Show FOUR ARE INJURED IN 1 COLLiSION ron Electric and Steam I Trains Crash Together in Cut One May Die LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP Cloud of Steam Veils Veis Scene Rescue Party Sent Out Invest Investigation investigation In- In Made vest aton GAMMON aged 3 37 35 years a a. A tJ JACK J railroad freman fireman was wal probably fatal fatally fa- fa tally scalded and M. M I J 12 E Barton 45 tal ed engineer r. r received rl s severe sere ere burns though not riot necessarily fatal when a n locomotive tire the hauling a work train blew up on colliding with an electric sand train in Davis ls cut on the Or m line lne three In miles north of or Provo short shortly before C t o'clock les last night Both Doth Gammon and I Barton Darton reside in Provo Pro and have hav fam am- am tiles The They are at aL the tho Provo general generalI I cJ hospital Jes J Others Injured In the collision are Curtis Green aged 32 years tars of Pleasant Pleas Ilea nt ant Grove and McCarty a aged ed d 30 31 years ears of Salt a Lake who were were on the work train anti and are employed tl n a as watchmen for Cor or th Orem line Greens Green's Green creen's s legs c s were scalded and he lie received ell se severe ere o e- e vere re lacerations The Injuries to McCarty Mcarty Mc- Mc Cart arty consIst chiefly hlen of oC bruises though he be was va slightly scalded crl by In team steam C. C C of or Provo Pro o. conductor of the work woric train escaped capet Injury The work train was proceeding north nt at rapid speed and anti the sand train was proceeding south As the they approached Davis IR Da cut it is said both whistled hut but It i appears that neither crew hoard heard he d theother's the tho others other's sl signal The rhe cut ut lt shuts pr view almost completely h from the north and south fouth approaches and the trains were within yards of or each other and traveling tra swiftly when the engineer anti and the motorman first observed each at other ii e r. r Together her r. r Both declare the they applied emer emergency enc brakes hut not In time an and the steam locomotive e and electric motor car crashed together Simultaneously there came a great reat explosion and for many minutes the scene of or the wreck was veiled led In a cloud of oC steam team When hen It lifted d Conductor Crawford Crwford of oC the work train and members of oC the thc sand train crow went nt to work to remove remo the In Injured Injured Injured In- In front from the wreckage e A rescue car was dispatched from Crom Provo Pro o shortly after aCet the collision and the Injured were taken to Provo The Tho rescue party part comprised residents of oC Provo ro o I Including Sheriff hem v East Cast of Utah county count and ami two of oC his deputies While Itle being removed to the hospital Gammon Gammon and Barton appeared to be suffering suf sut- fering crIng great greatly from tho the burns which completely co coer covered er the body hor- hor of oC Gammon and transformed Bartons Barton's lower limbs Into great blisters Gammon became s unconscious from pair pain pair shortly ater after affer he was removed remo ed to the tho hospital and and at attending attending at- at tending surgeons eons reported that little hopa Is held out cut for for his recovery Stenn Locomotive Demolished Th The work train comprised a steam lo locomotive 10 anti ant a L gondola condola while tho sand train was ma made e up of an electric motor and ond two loaded loade sand and cars The steam locomotive was nearly completely demolished de de- de- de and nd the electric motor was a damaged damage probably beyond repair The sand cars and the gondola were packed in tho cut and It was several hours before the wreckage could be bo cleared up U. W. W C C. C Orem president and general manager manager of at the Orem line lino lne Frank rank M. M 1 Orem secretary and arni treasurer of tho the A. A J. J Orem Co and W. W R. R R Armstrong assistant general manager and chief engineer of or the Orem line lne and a work crew left for tho the scene cene of oC the accident In n a special car 11 Mr Armstrong Armstrong directed direct direct- ed d the work of clearing up the wreckage wreck wreck- age The work woric train hauled b by a locomotive tive th was known as ns No o 26 while the theand sand and train was scheduled as No Xo 51 51 |