The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-22

Edward Hill, Muscatinc. Ia; badly
bruised
K. S. Pritcherd. Cedar Rapids. Ia,
engineer; slightly bruised.
A. r. Brown. Waterloo. la; badly
bruised.
Francis Swanson, Burlington la. ,
both legs broken
William Arnett. Independence. la. !;
chest bruised
c. w Patterson. Cedar Rapids, Ia !;
head cut.
" l. southwelI, Dsshington, la;
leg and hand cut
f. L. Burdage, Davenport. la. ;
slightly bruised.
George Downey. Vinton. la; right
leg bruised.
Or, George y Newman. Mount Vcr-
non. Mo; right shoulder bruised
A y. Brown, Waterloo. la. both
legs broken.
y Jenkins. 81. Louis, Mo:
slightly bruised
Coupled Together,
The Rock Island train No. 10. from
Chicago to the Twin Cities, and No.
21, from ST Louis to Minneapolis and
St Paul. were running coupled over
the Chicago Great Western tracks. as
the Rock Island track had been
blocked ty freight wreck last night.
AT Marshalltown. trains ~ and 81
were coupled together AS there is no
turntable nj Roinbeck, whore the
trains expected 10 strike the Rock
Island main line. both locomotives.
| coupled in front OF the combined
train. left here running backwards.
The ill-fated train consisted CT thir-
teen cars. The Pullman car from St
Louis was leading the train neXt to
engine No 1909. Then came a smoker
and dav coach. 10 which there were
many women and children About
four and half miles beyond Green
Mountain, at the top OF the hill. Is !
cut about twelve feet deep II vas in
this thai the tender of the leading
engine suddenly jumped the track,
This threw the head locomotive into
the side Of the cut The clay OF the
sides was soft and the engine went
into 1t. stopping instantly. The sud
den stop ditched tho second locomo-
tive and the heavy train crushed the
day coach and smoker upon the Pull
man The smoker aDC day car were
instantly telescoped, and hardly an
occupant of eithcr car escaped death
or injury
While the last zen cars OF the train
remained on the track. the shock sent
the passengers sprawling from their
seats to the floor,
Conductor acts promptly.
Conductor William Worst WAS the
Ave 70 h1 ell
trainmon back TO flag train No. 419
bound for Sioux City. while others
were hurried TO Gladbrook and Green
Mountain.
The uninjured passengers then be-
gan to remove the dead and injured
The dead were taken TO AN adjoining
pasture and laid out upon the grass
1t was two hours before a relief train
from Marshalltown. carrying surgeons
and Coroner Il. w. Jay. arrived.
Crushed Beyond Recognition.
The dead in many cases were
crushed beyond recognition Heads
were severed from bodies. arms and
legs were cut off
Coroner Jay. himself a surgeon. vas
Fastening IN a Red Cross ambulance
TO a hospital In Marshnlltown. when
nc was thrown TO the pavement ss the
ambulance rounded u corner He was
picked up unconscious, 1t IS believed
that his back is brolSen and that he
cannot live.
The hospital in Marshalltown was
soon filled. The removal OF tho bodies
showed that the worst injuries were
among the passengers In The day
coach and smoker. and il Is believed
that but two OF the dead were in the
Pullman II was thought toe bodies
of all the victims had been removed
from the wreck before nlghtfall, but
late tonight two other bodies were
found In the debris
BY morning II Is expected that the
track will be cleared and train ierylce
renewed.