| Show ST r n P L I 1 I 1 NS HORROR fling ing scene on winter quarters lu arters tract RAI U OF THE DEAD AT OFIELD SCOFIELD SUNDAY FIELD ELD utah feb 26 the T ailing accident to take place he i big explosion at winter 11 may 1900 occurred its s morning when without ning ming mrs emelia two wo children the youngest ababa a babe in arms and the ne anna but 2 years old n i down by two loaded box t had gotten away from the a 4 of the denver and diw nde ande railroad mrs rutz on her way to winter with her throe three children st a boy of 9 and the W dren who lost their lives 11 ith th their mother when at bout about half way between ma winter quarters and at a chere ere the snow was banked on both sides they were ere uthe lie runaway cars and caught c s in in a trap he the marks in the it is that mrs made a effort brt to save the lives of her d 1 children but the cars ire ere coming at the rate of at ty y miles an hour were upon most before they realized rager nger the boy fritz was one of the party of four ped aped wh when n the cars struck her and two child chil children dien en they aggedy along under the cars ey were literally ground to t being some time before the were identified after the passed the boy came back ack and found the mangled f his mother and to baby ene to those who had arria idia tely after the accident ning pieces of the bodies ry where and the boy grief and frightened half to death ire re apparently not realizing nt at of the terrible tragedy acted ha he mas as taken away riders and the father hertzke who was at work at n pacific mine was notified mediately edia tely atken to the scene he ile was paralyzed ef and hud had to be taken from L after the coroner had bad led tre tle remains were mere gath a sheet and taken back to home which the little fam eft but a scant hour cately af after ter the cars started inter anter quarters theoffice the office of th h fuel company at that lied lett up the depot at scofield ff P the alarm As soon as F the switch leading to the ti Quarters main line was f to the only ony other track nore more lives would mould not have rif iced of the three tracks id ld one was occupied by the containing onta inin passengers just pull out for colton and on er track stood a train of cars ara and an engine just about t for or winter quarters As I 1 away cars swung into the I 1 for r which the switch was set ile car left the rails and crash ii a boxcar standing on a asid sid 1 both cars were ere demolished most car ran about a hun died yards further where it also crashed into a loaded car and these two cars were also demolished As the cars came together the dust dus t from the coal they contained raised uch a cloud that the debris could not be seen for several minutes As cars are loaded at the mines they are run away f from rom the loader by gravity and are controlled by the hand brakes As thee these cars were being dipped this morning they got away from the man having thorn them in charge for iome u reason as atun et un known and started towards the derail switch A section sc hand who was ticking picking the ice from the switch at that time is said by people who claim to have been near to have thrown it for the main line and on seeing the cars can coming became so excited that he forgot to throw it back to the derail position and the cars ran out on to the maini mainline ine and down the steep grade towards seafield in the meantime the two men who were on top of the cars had jumped into the deep deet snow and were uninjured VICTIMS OF RUNAWAY CARS OCCUPY THE SAME SCOFIELD feb 28 the last chapter of the story beginning with the terrine accident of friday when mrs airs emily and her two children lost their 1 by being by runaway cap cal from the mined minea at winter quarters waa was closed here this afternoon when the remains mains of the three victims were laid to rest in the cemetery at the services were conducted by the rev william J lankow of the lu them church of salt lake city and were largely attended after the e services at the home the remains were aken to the tile cemetery followed ed by three hundred or more sorrowing friends in sleds and afoot the services at the grave wore were long and very impressive Th the three ethree bodies verc consigned to the same grave the mother in the center and the children on either side the scene at the cemetery as the mother and children were laid ay was extremely pitiful the boy frits fritz who so narrowly escaped a similar fate to the others and hi his father being all that were left of what was an unusually loving and happy family owing to the action of the coroners jury in not placing paci ng the blame for the accident on anyone it is doubtful if any proceedings edinga of a criminal nature against any person will be taken |
