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Show . atop before making the erosatng. The Ealt Lake train made the stop and the ' man In charge of the .crossing gar the 1 signal to go ahead. It Is claimed that the engineer of the Rio Grande attempted to stop his train, but that the air brakei (ailed to work. When he found that ha would he unable to atop hie train lie sounded an alarm with the whistle and reversed the en-, glne. The engineer on- the Garfield tsaln, however, did cot, have sufficient warning to stop his engine, and bis train was truck as above stated. ' Tle engineer of the Rio Grande train, however, Isd succeeded In. b'rlntlng his train neurly to a etpp when the solilsion occurred. . j . Of&oers of both companies are staking' an Investigation, as-to the cause of the accident. '-'' ' That , a number of people were not killed or seriously, injured at the railroad rail-road crossing at sAth West and Klnth South street at o'clock last night Is lit-tie lit-tie short of miraculous. As It is, C. W. Curttn. an iron structural worker at Garfield, Gar-field, ia suffering from a badly sprained ankle, and an 'unknown man had his arm cut by tying glass. Train No. (7 on the Salt Lake Route, known as the work train from Garfield, was struck by the engine of Rio Grande train No. , north tjound. The engine of the Rio Grande train struck' the. smoking car o( the 8alt Lake train almost la the middle. While the car was badrj demolished, demol-ished, the Impact was cot of sufficient force to derail the car nor to Injure tnsny of the passengers .with which the car was flit:-.' ' ., , , .'. , . , According to custom, both trains shoold |