White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-22
WRECK ON THE
n. n. MAIN LINE
FIVE MEMBERS OF TRAIN CREW
WERE INJURED WHEN ENGINE
93 AND ENGINE q MEET IN
HEAD-ON COLLISION.

misunderstanding as to signals
Is said to have caused one of the most
disastrous wrecks in the history OF
the Nevada Northern. when Engine
No. 93, pulling twenty-one cars oil
loaded ore crashed headlong into
Engine No. 6 about $50 o'clock
Thursday night near the highline
| junction few miles east of East
Ely Five trainmen were injuved
and two locomotives partially
wrecked.
Both engines lost their smoke
stacks as a result of the collision
Their front ends were torn of, and
the smoke boxes and sections oil
frames We're greatly damaged.
Engine No. was doing little
'wildcatting' and was coming in
from a tryout when the disaster oc-
CURED. W. H. Smoot. engineer on
SO had orders TO meet a southbound
train at the highline junction. and
when he saw the approaching en-.
gine, he was under the impression
that it was the train he was schednl-
ed to meet. Smoot jumped before
the inevitable crash, landing on q
pile of rocks. He sustained slight
lconeussion of the brain, and received
bad cuts about the head and right
leg.
r. Il. Lazenby. the fireman on 80
was badly burned about the face and
hands from escaping steam. c. V
Houston, the head brakeman. suf-
fered contusions on his right leg
and knee. Farley Smoot, the con
ductor. was not hurt.
Charles Graves. the roundhouse
foreman. who was driving Engine
No. 6. was not badly bruised, and
nurses only few slight cuts as a
result of his thrilling experience
George McGill. machinist helper
who was firing with Graves. was cui
about the head and face.
The engineers were unable to see
the approach of the trains until with
in short distance of each other. and
Smoot Immediately set the brakes on
his train and Graves set the brakes OF
No. and reversed the drivers, but
too late to prevent the crash Al
though not moving at a great rate
of speed at the time the engines
came together, the force with which
they met was tremendous. No. Is
approximately eighty tons in weight,
while No 93 is a 100-ton engine and
was pulling twenty-one loaded ore
cars making a total train weight OF
about 100 tons. The total damage
to both engines is estimated at $500
and No. 6 is expected to be ready 10
go into service again during the
week.
As soon as the news of the wreck
was received at the dispatcher's of.
fee the McGiil suburban train. which
had just arrived in East Ely from
ely, was sent TO the scene and
brought the injured men to the Step
toe hospital where they We're given
prompt treatment by DR.. Early.
The nature of the wreck was most
peculiar In that Notwithstanding the
great force with which two engines
met, not car was derailed and not
wheel CT either engine left the
/ track. After pulling the ore cars to
/ side track, the two engines were
separated and pulled back to the
shops on their own wheels, without
requiring the use OF the wreekine
outfit.
Engine No. had just been turned
out of the shop after 1t had been re-
paired at an expense of $4,000.
Both engines we're equipped with cast
steel pilot beams which are con-
structed of the toughest material in
steel manufacturing line. They
served a great purpose in this wreck
and prevented enormous damage TO
the engines, which would otherwise
occurred.
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