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Show ENGlif (ME cJ'jiiiEj) George Smiley and J. W. Smith Lose Lives by Boiler Explosion. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT NOT YET DETERMINED Mishap on Salt LaKe' Route Few Miles West of City Near LaKe Point , THB DEAD. OEOBQB SMILEY, snftneer, single, 247 lotrth Second West street. J. tff. SMITH, fireman, married. e West Second South ataeet. Without aa Instant's warning the boiler of extra freight engine 9630 on the Salt Lake route exploded this mom, ing at 6:27 one nil weet of Lake Point, killing the engineer and fireman In- 1 ' I. y PINTER OEORQB BMTLEY. stantly. The train van traveling, kt about twelve miles an hour when the accident occurred. The oaglae and tender ten-der left tho rails but bo other damage was done. Tho bodies of tho engineer and fireman fire-man were found oa tho floor of tho gangway of tho engine, horribly mangled man-gled sod scalded. Tho body of Engineer Smiley was rat almost la two by plsc.ee of tho boiler, riremaa Smith's body was badly scalded sad his skull fractured frac-tured In several plsoss. Aa soon as word of the accident reached this city s special was sent to - - - rlKEMAlf J. W. BMITH. tba arena of tba wreck and tha bodies wera brought to Hart Lake City, where they were taken to tba Evans trader- , taking establishment: Tha extra freight traia pulled by tbe wrecked eagina left tha north yards at 4:50 thia morning. Tba engiaa waa inspected aod given aa O. K. as vaual. It .is practically a new engine aad had little, if any work done on it. Tba station work at Lake Point waa flniNbrd and tba train pulled out apparently appa-rently with evervta.ng in working ur der. Wben n mile went of toe station, with a loud report, the boiler blew un. arnanbing the cab and rear part of te (CottUaued an impte li ENGINE CREWS (Contitiwl from pa 1.) rnglne to fragmanU. Tha forea of tha explosion sent the angina raraaning from tha track. Tba train was brought to a suridsa standstill and Bona of tba ears left tba trark. Conductor . E. O. Oeiner and tba brakemaa hurried t tba angina aa boob as they recovered from tha shaking up of tha sudden atop. Jn tha splintered rab of tha engine amy the body of (lenrga Smiley, tha engineer. Peath bad been instantaneous, riraman BtlU Breathing. Tba fireman. .1. W. Kmitb, lived a few minutea, but waa uarooseioua. His in-jnriea in-jnriea were principally about the bead. His body waa aealded considerably from the water released from the boiler when tha esploaion came. Howerer. tha fatal injuries were sereral fractnrea of tba skull. Tba bodies were remoyed from tba engine aad carried to tha caboose to await transportation hack to Salt take City. Word of the wreck caused a shock among railroad men and the frieada of tha unfortunate asea. The caose of tha wreck has beeB given unofficially aa probably iasuffi-eieat iasuffi-eieat water im tea boiler. A tnvesti gation ia to b mad immediately. Ia siasetors of giaea at tba shone had placed their approval oa the engine pre vioua to ita leaving the roundhouse for tha trip. ganller Expartenced Engineer. . fteorge HmileV. tha engineer on the illfated train, eras a railroader with a number ot yeare' egperieaea. He began Ilia career on an engine for the Denver Kio Grande. Ia ltMlft he took a place aa fireman with the Halt Lake route, and was promoted to engineer a year ago. Since then be hail been oa a freight tub out of Halt Lake. He waa known by railroad mea to be a eoan patent pa-tent and careful enginemaa and aa-derstood aa-derstood railroading ia tha mountain ous country. He was single aad roomed at 47 Houth Second Vtest street. A brothel, Dan Bmilev, U brakemaa on the Hon I here Pacific oit of Ogdea, and it Is thought be haa a sister living at Missoula. Word haa been ecnt to these relatives. Ha was a member of the B. ef L. R. Smith 'a Parents- ia Logan. J. W. bmith, tha fireman, lived with his wife at 64 West Heroad Booth street, where they did'llght housekeeping. housekeep-ing. Ha came to Halt Lake last September Sep-tember from McOill, Nct.. where he had been railroading! Previous to thai time he lived at Poratello. Ha bad been in railroad work twelve rears aad soon waa to have been promoted to engineer. engi-neer. Smith possessed a remarkable phvaique, steading A feet 1 inches, well muscled and in every wav was a powerful power-ful man physically. He had studied the railroad work from the bottom up and was ia tha prima of life, being only 33 rears of age. Smith's parents live at Logan. They have been notified of the accident. He waa a member of tha Brotherhood of locomotive Firemen and ef tba Knights of Pythias. Plana for the fuaerals wilt not be made until word is received from rola-tlves rola-tlves of the unfortunate men. |