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Show OVERLAND LIMITED PARTIALLY WRECKED Broken Rail Throws Three Cars Into Ditch, One Turning Completely Over, at Wyuta, Wyo., Six Mihs West of Evanston No One Was Badly Hurt. Evanslon, "tt'yo., Feb. 9. While running run-ning at a high rate of speed the Overland Over-land Limited, castbound train No. 2 on tho Union Pacific, was wrecked this afternoon at Wyuta, a station six miles west of this place- A number of the passengers sustained cuts and bruises, but none were injurod fatally. The three rear cars and two Pullmans Pull-mans left the track and rolled down an embankment, tho observation car turning turn-ing completely over. Tho wreck was j caused by a broken rail. ! A wrecking crew and two surgeons wore sent from this place late tonight to assist tho wrecked train and to care for the wounded. "VYhllc a number of the passengers of the tra(n wero slightly slight-ly Injured, It 1 given out by officials that only one person sustained Injuries of any consequence. Train Dispatcher ' Ross of the Wyoming division was on the observation car which turned over. He had his Up severely cut and re-colvod re-colvod other painful Injuries. Five Pullmans were sent out from Og-den Og-den tonight on No. -1 to accommodate the passengers who wore on the wrecked train. No. U left Ogdon at 2:40 this afternoon aud left Salt Lake City shortly after noon. The wreck occurred at 5:30. Among tho passengers were MaJ. Robert Smith of Denver, puymastor for tho road, and his assistant, James R. Boaz. They boarded the train at Salt Lake. Neither was seriously hurt. John Beck, a prominent mining man of Salt Lake, wna also on the train. He sustained no sorioua injuries. The train crew was in charge of Conductor Con-ductor Macintosh. Engineer Murphy was on duty at the time. Both tho 1 conductor and engineer live In Ogdcn, |