt Lake City for Ogden "a
soon as word was received by him
He arrived here at II o'clock and left
for Lakeside at 1l:16.
At 1870 reports were received in
Ogden that the wreckage had been
cleared from the track so that trafIic
could be resumed, anG tnat the re-
lief train was on the way to ogden.
The train was moving east and.
when about three car lengths from
the trestle near Rambo, a rock which
In some manner had worked loose
from the embaDSment of the second
track, which has been raised rolled
upon the track between the cars The
train was made up of an engine and
tender, water car. spreader and fol-
lowing this an empty flat car and
box car. next Ia the box car was the
caboose and following the caboose
were IS flat cars loaded with stone
In all. the train was made up of 40
cars The rock threw the caboose,
the empty box car and the flat car
from the track. and, as the momen-
tum Of the train carried them on to
the trestle. all three cars toppled over
and fell ten feet from the bridge into
the lake. Some Of the other cars
were deralled, but did not drop into
the lake.
In the box car were five Austrian
laborers and all were Imprisoned In
the car which was nearly filled with
the heavy lake water. When a hole
was cut through the top OF this. car
by the rescuerS. three OF the men were
rescued, but two OF the imprisoned
wore found to have succumbed. These
men were no doubt strangled by the
salt water The three men rescued
alive from the car We're but slightly
hurt
The other two men who were
killed were on one of the fat cars
which when thrown from the rails,
sent them down the embankment and
heavy rocks flying from the cars half
buried them. Each of them WAS bad
ly crushed about the head and
shoulders and death must have been
almost instantaneous
The six injured men were on one
OF the fiat cars and, while thrown
down the embankment, fortunately
escaped the heavier downpour of rock
which proved fatal TO their compan-
Ions. It Is believed that all OF tho
injured men will recover, as none of
their injuries seem To be of a neces.
sarily fatal nature.
j. j. Johnsou's injuries consist of
badly bruised leg and some bruises
about the hips.
j. Anderson was hurt about the
legs, though no bones are thought to
have been broken
William Wostheffer was badly
bruised and cut about the head. but
Is expected to recover
F. Martinez. SpaDlard. had his
knee badly bruised
J. Graham, left knee injured. but
wound is not of a serious nature.
Daniel Keenan, had his side injured
and 1t is possible that he may have
sustained internal injuries.
All of the injured men were brought
TO Ogden on special train, arriving
at the Union depot at 1:30 this af-
ternoon. This train also brought to
this city the bodies OF the
dead. The dead were taken
to the Heaton-Kirkendall undertaking
rooms, where they will he prepared
Tor burial, The Injured were removed
In ambulances and cabs to the hos
pltal
The work train was in charge of
Conductor A. ]. Johnson. and there
were about twenty-five workmen
aboard 1T when the accident occurred
The crew was made up OF Engineer
Thomas Cole, Fireman Carlson and
A T. ~
Peterson None OF the crew of the
train was hurt
Conductor Johnson, who perhaps
had the narrowest escape from injury
or death. tells the following story OF
the wreck:
I'VE have been raising the south
main line at the point where the
wreck took place. and think that the
derailing was caused by rock rolling
on the track from the embankment OF
the other track. | was standing on
the caboose platform and saw that
something had happened by the action
OF the cars ahead. The caboose had
not yet reached the trestle We were
not travelling more than eight or ten
miles an hour. and | jumped with
out In any way being in"
jured saw the other cars
fall Into the lake. The train did not
travel more than hundred feet after
the deralling and we at once began
the work of rescue. BY cutting hole
in the box car. we saved the lives
of the three Austrians as they would
have. no doubt, met the same fate as
did the other two
Most of the injured men are with"
out families, Several of the men
who were in the wreck live i'll San
Francisco. ]. ]. Johnson is a resi-
dent of this city having resided here
for about two years. He is native
of Sweden.