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Show UNUSUAL TRAIN WRECK OCCURS IN THIS CITY Nine loaded coal cars on the Utah Railway were demolished In a rail wreck on the westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western tracks south of the Jefferson school of this city when a westbound extra No. 104, Utah Coal Route, was derailed at 31:30 Tuesday. No one was injured. Blthough the accident was one of the most unusual railroad wrecks 1 ever seen in this section. According to J. D. Currie, head . brakeman, 42 West Third North Etreet Provo, the accident was apparently ap-parently the cause of a defective wire operating tne derail operated from the interlocking station. Cur-Tie, Cur-Tie, sitting on the pilot of the engine, en-gine, saw the point derail open up just as the pilot passed over it-Knowing it-Knowing that an accident would happen he immediately jumped from the train. Seeing Currie jump, J. H. John-eon John-eon applied the brakes. When he felt the wheels bumping on the ties, he jumped from the engine. After the engine had come to a etop, the weight of the 87 loaded cars behind it pushed the engine more than 250 feet. When it came to a stop nine of the cars were buckled zigzag across the tracks. , One of the rails was bent into an S shape. ! L. Edward Bartlett, brakeman, i remained on the engine until it had stopped. L. E. Palmer, conductor of the train, was in the caboose with Lisle E. Wade, brakeman. When the engine was pushed along the ties by the weight of the cars behind it, it followed a side track leading to the Hal Service Station at the intersection. Had it gones 40 feet west from where it stopped; it would have run into a large gasoline storage tank and (nay have caused an explosion. Twa Jarge, wrecking crews- arc at work, Rearing jthe . tracks. )..-. 1 |