Show m E MAN MA KillED TWO BADLY HURT Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into Incoming Train With Great Velocity at Evanston Special to The Herald Evanston Wyo Sept 1 One man was killed and two others were badly Injured one of whom will probably die as a re result result sult suit of an accident on the Union Pacific here this evening Five Fic freight cars breaking loose in the local yards ran down grade for tor nearly a mile and then crashed into an Incoming freight train Both Iloth trains were derailed nearly all aU of the cars being destroyed The road was I blocked for several hours after the ac accident accident The man killed was a brakeman named Gray Gra who was on the runaway cars Both the engineer and fireman of the other train stuck to their posts and were bad badly badly badly ly crushed The fireman jumped just before the crash and broke both legs The Injured men were rushed to the hoc hos hospital pital where it was said that both might die i Died at Post of Duty The accident was caused by five cars loaded with steel rails breaking away in inthe Inthe Inthe the yard ard and starting down grade Gray the brakeman was on the train at the time and knowing that another freight was a short distance back on the track tried to stop the cars with the brakes He was unsuccessful but stuck to his task until the last and lost his life in inthe Inthe Inthe the collision just as he was about to jump The track out of the yard is down downgrade downgrade downgrade I grade for about three miles and before the runaway cars neared the oncoming freight they had gained great speed The engi engineer engineer neer fleer of the freight made an effort to re reverse rever reverse verse ver e his train but was unable to do so in time The car nearest the oncoming freight was loaded the heaviest and It crashed In Into Into into to the engine both falling down the em embankment embankment alongside the track All five fhe of the runaway cars were piled plIed up In the track bed bell and were destroyed T b by y the fire that was started after fter the collision A wrecking crew started from the yard shortly after atter the accident and returned return d with the dead brakeman and the Injured men menThe The wreck tied up the train service Into Evanston for several hours but was finally cleared away by the wrecking crew |