Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-03 | Page 6 | Freight Wrecked by a Lone Steer

fREIGHT WRECKED I O E S Seven Loaded o e Cars Ditched and Brakeman Tankersley q Seriously Injured I Special to The Tho Herald Ogden Sept 2 In In an accident at al I I Deeth twenty miles west of Wells Ne Ne' Ne an eastbound freight ht collided with a lone steer oRrl early Sunday mornIng morn- morn I 1 Ing 11 and seven loaded frol freight ht cars car were cre thrown from front the track Two of the cars were loaded with fruit and arid th the others with COil copper per from the Ne Nevada Ne- Ne vada sada sm i Geor Georgo o. o Tankersley a was seriously Injured l jureti and Is now no v no noat at the J Dec Dec- ho hospital pital where hero It has not yet et been determined 1 how serious his injuries RI are It is fen feared red he lie suffered concussion concus concus- sion o of the brain Ho has lias remained Inja Ina ct semi conscious condition since the accident In lii of ot En Engineer Engi lne l- l The he he en engine elrine lne was ivas ri charge harge ne ncr neer c C. C and l Fireman A A. A C. C Peterson neither r of cir whom was waR hurt Tankersley w was s standing on the tender tender ten ten- der and was hurled to the ground round I sulking on his h head a ad 1 and ind shoulders The Accident happened as tho train w was l p s though h ugh The Tho steer attempted to cross In front of tho train and was struck b by the engine engIn The cowcatcher was doubled beneath bonrath th front trucks causing them to leave e I the track and throwing the engine t J almost at right ari angles les with the track