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Show UNION PACIFIC ACCIDENT Nr L'M Junction Lust Kv.nlng -List of Mi. lujured. The passengers who were injured last evening iu the Union Pacific uec"nlent about seven miles west of Lehi Junction Junc-tion are aa comfortable H possible today. to-day. They are: Mike Cahiil of I'.u-reka. I'.u-reka. II C. Shields of Salt Lake. P. M. Gillespie of Salt Lake, Mrs. J, Miller of Mammoth Junction, Mr. James Crooks of American Fork, J. M. Sullivan Sulli-van of Sail Lake, and a daughter of Mrs. II. Tompkins of F.ureka. Brake-mau Brake-mau U. S. Grant was seriously injured on the anil and chest and bad his collar bone fractured. Mr. Shields sii-ttitud the most serious injury, a scalp wound. The others escaped with less injury. The train, No. .12, had como out of a cut when the rails spread and the tender and two coaches left the track, the latter falling on their sides. For- a time intense in-tense excitement existed and nil of the passengers were severely shaken by the accident. As soon as the news of the accident reached Salt Lake a special was started with Dr. J. Bcnt'y and others aboard to assist the injured. The bruised and wounded were given attention and brought to this city and taken to their homes in carriage by the company. The local management of the road is not responsible for tho condition of the line which caused the accident. The public is well aware that tho power to keep the line in safe condition lies with the head of the road at Omaha. . m - |