The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-24

Tire train. running az fuI speed
plunged into the gap. the engine and
man car going down into twenty feet
Of water. and the chair car almost tele-
scoped the smoker ahead or IL. many
Of the passengers in these two cars be-
ing almost Instantly killed. Others
we-e carried into the raging stream
with the wrcckaEe. and r. was many
hours before their bodies could be re-
covered.
day coach. hurled from their berths
and chairs by the shock. hurried out
into the storm and rendered what aid
they could 10 the injured. and in eXtri-
eating the mangicd bodies or the dead
Others hurried TO Clayton. where news
OF the accident was wired TO division
headquarters. and within half an hour
physicians and nurses and wreck
train were hurried TO the scene from
Norton and rhilfuehurE. Il was not
until late this afternoon. however. that
the last body was recovered from the
wreck.
Members Of the Topeka baseball team
or the Western league. on their way 90
Denver. were occuua nts OF the Pull
man. hut escaped injury.
The Dead.
r. Pickenbaugh. Goodlsnd. Kan. en-
A. v Huffman. Kansas City. bag
T. w. usher. Denver. conductor.
william Mills. Goodland. Kan. fire
man.
Herman Mueller. smith Center. Kan.
John Sloop. Boyle. Kan.
". p Shively. AEra. Kan
Gilbert ~. Vans. Fullerton. Neb.
Eight unidentified
The Injured.
o. ~. Brackon. lincman. GoOdland
Kan. arm injured.
MIS-. ~. 2. scott. Jennings. Kan. right
Victor Engle. Birmingham. Ala
bruised and cut. not serious.
Mrs. IT. ~. Evans, LanEton. Kan
John CisIer. strstton. Colo. head and
face cut.
j.. Dueer.. no address. side cut.
a. "a. Avis. Blue Rapids. Kan. iefi
lIrs. Anna smith. Colorado Springs
Colo. head and chest cut.
g.. & smith. Colorado Springs. Colo.
hands cut.
Henry Ahiers. Meata. No. slight.
Helen Benson. Colorado Springs
y. r, Murphy. passenger. Goodland
r. L. only. mail clerk. Burr Oak
Most 81 tho dead and injured were IL
the smoker and one ~ the dav coaches
HunnInE ON Straight Trn~L.
The train was running practically ~
time and was proceeding on a straiEh
stretch of track. Evidently the firs
futimatiou that tho engineer had o
any danger came when De realized tha
the forward portion 81 the train wa
NMNNNNfNk IN NNNfI WHICH mao spread on
over the tracks near the ff1. Revers
ing his engine. the speed Of the trat
was checked. but not enough 20 pre-
vent the engine. baggage car an
smoker going over into the depression
Tho rear end Of the smoker rename
ti1ted on the earth bank and the shall
car ripped Its way into the smoker
smashing 70 90 pieces and killing or IN
furfnE many ~ the passengers.
The chair car Itself was considerable
Dana red by the crash and several pas
SINGERS riding IN this car were iuiure,
A. near az can be learned here tonigh
% oil Of the passengers killed were 90
curantr q the smoker.
EnEinecr Died for Others
To the GOODNESS and quick wit OF On
engineer. plckcuhauEh. who lost hI
life. fs attributed the saving q the live
Of those who escaped. numbering 100 q
more. 70 ie certain that he could hav
Jumped and saved himself. but he rs
rnaincd az his post and did everythin
possible TO prevent the train runnin
Into the ditch. Examination of tho or
rinn and airhrakos shows that ne Ia
reversed the lever and set the air IN n
effort 20 check tho 0ight - The trail
fCosfinu~d On PsEc TwoB