Show i ENtER KILLED lULLED IN THISTLE WRECK WRE K Fireman and Brakeman Escape Escape Escape Es Es- cape With Injuries Early Sunday AIR REFUSED TO STOP CARS Believed That Brakes on Rio Grande Freight Train a. a Were Out of Order W- W I r. r LV K i Engineer r Herbert W. W Fletcher of oC 33 33 West st fifth Firth South street was instantly killed d. d and Fireman Ernest Fr Frederickson Frederick Frederick- son and Head nral Brakeman G. G B. B Jenkins L' L were hadl badly Injured in a n rear end collision collisten col col- listen between cn two extra trel freight ht trains train I n on the Denver nver and Rio Grande road a athe at the east end of the Thistle Junction yards east cast of oC Provo at about C 6 j o'clock i Sunday morning It Is believed that tha fr- fr the air on engine 1193 tp tf work causing It to run Into the coal train pulled I b by engine 1138 I The rite second coal train was was wad traveling at at- t tho rate oC of about 35 r miles an hour when It crashed into the rear end of the first coal extra extra- So fierce was the v.- v. Impact that engine 1193 1103 went through k tho the caboose of oC the front train as ns If It were paper slid up lip on top of oC tho the rear steel coal car and then toppled to the ground burying its nose In tho earth r at the side of the track Both Fireman Frederickson and Brakeman Jenkins iy limn when they saw aw that the tho two t trains i would rt cc-rt certainly como come to together together- other J- J Engineer Fletcher however stuck to hi his post and was found lead dead his h head horribly crushed and his body hody manIt man man- It d. d Tho The all all' brakes appeared to be bc untouched and It Is therefore believed that the they refused ed to obe obey tho the hand of ot the tue t engineer when he tried to stop the thet t ever increasing ever flight of oC the coal train I s- s down Iown the side itle of ot the divide dl toward tOt the Thistle yards ards r rou bt to Snit Lake Inke The bodies of the dead anti Injured s. were brought to Salt Sl Lal Lake e yesterday lt afternoon Engineer Fletchers Fletcher's bod body was was taken to the S S. D 1 gars Evans undertaking under taking establishment Fireman man Frederickson Fred Fred- erickson was t taken to St. St Marks Mark's hosL's hospital hos hos- Ls L's pital where it was announced last nl night ht that his In juries will probably not prove fatal though the they are arc serious Brakeman Brake Brake- man who was riding in the ther r cab owing to tho the Intense cold saw the t C. C danger ahead and anel Jumped just before the engine smashed Into the caboose i Ill Til meet you In hell In ten minutes t i. i he led e to the engineer and fireman Oreman as lie he made male a break for tor lIbert liberty The ti- ti J. J shock threw him to the tender from which he fell en sustaining several seer paInful painful painful pain pain- ful bruises He lie was taken to his homo home In BIngham The first l extra had stopped at the 7 cast end nd of ot th the yards ards for tor the switch loho to lo toS tobo S bo ho thrown for a track trade In the yards Con Conductor J. J M M- t. t who was stand- stand 11 Ink 00 0 or th the tho rear renT pia platform of f the ca- ca oJ C Raw saw cn engine ne 1103 1113 following closely close- close ly u it tL taut fat rate lie Ito Jumped 1 to th l. ran l along ong lh ft H ot vil l waving c till hh v lantern Either En Engineer Fletcher paid pait nn no attention to him or the nir air brakes brake refused to work for tor there was no slowIng slow- slow i jug Ing In the tho speed pred of or the second train Conductor of the Is second L coal train was In Iii th the O and auth knew nothing of cit the causes All of or th the of or the train crew thought ht that the train was going faster than the company compan rules ruiN but hut the crash came 1 before hand breaks rP s could be applied or other methods taken talen Both trains train were westbound from Crom Helper with coal coni r r Lake Train Running Dunning y t Wrecking crews cresa were sent from loom Salt j Lake Jake and nid Helper and started to clear I away ava t the wreckage Cf within a few hours ds after aCter th the ill All Sund Sunday Sundan an and i until mull 1145 o'clock Sunday night when Xo No J 4 went passengers er east i anti and W west Rt were transferred at Thistle Junction and this was WC as nR far as the trains ran lt er wn way vay It took a liti lIt lIt- i tle tie rn more re than ap hour to make the tho C- C transfers rs The track t was broken to tf biti blUe makin the work wor of oC the life wrecking crews all aU the hard harder r. r An Investigation lon will witt be started at nt I. I once o ce by b the Rio Hlo c officials to determine the cause of oC the wreck It Il was was' at nt first b th t Engineer Fletcher had haf been working overtime I and th that t he wa was wan asleep at at the time of oC th the but but tie the rep report ft of oC the tho officials shows hosi h hat t he c hat b been beon ctt call call- eu eiT I lets less II than thap hours and nd that there was hardly hardt any grounds for Cor this belie be be- lie lIeC The lever was wait found straight r hut lt en engineers sato ato that it may I e 7 been reversed ec ecby by the engineer and aft aCi af afterwards af aC t i thrown throw to tho the middle po ij V. V lion by the force of oC tho shock Th The damage to tr track ck engine and cars will wll bo lIb 0 about I |