Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-02-09 | Page 1 | Rock Slid onto Track and Wrecked Freight

ROCK SLID QUO TRACK 111 Vice FREIGHT Young Man Stealing a Ride Is Killed on the Southern South-ern Pacific. jREDDING. Cal., Feb. S.-Southbound freight train No 1, on the Southern Pacific Pa-cific railroad, was wrecked at .'( o'clock this morning two miles north of Lemolno and one man was killed. A hugo boulder slid from a high bank onto the track Just as the onglnc approached. The engine en-gine and seven cars of lumber wero hurled from the track, four cars going down the embankment to the river's edge. Man Stealing- a BIdo Killed. An unidentified young man who waa stealing a ride on tho fourth car was killed. Tho oil tank was turned upside down and tho engine came near going over Into the river. The cars were smashed and tho lumber scattered In every direction. The track was torn up for COO yards. The northbound passenger train was held up nt Delta and an excursion train of the Order of Eagles was detained at Lcmolnc.