Emery County Progress | 1901-02-02 | Page 2 | Engineer Asleep and Five People Were Killed

engineer asleep and were killed fire people were killed and one se edip nd IP ao 40 engines and ten loaded cars were wrecked by the mistake of a train crew afternoon between petroleum and vol cano inaction on the baltimore ohio railroad in west virginia the engineer was asleep at his post and mistook the first section of a pass ing train tor the second section thinking both had passed he pulled his train on the main track and sped forward to what would seem to have necessarily been his death the dead and injure I 1 are members of the train crews the engineer re for the wreck escaped with slight injuries