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Show ONE UEitll k$M ONE m M ! ESPEE SMASH Livestock Caretaker Killed as Extra Freight Strikes Traiii SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 26. Mlhaj Thompson, caretaker i n a S..uthern' Pacific livestock train was killed and. lCharles Allen, a fellow caretaker, was 'seriously Injured, when their train w..-'run w..-'run Into bv : n extra freight train at Wells Nee. Poth men were residents of Kearney, Neb. Superintendent W I. Hack and Assistant As-sistant Superintendent Fred C. smith Of Hie Salt Lake division of the South-'ern South-'ern Pacific, departed from Ogden for Wells today lo Investigate the 'train ! wreck. 'Ihe investigation With represent 1-'tlves 1-'tlves of the railroad, crews of the two trains and others was to be held at Wells this afternoon ELKO. Nev.. Sept 2S. inefficient lair brakes, falling to function on a westbound Southern Pacific frelgnt J train at Wells Fits morning, are riled I as the cause for a rear end collision 'with a standing freight which killed ' Mlna Thompson, of Kearney, Neb., seriously injured Charles Alden. also Of Kearney, Neb., destroyed four car-j loads of hogs and caused other dam-age. dam-age. Including the wrecking of two box cars, a caboose, and the tearing up of 20 rail lengths of track The accident happened at U o'clock this morning BRAKES APPLIED The train which was smashed ar- j rived In Wells shortly before 5 o'clock I this morning A flagman was sent lout to protect It As the second train1 came down the steep grade approaching approach-ing Wells, the flagman signaled to j stop Engineer O'Hara. In charge of I tho engine of the second train. Is re- I ported to have applied the air brakes. I They failed to function. Th" .-ncrl- 1 neer the, fireman and other trainmen immediately fought tnetr heavy train ! In an effort to check Its speed, which was reported as being about 1J or 15 tntios an hour. Their efforts were 'without avail, and the train rammed! the caboose of the stationary freight Alden and Thompson were the only occupants of the caboose. They were' 'in charge of the hog shipment, and; (were taking this stock to the Reno, j ma rk' t "Seven cars on the rear end of sta-. I tl n.ry train had been smashed to; kindling wood UOWII lU'SIIKN TO M IlNi: As ihe accident happened within the I yard limits of Wells, h large, crowd rushed to the scene of the collision.! The boily of Thompson was removed from the wreckage and also that of ilden, AUb n was tusned immediately to the Wells hospital for treatment. (Continued on Page Sccil) one m m HURT IN CRASH (Continued from Pagv One.) Thompson is reported to have been dead before his body was removed from the wrecked caboose. The agonized agon-ized squeals Of Injured hogs added to ' nfuslnn. Practically every hog In the four stock cars was either kIII-uUu'ignt kIII-uUu'ignt or injured to such an extent ex-tent that they hud to be killed, i It Is understood that tho body of Mina Thompson will be removed to the mortuary at Elko. , As the collision happened on tho main line, traffic over the Southern Purlflc Was halted this morning for a period of nearly live hours. A board of inejulry Is being called t" ascertain the exact cause of the trairedy En-glneej En-glneej O'Hara and Conductor Wilson Were in charge of the train So far as could be determined this morning. I unofficially the wreck can be dlrect-I dlrect-I ly attributed to failure of tho air breaker to funethm o crew of th. standing train was protecting Itself with a flagman and tho engineer of the moving train Is reported to ha. exorelped every possible moans in ir efforts to stop his train The- exact nature of Alden's injuries have not been learned us yet in Elko, but he is said to be In a serious condition. |