Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-13 | Page 11 | Train Plunged over Embankment

TRAIN PLUNGED OVER EMBANKMENT Engineer and Fireman Killed and Many Injured on the Southern Pacific Salinas Cal July 12 Leaving tho the rails mill on a Do sharp curve CUrTO near Metz Meb sta eta station station tion thirty miles mites south of ot hero the special train which left loft Chicago July 4 carrying over a 0 hundred delegates to the American Chemical con convention convention in San Ban Francisco plunged over the tho embankment today killing kUling the tho en on engineer engineer and fireman and injuring four tour women woman passengers and five trainmen The ThO train was making forty miles an nn hour over a track that is not consid considered considered ered ored safe at nt more moro than a n mile ralle gait bAlt Tho The engine rolled down tho bank crushing its crew to death while two cars wore upset and splintered Three sleeping cars wore derailed but not damaged and three wore left on the rails The Dead D IId Fireman Ernet Brnt San Francisco Engineer L 1 A Dixon San Satt Francisco The Injured Conductor W Yo H 11 Metz lIet Internally In jures jur IL R McGhee dining oar car ar porter San Francisco Internally injured William Mlles Miles chef ohof of ot dining car Oakland two ribs and right thigh fractured Mrs M 1 B Nichols Ann Arbor Mich body bod bruised Charles Lamont Lament Detroit Mich I spine Injured Mrs II lL B Barnard Indianapolis back sprained feet Injured Misa Mies Louise lu hopf Beach City 0 O scalded It is not believed that any of the Injured passengers are fatally hurt The accident occurred shortly after 5 Ii In the morning and few tow of the passengers In the sleeping oars had left their berths borth The Tho four injured women omen were in the capsized cap tourist sleeper but none of the passengers po In Inthe Inthe inthe the standard conchs coache sustained any hurt All the delegates Including the injured wore were taken to San Francisco on a special train