Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-18 | Page 11 | Wreck Probe Secret Affair

WRECK PROBE. SECRET 1FF1 Trainmen First Witnesses on S. L. Route Mishap Tha formal Inveatlgatlcn of tha reuse of the wreck on the Halt Lake Route- south of Bandy early 8unUy morning, in which three wtre killed when train No, I ran Into trark re port4 to have been weak?nx1 by water, la being held behind closed doere la the office of W. ii. flmith. division auperlntendent of the tiaJt taka .Route, today. Tha first wltnesa to appear before the Investigating body, whlrh In-clUdea In-clUdea R, . Gardner, II. C. Wrlht. Interstate tommerce eommlaaion represent a tlve from Denver, W. H. i Com stock, general manager nf ths Bait Lake Koute N. A. Williams, superintendent of the ftslt Isake Houte, W. H. flmjlh, dlvlvlon aoper lntendent of the Bait Lake Houte. Thomas K. McKay of the puhlio utilities commission, and other railroad rail-road officials, waa W. K. Valiant, conductor of the ' Ill-fated train. Following Conductor Valiant. I. W. Narcott, bead brskman. Xurrer Wing, flagman, and l. W. jHaker, baggsgo man, who had a narrow ee-eapa ee-eapa from death, wero examined by the committee. Wltneeeee who hag been examined exam-ined atated that they were qulaxed regarding ths nature of the accident acci-dent and their Impression a - The Inveetlgatlon will be continued tomorrow to-morrow If all the available witnesses witness-es are not examined today. Inapec-tore Inapec-tore Gardner and Wright of the Interstate In-terstate commerce comrotsslon. ar-rtvea ar-rtvea In Salt Lake Tueaday afternoon after-noon and proceeded to tha scene of tha wreck with the railroad officials for an examination, but would make no definite statement regarding the findings until the formal invaallga-Uon invaallga-Uon hsa been completed.