The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-09-21

Saturday afternoon at 1850 o'clock
a section of Passenger Train No
went hcadon into Passenger Train 40.
~ tthc stub at the west end of Max
well Siding. about two miles west Of
Price. iniurinE more or less sixteen
soldiers ~ the westhound train and
fourteen passengers Of the stub. Two
railroad men suffered minor injuries.
No. was made up Of six coaches and
a baggage ear carrying soldiers from
Fort Logan. Colo Co Fort Douglas az
Salt Lake city The stub was well
loaded with passengers for Price and
carried two coaches and baggage
and express cars. John Mclgard uf
Clear creek suffered two broken ribs
and was the most seriously injured.
other injuries were IN the nature NJ
bruises and decorations. Dr. =. H.
Slopanakcy. company physician at
Helper. gave first aid treatment In
iurcd passengers ON the soldier train
wcr, taken on Co Fort Douglas.
The stubs Injured ones were treat
ID az Price. Those injured on No.
were Frederick Anderson. Green VIII
us. Henry Kuhns. Encarsion Muuiz.
Thomas Tatcm. Ranch u. Rogcrs.
Frank y. pinnei. Robert Webster.
John Van street. clyde Rowland. l..
". Gilbert. Lester g. Cash. Lester &.
Lylcu. Arthur Raw. James kramk.
james Wcichring and J. l.. blackburn,
an NJ whom except Blackburn are H"l-
dierH blackburn IL Denver ana
ilio grnndo brakeman.
The injured on No. IS. according To-
reports a. Denver and Rio Grandc Of
ficlnis. are Bertram lsiguuriroucn. u.
a. Rule ~ Price. John Mclgard. q. h.
Kokolnki. Emanuel NJ. Staiakis. Clear
creek. Tony sobuntlck.. Winter quar-
tiers. Mrs Thomas Mills. Mrs Harry
llamhcr. Mira Thomas Harris, Castle
Gate. Mary Iayolctta. Mrs. George NJ.
MnRnnu. Mrs. John uuf. Helper. ".
=. Hrrmun. IT. Joe. T. l.. wilenchecn,
Salt Lake city. and brakeman J." NJ
Guyun Of Salt Lake city
unrr, 81 cushing. travelling pnt-
sanErr agent IT the road. accompanied
the soldiers of the troop train aH did
also a. e.. Ten Eyck. division super
int.ud,nt between Helper and Green
River. Both were quite badly shaken
an. hut not seriously injured, tn"
collision was the result 81 u miHund't
standing ~ orders by the crew 81 tn
stub train The crew ON No, II saw
No. g approaching ~ they pulled into
Maxwell aud stopped. No. slowed
down e. a speed ~ about five miles
an hour before the collision occurred
Train No. N was In charge ~ l., g
Winsinw. conductor ana Engineer
Shcrmer. No. was In charge 81 w
IL Young. conductor. and Engineer
Carpenter.
several Of the Injured passengers 90
No. Is were on the way to Price "
respnnnc a. the draft call. No, D car
ri.d about a hundred ana sevcnty-iiN'
recruits from Fort i.ngan. Colo, 81
the way tn Fort Douglas, The pil"t
ON hath engines were demolished an'
"A draWbnl on one coach was crushed
hut neither engines nor coaches Wer'
deraiird. Temporary repairs W"r'
made o. the coach and th" trains pr"
ce.ded Ia both directions after u deln'
of about one hour and fiftccn min
utcA
! Assistant General Manager 'larlt
was at Helper at the time, ANA tool
Immediate chnrg. Of the situation
pnss,neers leaped from both trains
IHmANnIAilk NNNAhhHAFAAN ~
ling and consequent falls. Trainma
lGuyon Jumped to avoid being jamme
lbe,Wreu yestihules and II Hutferln
from "a wrenched back lirakena
blackburn suffered lacerated arm
hin and right knee, In attempting !
save the recruits nearest him iroi
injury,
r. y. Clarity. assistant general man
ager Of the Denver and RIO drand'
last Tuesday filed an official repoi
with the state public utilities commits
sion covering the collision, shown
that forty-seyen persons wer" CUT an
bruised. The blame for the eoliislo
Is placed upon the crew Of Train ~
is. the members OF which are charge
with having misread the orders
IL IL also stated In the report thi
the train carrying the soldiers whlo
crashed into Train No. rs, was ruI
ming at a rate Of about five miles
( hour,
I'll LAW To BE ENFORCED.