Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-17
COLLISION WEST OF OGDEN.
No 6 Passenger Train on South
ern Pacific Plunges Into Open
Switch and Freight.
Encincs Rear With Impact and Engi
neer Hinlcy Is Hurled go
Feet Into the Air.

Three men are dead, one dying. an
II others more or less seriously injured
"a the result of a ollision between No
4 passenger and freight train on Tn
Southern Pacific at I,emay, so mile
west OF ogden. at $50 o'clock tn
morning. The dead are;
Engineer James Reardon, of freigh,
train.
Brakeman r. A. Kroll
Student Fireman George Jones,
passenger train.
Probably fatally injured:
Engineer A. 5. Hinley, of passene
train.
More or less seriously injured:
Fireman George Brydenbecker, |,
broken
Filen7an 7. w Hartwen. ank
sprained and cut about head.
Mail Clerk Forest P. Carroll, knee
oIsocated.
Mall Clerk John w. Naylor bruised
about head.
Mall Clerk James B. cardwcll, back
bruised, etc.
Mail Clerk Guy r. Prentiss, rib brok-
en-.
..ail Clerk Eugene s. Ransom, head
hurt and arm broken.
Mail Clerk Louis r. Jackson. back al
shoulder hurt.
Mail Clerk Carl w. Belts, slight
bruised.
Mail Clerk Claude L. Saxey, leg hurl
Mail Clerk Edward A Hart, arm
hurt. .
The accident was caused by an opel
switch No. 6. which IL an eastDounC
mail train carrying usually two mali
coaches. while running at the rate of 81
miles dashed into a siding on which.
was standing extra freight train 229o
1estbopnd, The freight was stanoin;
STILL aaSaiting the passage of the pas
scngep train before moving on. H.
some incxpllcduta yay the sw,itch-ipss
misplaced and the passenger plungen
into the motlonless freight head-on
The engines reared up when the I'M
pact came, and Engineer Hjnley was
thrown so feet into the air accordins
TO parties who saw the collision a,
o'clock today Engineer Hinley was
In critical condition in the Ogden gen.
cral hospital, and his death was eX-
pected at any moment
NOT A PASSENGER HURT.
Strangely enough, not passenger
was injured. The jar OF the collision
shook them up considerably, but nc
injuries of any serious nature
resulted This fortunate circumstance
is attributed to the fact that the twc
mail cars ahead OF the coaches were
made entirely of steel, thus preventing
the telescoDing of the cars.
AS soon as news of the accident was
received. Conductor Jones was sent ou'
with relief train from Lakeside. An
other relief train was dispatched IRON
Montello arriving on the scene oil th'
accident at $50 this morning, reliel
train was sent out of Ogden with tht
wrecker doctors. nurses, etc, on board
This train arrived at Lemay at :A'
a. IN. All haste was made to give at
tention to the dead and wounded
Student Fireman George Jones was 8
badly scalded as result OF the escap
ing hot water and steam that he die'
within a short time. The injuries o
the mail clerks and bralscmen we're AT
tended to and the train bearing IN
killed and injured was started out 10
Ogden, arriving there at ll;iS I'M
morning.
The main line track and siding wher
the collision occurred was torn up TOT
distance of T5 feet. The baggage ca
and two mail ears left the rails, BLOCK
Ing the track. II is believed the wreck
age will be cleared away and train
resumed by this afternoon