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Show ffifiS!- HAY RECQVEfc Tift) .' Chances for the recovery of J. W. Fry and S. O. Phillips, the Copper Belt road brakemen who were injured in the wreck at Bingham yesterday, are encouraging, according to Information given out at St.' Mark's hospital today. They are not yet oat of danger, however. how-ever. Phillips passed a better night than Fry, but the condition of each, the nurses said, was as good as could be expected. Fry was on the middle car of the ore train which tipped over at 8:45 o'clock yesterday morning and was buried be- . ' ' neath tons of ore. Besides several scalp wounds and body bruises it is feared he suffered internal injuries. Phillips' wounds came from escaping steam, a he was on the front footboard of the engine when the accident ocenrred. He was burned on the face, hands and body. The fireman, E. 0, Wyatt, was instantly in-stantly killed. J. C. . Lynch, the engineer, en-gineer, died an hour and a half after the accident. The injuries of J. W. Me-Gee, Me-Gee, the conductor, are tnot regarded as dangerous. . . , T Train Ban away. After leaving the United States bridge the trsin became unmanageable. The conductor gave the signal to stop but Engineer Lynch, unable to work' the airbrakes, threw the reverse lever. The train increased its speed, however, how-ever, until it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. At "Double Reverse Re-verse Curve," the steepest point on the road, three cars jumped the track and crashed into the mountainside. The engine having became uncoupled, raced ahead to the next cure, where it ien me ram ana overturned. Engineer Lynch was caught under the firebox. He retained consciousness until his death and gave a statement of the accident. He had intended jumping, but believing the engine had been brought under eontrol after it left the cars, they stayed with the locomotive too long. Was an Ex-Soldier. Lynch had lived in Bingham since last July and was a fireman until December De-cember 3, when he was given charge of an engine. He was married about ten months ago and the wife survives. Lynch was a member of the Bingham Dramatic club and appeared in the leading role in its presentation of "Dream of Mathias" recently. He had served two years in the Philippines as a Lieutenant of volunteers and drew a pension of $12 a month. Wyatt had been in Bingham less than a week. He is said to have relatives in Washington State. Word was received this morning from relatives of E. O. Wyatt in Belmont, Wash., and it was decided to send his body to that place. J. C. Wyatt 's body will be taken to Pueblo. Colo., for burial, but not until after the arrival of his father from Pueblo. |