Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-20

serious than any other person on the
train.
AS soon as Mr.. McElroy and his
wife got out of their car, the former
ran to Halleck station, distance of
two miles and telegraphed news of the
wreck to Superintendent Ogilvie of
this place. A relief train with DR..
West, Miss Burrell French, nurse, Of
ficials Of the company, and representa-
tives Of the local press, was quickly
rushed to the scene, and every assist
ance possible to render was given to
the injured passengers. Fortunately
there were two doctors on the train,
DR.. o. G.. Nelson of Mobile, Alabama,
who is on his way to China as a meid-
cal missionary, and doctor from In
diana. The former was equipped with.
an emergency grip, and the doctors as
sisted by other passengers, did a great
deal to alleviate suffering before the
relief train arrived.
Passengers Quickly
Recover From Shock.
The passengers who escaped injury
quickly recovered from their shock,
and set about to .cileve the injured.
Those in the three standards in the
rear gave UP their berths to the in
jured in the tourist car and day coach.
The passengers in the last mentioned
xxTl,i Iotd an fbai In
sides, had to be lifted UP through the
windows, and many had to be carried
to the berths In the standards. There
were thirty seated In the dining car
and a number were in the vestibule.
In this car particularly the passeng
ers were violently tossed about and
hardly one escaped without more or
less injury.
Many Lose Money
And VaIuabIes.
Many of the passengers report the
loss of money and other valuables. In
the first rush to get out OF the cars
everything was forgotten, and women
dropped purses and money bags which
In the darkness they were unable to
recover.
Tramps Attempt To
PlIfer Cars.
Four tramps who are said to have
been riding on top Of the train, and
who escaped injury, attempted to
pilfer the cars and rob the passengers.
These were soon herded together by
train men and passengers and held
until the arrival Of Deputy Sheriff
Lewis of Deeth, who rushed to the
scene by auto with a numbere of 9th
ers from that place. Lewis took them
in charge and herded them until this
morning when he sent them on their
way. While 1t Is known that they
attempted to loot the cars, in the en-
citement not enough evidence was
gathered against them to hold them
for trial. Furthermore, this would me-
cessiate delay of passengers as wit
nesses. One woman reported that a
man attempted to snatch lavelliere
from her throat and another reported
that money purse was taken from
her hand bag which she dropped IN
the car and afterwards found One
man reported that he had lost purse
containing upwards of two hundred
dollars, but a thorough search failed
to reveal any of the stolen articles
on the tramps.
Cause Of Wreck
ls unknown.
The cause of the wreck is unknown,
but it is presumed that something
fell from underneath the second bag
gage car I'm front OF one of the wheels
which caused II to leave the rail. A
careful examination OF the roadbed
proved IL to be in perfect condition.
Engineer Marr made the following
statement to "a representative Of tho
Independent:
II was running between forty.fve and
fifty miles an hour when felt grind.
looking back saw fire shooting from
the side Of the second baggage car. 4
knew II was leaving the track and as
we were Oh a-curve instantly applied
the emergency. The train stopped oil.
most within it's own length. Before
we stopped seve.ai cars were onJrciy
Off the roadbed due to the curve an,i
bad turned on their side. We did
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