Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-13 | Page 16 | Snowstorm is Cause of a Serious Wreck

ISHOWSTORM IS CAUSE ' OF A Ml WRECK J Krciglit Trains in Collision, Head-on, at Monlc, Near v Carl in, Ncv. Special to Tho Tribune i . . OffDKX. Nov. 12. -V confusion of or-(li-rs. coupled with a blinding suowsform, caused a serious freight wreck :it ironic, l. small station on tho Southern Pa-ciiic Pa-ciiic railrondi a. few miles west of Car-Itn, Car-Itn, Nov.. last night. Tho engines of two freight, trains, which cauio together hi a heudon collision, were derailed ami ladly damaged, with a dozen freight mv&. The track where the accident occurred oc-curred was considerably lorn up and, traffic was blocked tor twelve hours. Kxl.ra freight, iraiu oustbound, engine No. 2S11. with Ungincor .1. ti. vVaisou and Conductor J. Stickoy. Inn: Portland, Port-land, was dotoured over the bouthenl Pacific on account of a cavern ot a ninuel on the Shasta division, WJth.n right-of-way over all trains of the s:uni diss. , When this train roac-hed Monte and collided with west hound extra freight Ls2:. in charge of Engineer Simpson aim ( onductor McMnunmnn. it was found that the castbouud train liad disregard-id disregard-id the orders and passed the mooting point scheduled for the two (rams to V ('ondu.Mfir Stickcy :ind Knginecr Watson Wat-son arc both veteran railroad men. 1 ho former has been in tho employ ol -tho t-outhcrn Pacific for the past twenty years, and Engiueor Watson- has served fifteen years -with the sumo company, lioth of the men have been regarded :is among tho most reliable, men in tho employ of tho company, but in some, manner thev became confused in the orders, which resulted in tho wrecking of the two trains. Luckily no one was iniured by the collision. Superintendent V- C. Sanson happened hap-pened to bo traveling over the system on a tour of inspection, and hurried to the scono last night, where ho. personally person-ally directed the wrecking crew. At 7 o'clock this morning the wrcokago had been cleared and trallic over the road was resumed. Passenger trains oasthound, which were due in Ogdcu la.st night, did not arrive here until late thib afternoon.