Show SALT SALT SALT-LAKER LAKER IS KILLED TWO fREIGHT TRAINS MEET H HEAD ON ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALT LAKE CITY r I 7 1 at O'clocK This Ids Morning Both r. r and Two Injured and Brought to This City ti May Ma f Die Dic 9 1 t THE DEAD s j v George W. W McAleer engineer age 47 of South Eighth I West street this city r r. r THE MISSING I j Thomas J. J Loftis engineer age 40 of No 1 Browns Brown's s court this city I t THE INJURED Albert E. E Thomas fireman who lives at 9 South J Ninth West street badly bruised A. A G. G McDougal fireman age 28 8 of West Second i. i South Sou th street injuries not serious J. J N. N Carroll oil brakeman age 30 of West Second South Sonth street internal injuries at St. St Marks Mark's hospital vmay may die rS r. r E. E M. M I r. r brakeman age 33 of 1972 Washington r l avenue Ogden internal injuries at St. St Marks Mark's hospital z k may die Freight ht train No Xo 6 62 eastbound on onto ho to o Denver Grande Grandc running down downgrade downgrade I grade at about twenty miles an hour crashed into an extra freight train westbound at a point fifty yards north I I of or the Telluride power plant in the tho Narrows Narrows Nar Nar- rows rows twenty miles south sonth of here bere short shortly ly y before 2 30 0 o'clock clock this thia morning Engineer George W. W McAleer of the eastbound train was instantly killed his body bein being buried in a pile of coal slack I Engineer T. T J. J Loftis of the eastbound eastbound eastbound east- east bound train is still till missing Rio Grande officials partly place the blame for the tho wreck on him and even n now w have nave a force of ot men then scouring the the- adjacent hills looking for him It is the he common supposition however that Loftis is still under the tho wreckage e which is piled fifty feet hi high h at the scene of ot the accident Four others were injured According to the statement of a Rio Grande official who is busy at the scene scone of the wreck No Ko 62 02 62 tho the eastbound eastbound eastbound east- east bound train had orders to pass tho the extra ex ex- extra tra freight at Oliver a station about two miles north of the scene of the wreck at 2 30 0 o'clock clock this morning mornin This same official states that tho eastbound eastbound east east- bound must have left Oliver Olivcr ahead of ot its schedule Met on a Curve The crash camel on a curve Statements Statements State State- te- te ments of members of the crew of the eastbound are to the effect that the train was going oin about twenty miles an hour when the accident occurred It Itis Itis is supposed that the westbound train I which was climbing a slight grade ade had hada had haa hada a similar speed It was trying to got get getto gotto to Oliver to make connections It is the tho statement of one Rio Grande official that the tho en engineers of both trains violated viol orders and that no blame is to be attached to the train dispatcher dis die for the tho wreck Owin Owing to the nature of the ground where the accident occurred the crew of at neither train could see sec the impending impending im im- im pending dan danger er until the other train was about fifty yards away The track rounds the hill on a a. a sharp curve and andall andall andall all view of the track for any considerable consider able distance is shut off Apparently McAleer jumped as soon as M ho could after he saw the Impending impend impend- in ing dan danger er His body was found three car lengths behind his hie en engine ne almost completely buried in coal sack flack lack which composed tho the load of the first three or four cars of tho the westbound John M. M r. r Jones and A. A T. T Mason employees employees em em- of tho the Telluride Power company com com- piny pany helped extricate the dead engi engi- en- en neer They say a that when they arrived on the scene a few minutes minutes' after the crush occurred they found the body in ina a sitting posture with mth the head and part of the shoulders obtruding Awful Force of Crash Orash The accident occurred in a cut and the wreckage of ei eight rt or 01 ten cars was piled hi high h up in a conglomerate mas mass The cn engines nes are arc now standing nose to nose with the pilots completely completes broken bro bro- ken off The tender of the eastbound train is piled on top rf cf tb the locomotive Four boxcars on tho the westbound train were smashed into kin kindling Jin wood and their contents were piled nigh high up be hind the tho locomotive e. One Inc box bor car apparently apparently ap apt the fifth in the train was thrown feet down an embankment and toward the Jordan river river Three or four cars care on the westbound were filled fined with coal slack One Ono of f these was wu o of steel stee construction and the tho force of the collision is illustrated by b- the fact that it cut two two thirds thirds of the tue way through the tender of the engine n in One steel and two wood cars immediately immediately immedi immedi- behind it were thrown two two thirds of the way down the embankment and toward the Jordan river river Clearing the Track This afternoon after the wrecking crow had be begun n to see daylight ht through the immense pilo pile of wreckage a force of at men was set to dragging in the bottom of the Jordan river and another was searching in the underbrush alon along the tho banks The body of En Engineer ineer Loftis had hadnet hadnet hadnet net yet been found As soon as s the word of the tho accident reached the city a wrecking crew was sent out from the local yards This af- af Continued on Pago Page 9 I SALT LAKER IS KILLED Continued from Pa Page c 1 three locomotives es with a 3 wrecking wreck wrecking in ing crew of men and a steel derrick are aro arc busy buss at the scene and it is rs e estimated esti estimated ti mated that b by 7 o'clock this evening c the ic track will willbe bc cleared l Telegrams Telegram's Quick Work Vork THE EVENING l s 's r pre es were taken to the scene in in ina R. R 50 horsepower Maxwell automobile furnished from the garage arn p. p of Charles CharlesT T T. T Vail and with C. C R n. Morris as ag chauffeur chaut- chaut eur The trip of twenty four and a half miles to the scene of the wreck rc k was made part of the Wa way in a blinding bl sandstorm which cut the faces of the occupants of the swiftly moving mo car ear until they bled ld Nevertheless the trip tripas was as made in an hour and five o minutes minute Conductors E Escaped Both of the en engineers in ers were well nell known cnown in this cit city h rc they had bad lived for many man years McAleer 3 a manof manof man man- of f family resided d at 36 South Ei Eighth West Vest street He was as 47 years old oM and was known as one of the best and most moat reliable engineers in the employ of the theio Rio io Grande road Loftis also married lived ived at nt No So 1 Dro Brown s n os s court His wife died Hed a short while ago ngo Four our children e e Albert E. E Thomas the fireman on Me- Me rc Alters Alter's s 's engine ensine was badly bruised and andis ands andis is is s in a comatose o condition Both Conductor S. S M. M Fenton in char charge harge e of train No So 62 62 which thich was running run run- nin ing ning ninea ea east t at the time of the collision and nd Con Conductor E E. B. B Parson in char charge e of f the westbound extra who lives lins at athe atthe atthe the he Windsor hotel in this cit city escaped injury mury so far as could be learned When the news of the wreck reached this his city there was ag a wild scramble of ot relatives of the trainmen to ascertain the he details of the affair The dispatchers dispatch dispatch- ers er's r's rs office and the office of the general superintendent were besieged by half half- crazed razed friends close e relatives and newspaper news news- paper reporters seeking news of the ac ac- d ident ent To all entreaties the dispatcher turn turned d deaf cars ears and aud refused to give giveout o out ut information concerning the wreck He le was absolutely absolute insulting n and appeared ap pared to be swelled up not only cally but otherwise I I D. D In Iu marked contrast to the manner in which the Harriman system handles similar cases was the way in which news of the wreck was handled bandIed by th the Rio tio Grande p people ople Meager feager indefinite details were the only ones from th h scene of the wreck and relatives es were ere kept in ignorance i norance of the nature of Pt I the he wreck for many hours I IThe The Harriman lines respecting the rj rights of the public always make public their heir information about wrecks wreck at once THE TIlE TELEGRAM toda today p got cot tion ion of Qt the wreck from outside sources before the superintendents superintendent's office knew of it In Comatose Condition Albert E. E Thomas of South Ninth West street et a fireman on the southbound south south- bound freight ht was taken to his home borne early this morning and is now in a a serious condition Upon being taken to his home he lie was placed in a abed lied bcd am and I has bas las since been in a dazed condition His wife ifo tried to talk with hini hiiri but he was unable to tell her anything about what had lad happened He is is hurt about the feet and legs leg and has a scalp wound the he severity of which is not known A TELEGRAM representative went to o the house this morning mornin but owing to o Mr Thomas' Thomas dazed condition was unable to get his hia side of the thc story Up until that time no doctor had hadeen been een at the house to attend his wounds and their extent is not certain The fact act that Mr Thomas has been unable to o talk on the subject of the wreck is isaken taken aken as M evidence that ho is badly hurt His Jis wife seems greatly worried about his condition a as yet even she can get et him lim to say anything |