Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-08 | Page 1 | Train Leaves Trestle; Many Passengers Hurt

TRAIN LEA YES TRESTLE; MANY PASSENGERS HURT ATLANTA. Gn.. Jan- 7. Tho second nectlon of what Is known :us tho Collvor special, running from Cleveland to St. Augustine. Fla. was wrecked this afternoon after-noon between Dallas and Hiram, Ga , on the Southern Railway, on a trestle twenty-five fct over the nearly dry bed of Copper Mine creek. Fivo or tho seven cars went Into the mud, and as u result a scon- or more passengers, most of them residents of Ohio, wcro Injured. None will flic. The seriously hurt are Engineer Edwards, Ed-wards, who was caught beneath the cab of his engine when It overturned, after clearing the trestle, and Engineer Snapp and tho negro fireman. Edwards and his fireman probably will die.