The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-30
ELEVEN INJURED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Crash Into Freight Trying to
Get on Siding
Salt Lake, Sept. 20


Failure on the part of some one to
obey orders caused head on col
lision on the Denver & Rio Grande
in the Jordan narrows at about l2:55
O'Clock yesterday afternoon in which
eleven persons are known to be in
jured.
Just who was responsible for the
accident will be found out at the in
vestigation which has been ordered
by the officers of the company. That
no one was killed or fatally injured
is mystery say officers of the COM
pany and passengers.
Official information given out last
night 70 lows:
Information available Is that train
No. so figured on meeting train No.
10 at Mesa, which is first station east
Of Gravan. but On account of siding
being occupied with cars, was unable
to get into clear and returned to Ora
van, leaving fagman at Mesa to stop
No. 10, and which for some unknown
reason was not done, but which will
later be determined by regular in.
vestigation. The information that
cars were on passing track at Mesa
was covered by regular train order
copy OF which was held by crew of
train No. 92, but on account of 1t be
ing short train, conductor thought
could get into Gear for No. 10 but
was unsuccessful in doing so.
The passenger train was No. 10
the Scenic Limited, the crack west
bound train of the Rio Grande. II
consisted of two baggage cars. din
er and six Pullman cars. No. i
was due to arrive in Salt Lake a
| 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon anC
was running about thirty miles al
hour at the time of the accident, &C
cording to the official report. No
90, local freight left Salt Lake abou
II O'Clock yesterday morning soutl
bound.
Train No. 10, the passenger train
was in charge Of Conductor Ryan ant
Engineer Haslet; train No. 90, TIL
freight, was in charge of Conducto
Payne and Engineer Cramer. TIL
wife of Mr.. Cramer and a number o
his friends met him upon the arri,
al of the train in Salt Lake and az
companied him to his home.
Investigation as to the. responsible
ity of the accident will be commend
ed today by officers of the ccmpan,
It was said last night by officer
of the company that Brakeman w
Bennett was left as a member c
the crew of the freight train to fla
the passenger train.
Freight Not clear
As the freight train was trying
get into the clear at Gravan, the pa
= senger train, running about thirt
miles an hour, rounded sharp surv
in the narrows, and dashed heado
into the engine of the freight train
Both engines were partly demolis'
ed. The tender of the passengt
train left the track and turned owe
: On its side. The baggage car We
I thrown across the track.
Word of the wreck was received I
: the officers of the company at IL
| twenty minutes later DR.. Ware
t Benjamin, local surgeon for the cor
! pany left for the scene on a specs
e train, which was followed within
S few minutes by wrecking train.
8 First aid was given to the injurt
s and the passenger train was order'
back to Provo. From Provo 1t WI
t detoured over the Salt Lake Rou
r to Murray and then to the track
the Denver & Rio Grande and on
e the local station of the compan!
e During the afternoon and evening S
s other passenger trains We're detour'
t over the same route. The DENY
e & Rio Grande made no attempt
. move freight trains until midnig