Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-22 | Page 2 | Fireman Dies; Second Victim Train Wreck

FIREMAN DIES SECOND VICTIM TRAIN WRECK S. S J. J Hopkins Burned From Waist Down Succumbs Suc Suc- at Elko Hospital ital I After Brave Fight S. S J. J Hopkins fireman on the ill ill- fated westbound freight train which was as telescoped Tuesday b by a runaway helper engine near Proctor Proctor Proctor Proc Proc- tor on the Western Pacific Pacific died late yesterday afternoon at an Elko hospital and was the second victim to su succumb cumb from the tho collision William Wil t liam Ham Colloran the first victim Was was killed Instant instantly I Hopkins died from burns suffered when the collision occurred lIe He was wae badly burned from the waIst down and had his foot severed at the ankle lIe Ho was as taken to Jko I on the rescue train tram last night which carried idso the tho bod body jf Jt William Colloran tn and the other Injured p I sons The collision which occurred Just jUlit over oer the Utah-Nevada Utah line i is characterized char chas as one o of the strangest mishaps of 01 Western railroad h his tOI tory New details which were ere given given gh en yesterday esterday show that Emmett Emmeit Fields n on the freight was standing on the front font engine rail and sounded a warning when the runaway engine approached ap ap- ap- ap He lie leaped to safety anti ami only suffered minor bruises But Engineer Colloran and Fireman n Hopkins Hopkin in their effort efort to jump from the cab collided and and were wen knocked to the floor The They wee e e unable unab to get cret et up up and out before the crash came A tramp who was riding in a n. coal car directly behind the telescoped engine was thrown thirty feet and escaped without Injury other thana than a cut on the chin In the deep cut two engines and several se box car care w were re piled plied in a heap I According to Information received here the runaway engine cd recel its Us Impetus to start on its its- wild three mile dash Into the westbound freight train b frOm m a collision with an eastbound freight train It 1 Is said that that Engineer Engineer Harper on the helper engine threw open the throttle throttle tle tIe to avert the crash but when he saw lIaw It was inevitable he leaped from the cab The first collision caused the light engine to leave the rails ralls b but t It continued traversing th the three miles to Proctor on the tho ties When When-it It struck the the- main lIne Una track It ft regained tha ho rails ralls and when tho the fatal tatal collision occurred the tho runaway y engine was tas traveling at the tho rate of or fifty miles an hour it is estimated