The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-24
HEAVY CL0UDBURST CAUSE
OF THE TERRIBLE DISASTER
Passengers in Smoker and
Chair Car Suffer Most; Pull
man Travellers Escape.

S:25 O'Clock this morning from Kan
sas City.
The Dead
i. PICKENBAUGH Goodland, Kan,
engineer.
A. V. HUFFMAN, Kansas City, bag,
gageman.
j. w. USHER, Denver, Conductor.
WILLIAM MILLS. fireman.
HERMAN MUELLER, Smith Center,
Kan,
JOHN SLOOP. Boyle, Kan,
w. i. SHIVELY, Agra, Kan.
GILBERT NJ. VANS, Fullerton, Neb
EIGHT UNIDENTIFIED BODIES.
The Injured.
G. D. Brackon, lineman, Goodland
Kan, arm injured.
Mrs II. f. Scott, Jennings, Kan
right arm broken,
Victor Englc, Birmingham, Ala
bruised aud cut. not serious.
Mrs. Y. Fl. Evans, Langton, Kan.
head cut.
John Ciglcr, Stratton, Colo, head and
face cut.
d. Duges, no address, side cut
A. II. Avis. Blue Rapids, Kan, left
leg broken.
Mrs. Anna Smith. Colorado Springs
Colo, head and chest cut.
c. A. Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo,
hands cut.
Henry Ahlcrs. Meata, Mo, Slight.
Helen Benson, Colorado Springs
Colo, slight.
Most of tho dead and injured were
in the smoker and one Of the day
coaches.
Cause of Disaster.
The wreck occurred ut fli 1000 feet
of which had been washed out by cloud
| burst. The train was running practl
callv on time and was proceeding on 4
straight stretch of track Evidently
the first intimation that the enginee,
had of any danger came when he real
| lied that the forward portion Of the
| train was running IN water which had
spread out over the tracks near the fill
Reversing his engine, the speed Of the
| train was checked but not enough tt
prevent the engine, baggage car and
smoker going over into the depression
The rear end Of the smoker remained
tilted on the earth bank and the chan
car ripped its way into the smoker
smashing it TO pieces and killing or IN
turing many Of the passengers,
! The chair car itself was considerably
! damaged by the crash and several pas
| scncers riding in this car wcrc injured
| As near as can bc learned here tonight
| all of the passengers killed were occu
pants Of the smoker.
Engineer Dead Hero.
To the GOODNESS and quick wit Of th'
| engineer, Picbcnbaugb, who lost hi
| life. is attributed the saving of th'
lives Of those who escaped, numbering ;
| hundred or more. II is certain that h
could have jumped and saved hlmscl
Ia. ii Il
everything possible to prevent the train
running into the ditch. Examination o
the engine and airbrakes shows that h
had reversed the lever and set the al
in an effort to check the fight OF tb
train.
The three Pullmaus remained on th
track and the occupants Of the car
were unhurt.
| AS soon ms communication was ha'
with the headquarters wreck1ng crew
and doctors and nurses wcrc dispatches
to the scene aboard IA special from Phil
ipsburg The dead and injured wer
placed on this special at The scene ant
taken 10 Norton, Kan, where the dea'
were turned over to an undertaken am
the injured placed in hospital.
None Of the injured IS in seriou
condition and it rs reported that al
will be able TO leave for their home
In n 1CW udyS.
Traffic Briefly Delayed
The washout was repaired late th'
evening and traffic resumed. The Pul
mans Of the wrecked train were Starte
for this city at 7:3O clock tonight AM
nro due at 2:3O tomorrow morning. otr
or trains held up because Of the wrcc
were sent out Of Norton soon after
wards,
Phillipsburg. Kan. fifty.onc mile
, from CLAYTON. sent Chief Dispatcher In
, wood and Trainmastcr Ellis on the spc
cial to supcrintcnd the work oJ clearIn
the track and starting traffic and the
were reinforced latcr by Superintendent
3 i. NJ. Patt of Colorado Springs.
, Work of Rescue Delayed.
DENVER. Colo, Sept. 23,-Thr frs
, nrrson 10 escape from the wreck an
summon assistance from Clayton WA
A. H. Hunter, mail clerk. MS ca
1 was caught In n mass ol WrcckaSc bu
8 be managed TO cxtricntc himself and 6
\ after help
, IL was almost . clock. an hour aftf
the wreck happened, that he reachc
the town. Not until near daylight wa
, be able TO get anyone TO aid him.
D One Of tho unidentified dead is 81,
u about years old. The child WAS rio
r inc in a chair car with her mother 'Hhe
e the Grass came. After the cars had Sc
y fled down. the woman, not rcallzln
G that tho danger point had neen passe'
: threw fhe child out Of 4 window int
d the stream. Tho girl was drowned an
her body swept a mile away, Tho mott
: or has not been located
In n nile Of drift half 81 mile froI
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