Show ENGINEER LOFTIS IS STILL T AMONG MISSING ISSING BODY NOT FOUND IN IN WRECKAGE earch Search in Pile of SlacK Ends Without a Trace of Him SEVERAL POSSES ARE ARENOW I NOW SEARCHING HILLS I Puzzles Railroad l Officials and Friends r of Man k 1 i irH r-H r 4 i- i t BULLETIN 2 2 P. P M. M Early this afternoon oon a special 4 L. L i train w was s fitted ou out and as ns man many z f I. I men as possible secured to to too go o on oni r i a I. I hunt for Loftis The Thc train was nas nasto to 4 taken to tho scone of the wreck 4 1 by En Engineer incer F. F L. L Cowen a close 4 personal friend of the tho missing 1 rz man fir L J i Cowering with fear over the coise- coise of or his mistake or with his n mind nd temporarily unbalanced as a I. I result of which he be passed through i fit t is now almost certain that Thomas Thoma J. J tho missing engineer In the thc theon theon on tb the Rio Grando oar early r morning IB lB now flOW roaming tho the hills Tn 11 the tho neighborhood of tb tho catastrophe 1 f According to railroad officials their theil ast of ot finding him under the piled tip p debris dobris of at the wrecked trains was wa given Riven up at 8 o'clock last Iut night when practically all that part of the tho wreckage iad iad been boon cleared away The work was continued however duril tho night m and this mornin morning the Jast last doubt seemed to be removed cd and andrt rt tho search h for Loftis in the surrounding Country was renewed energetically I t L Sheriff Frank Emery has de detailed Deputies Ira Beckstead and R. R W Stokes at Bingham Junction on the case and all all towns in the vicinity have been notified to be on th the tho look lookout ut for the man Farmers in tho the vicinity have taken an interest in the search e and together with the railroad people are scouring the Up to a late hour bour this afternoon after after- noon the search had bad he been en futile After the wreckage had been cleared Away way new ties were put in wherever necessary and new rails spiked into h place so that the track was as 3 again ain in punning 4 running order at 0 o'clock this morn morn- in Investigation Soon The work of removing the wreckage e is now flOW being co conducted more leisurely under the supervision of Assistant Superintendent Superintendent Su Suo Su- Su A A. A P. P Apperson When the work ork is over o he be will hold an i l. l tion with Superintendent Ernest Sten Sten- I er into causes of the accident when nn en attempt will be mado made to place tho the blame for the wreck In spite of the thc fact that the railroad have haVo notified her that further expectation expo tation of finding Loftis under the ithe wreckage is hopeless Miss Addio J Loftis Loftis a sister living at East Sec See ond flond South street still believes that his body will ultimately bo ho found where thear tho the icara ar are are- piled on top of him after bead ho be had iad ad jumped in the hope of safety 1 If It they thoy would only search further under th the tho coal where Mr M McAleer Alcer was found I am sure they would find him thoro thero t she says i 7 We Wo had hopes that be he had Jumped to o the right but Mr Raymond Eaymond the brakeman at the tho St. St Marks Mark's hospital tells teUs us that all aU four of tho men Jumped to tho loft left of the tho train ot off tho the same side I had bad intended to go out there this and see ice what could coull le be dane done ut the rain camo down and I had bad to itay Ilay at home borne J A brother Leo Loftis of Cascade worked Corked all night with the railroad men however to find the tho brother who he thinks think is dead J. J R. R Loftis another rl has also nIsI gone Iono to the scene of the he accident Injured Aro Are Doin Doing Well Miss Loftis LoCUs says that two tn-o other brothers who live at J Mo left their homes for this city last ni night ht and will come como to lend their services if they ire are needed J Those Thoo who vrho ho were inured injured in in the thc wreck rcck Ire arc ro all doing well toda today Brakeman Drakeman J. J l N. N Carroll 7 18 West Second South was wa taken to hi his homo home late yes yes- cs A Brakeman Drakeman E E E. W W. Raymond is is resting with Fireman A. A G G. G McDougal al being be hr Lug ing n the worst sufferer Firt Fireman man Albert Alhert E. E Thomas South Ninth West Vest Street was feeling a 3 little stiff this thi morning when a reporter for fOl TIlE THE I TELEGRAM LEGRAM called but ho he had been as- as ur d that no bones were broken and he e hoped to be bo about in a n f few w days day i fUr Thomas wa was brakeman for lor En- En EnI I 4 L tT ENGINEER LOFTIS Who is still missing incer McAleer Aleer and gave e a THE TIlE TELE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM GRAM GRA the thc first actual stor story of tho the incidents incidents in incidents in in- leadin leading up to and causing the crash between the two tn-o trains I I 1 was lookin looking ahead through the window windon in the cab said Fireman Thomas when suddenly I t aw baw the the flare flaro of tho headlight on the ibe other train i shooting out past tho the curve I I I For Fora couldn't see sec th tbt other engine a moment I was dazzled by the light licht and I seemed unable to do anything But it must have been only for a moment bc because ause I remember almost immediately im j I mediately shouting as loud lond as I could II My God Mac jump for or your life They're coming against us I seemed to be doing thin things J mechanically mechanically me me- for I don dont don't t remember thinking thinking think think- in ing that I really ou ought bt to do anything The nc next nest t thin thing I knew T J was s living flying 1 through h th the tho air and as I looked ahead I could see seo sea Mae Mac rae jumping off too Looks for Companion As I struck the embankment I T became became be be- came dazed and then suddenly I seemed to realize that life worth was living hinr and I began bejan t to think of oC Mac and what had bad become of him Tho The cars can were piling up and md tumbling turn tum bling bUng over each E. other like liko houses of cards They didn't seem to be bo any stronger than paper boxes Tho big bill iron r rails seemed d to bo be i Continued on page 2 2 2 ENGINEER LOFTIS Continued from page pae 1 thrown about like so GO many sUcks sticks and the coal was flying in about like a aRnow- aRnow snow snow- storm torm It all happened in a very short shortt t time timo mo and then I forgot everything but butI I Mac I HI felt just a little bruised braised and managed managed man man- a aged ed to get et chose to where he had fallen only a few feet ahead of me The car cu that fell on him was the only thing that kept the wreckage from falling fahling on me too I. I As As I began to scratch in the coal and timbers I r became aware awan that my left arm was paralyzed but I kept on scratching with my rj right ht hand It didn't seem to do much good but butI I kept right on scratching a us as fast fallt as I could From timo to time two I could hear Mac groaning and then I tried to work harder II Soon I discovered that somebody was working at my mJ side and it proved pro to bo be McDougal who was LotUs LofUs' fire lire man roan manFor II For For n a time Hmo wo TrO kept scratching together to gether gother ther and aDd then some one came with pick and shovels My 1 left arm was use use- so 50 T r choso chose tho the pick and kept kepton on scratching with that H With the help belp of ot the other men we e soon got ot Mao Mac rn ont oat of the tho wr wreck ck but butI I guess gness ho didn't Jive livo IOD long after that Woman Sent Coffee It I I Come on and help mo me g tei ei my engineer engineer en en- ineer out now Thomas said raid to me InC and then wo we both went to work 3 again ain Some ono one came with coffee cofre I guess it Wa wee was a Mr Mason from front tho the plant of the tho Telluride Power company He lIe Eaid said that Mrs Mason had sent itI itI itI it I can tell ten you that that coffee o tasted good and the injured fireman as nl ho as-ho ho holay holay lay on his bis bed at his his homo home smiled at rt atthe the tho remembrance of it Wo We Va tried to work on on bat bot soon our ener energies ics gave out entirely and nd wo 0 went back to the thc caboose and lay down H Everything was w excitement Flag Flag- men were being sent Rent out in in both directions directions to stop any trains that mj might ht bo ho comin coming along while others went to telephone tele phone for tho the relief train H McDougal al told me rae that ho lip didn't havo hato a watch and ho he di didn't nt know whether hether they thoy bad had loft tho the siding b bo- bo fore foro they ther ou ought ht to or not Accor According in to Thomas' Thomas tory Me- Me had placed implicit faith in in his superior and cannot account for or any arty rea rca eon son that would havo have caused C Loftis to to o run nn the train in a way to causo cauro the fn fatal ll Wo We just dozed doze dJ off oft together I guess in that caboose continued Thomas Thoma and It felt rather good rood t to bo be o ablo able to tolie tolio tolio lio lie down It seemed a very cry o i soon scan n and the doctors came and then thee we were taken to tho the city Has Companions Companion's Watch H Any Any blame for wreck certa certainly cannot be placed at Macs door dor We Va had our orders and they gave ve us is until to moot the other otner train at the tho siding The trains came together at exactly ex cx acty w so that wo we had bad still five min miu- to make the half milo mil where wo should have havo met and expected to meet the train that ran into nto tie us Thomas anxiously ol the reporter if anything had bad been boon hoard heard of 01 the whereabouts of Loftis but he hc could only be told that tho the cn engineer was still Hill missing Tho The faithful fireman has tb th watch wilca of or bi his dead en engineer at his home an 1 it if is is still ill running exactly on timo with his own Thomas was ivas in a wreck about abou two and one-half one years ago on t too the o Or Oregon con Short Lino Line at Layton Shortly after that he resigned and went to work ork on tho Rio Bio Grando Grande McAleer's Tuner Funeral Tho The funeral of George W. W McAleer will be held Sun Sunday ay afternoon from irom the undertaking rooms of 0 ODonnell O'Donnell 8 Co South West Temple street tinder under un tin- der the auspices of the tho local lodge G of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive BD Engi Engi- i- i I a e ers |