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Show FATAL U. P. ACCIDENT. A Fast Freight Train Wrecked Near Brighton Station. Deny Kit, March 26. Fast freight train JNo. 12, on the Union Pacific road, was wrecked at Brighton stationj yesterday morning at a few minutes after 2 o'clock. Fireman Edwin C. Bert was almost instantly killed and Engineer John N. Dougan narrowly escaped with his life. The wreck occurred oc-curred in the Brighton yards, about two blocks south of the depot, and was caused by snow on the track, which clogged under the wheels, derailing the engine and two cars just as they were leaving the switch to go upon the main track. Engineer Dougan said to a reporter that the train had been side-tracked at Brighton for the northbouBd express ex-press to pass. "The train had passed,1' said he, "and we were pulling pull-ing out when, in going over the : ;. ,. f ; switch, the engine jumped the track. We had thirty-three loaded cars back of us and, while we were going quite slow, the weight of the train pushed the engine along sereraJ fet. When we thought the engine was going over, my firemen jnmped from the gangway, gang-way, and I jumped out through the window. Bert was struck by one of the cars and pulled under it, where he was found a few seconds later. He lived only a few minutes after being extricated, ex-tricated, lie was unconscious from the time he was struck -by the car. He was caught between the' car and the ties, and the lower part of his body was crushed and mangled, and both legs were broken in several places." When Engineer Dougan jumped from his engine he was caught between be-tween the tender and the ties, and if the tender had moved a lew inches further he would unquestionably have been killed. As it was, loth arms were caught and pinched so tightly tint he could not get away until they came with crowbars and pried the ties apart. Fortunately no bones were broken, and beside from the flesh bruises on his arm. Dougan was not scr-itched. |