Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1909-02-05 | Page 3 | Train Went into Ditch

TRAIN WENT INTO DITCH one bone woman killed and twenty pas 4 injured cheyenne wyo the oregon ex press was wrecked at dana miles west of cheyenne on the union pacific tuesday evening A broken tall rail or broken flange tumbled nine cars tato into the ditch the oregon express Is call composed of at elev eleven en or twelve ears cars and Is usually heavily loaded with passengers for tho the pacific northwest tho the engine mall mail and baggage baggage cars cara remained ned on the rails but the ulna nine cars following inducing tourist and standard Etan dard alee sleepers pers and dining car went over the embankment and are piled up tip in one mass of wreckage miss emma Clingen pul ot of danbury lown iowa was war stilled and about twenty other ps passengers injured