| Show RAILWAY ACCIDENT A fatal smashup on the oregon oreg on short line on saturday afternoon intelligence reached this city that a wreck had occurred on the oregon short line between sofia soda springs and pocatello idaho oa friday evening about 7 near lava the work train was backing swiftly through the canon the work hands being seated on the top of a box bos car suddenly out came a cow from the willows on to the track and before any warning could be eiven or the brakes applied the animal was waa struck instead of being thrown from the track it fell under the wheels and the whole train toppled over As the car fell the men began jumping with the most disastrous results one man was killed outright another was caught by the car as he made the jump and his leg was literally literal Jv crushed off the limb remaining near the car while the unfortunate man was hurled down the dump the ankle of another man was caught by the car and crushed while the brake man injured in ared his bis back also having been struck by the car the others received injuries through jumping about eldeor or thirteen in all were more or aw le less I 1 injured ared two physicians were at once sent for to montpelier who attended the sufferers the could be brou brought alit to the hospital the 0 ogden standard says that on saturday night some of the unfortunate men were brought down dowgun on the U P no 1 these were frank stone a leg cut off near the knee pat mccann thrown on his head bruising head and face and injuring the left arm wro win workman both knees sprained joseph cole ankle severely sprained hugh drinnan na n a shoulder out of joint pat do heity hei ty a fractured leg and a broken thu thumb lilb and another man whose name could not be learned head badty badly cut and skin skinned ted the brakeman whose back was injured was expected in on the U N the injured men were taken to the U P hospital and placed under the care of dr perkins wm win doren who was killed has parents and large family in sho |
