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' 4' '''''''''''''' : "" ' : 41-- ' '' - (u t "' ° ' '' A 1 A ON 995 i I to TRAIN SIGHTS I P AND SLOWS - ' I 1 1795 1 i i s gor I gip I fimmtpooMINrow041r"t - ' N t ' N ' -- t '1 N I i' I ' 4 — A ' '' i ' $ - l1"13 1 -- A i - So ' 14 1 j 1 t rrf lI 17 ll 5 3 ji aocuswtits:LnkiztoxvZLI L "' ' 011Z ' '''‘k A't - t1:'Vr '' ''''''" '''''''-'- ' STARTS ro PREloIDG BACK UP DOWN II AND SLIDE TOOITHER IHERe 35- - I YARDS 410000 -00 dboo'ww' I LAKEtE fieciagAg ar000 R 1 R I I 44M fielAirn- -i Rush Repair Crews t"rno 477 ' —"":11 I a 1 PACIFIC' i -woo tcoP ve womPO)L NA The Denver & Rio Grande WestpiltSTERN e -Among the more seriously Inern Railroad Co's wrecking train t r were who at St the 4e°)( jured kept from Salt Lake yards was on the I APPg°Xikigo ' scene shortly after the crash with Mark's hospital after the Western 30 train wreck Saturday f crew members under direction of Pacific were: morning ' Walter Medlock master mechanic Va A: Martin 53 and J P Stephens general foreRassenger WHO'S SUPERSTITIOUS? train fireman Salt Lake City 1 - ' man both of D & R G W ' '' severe face and bruises lacerations From the west the Bingham & IP e Clarence Simpson 54 Coleman Garfield Railroad Co sent a severe Tex bruises crew which shunted the wrecking Mrs Rachael Villien 49 empty and forlorn passenger Pullto man's the Fox siding which Maurice La face lacerations and earlier was scheduled to receive fractured jaw Mrs N Lloyd Tanner 57 Texthe freight train Luckily —moor a Western Pacific extricating arkana Tex bruises back injury "Whatever the powers be that' to homes and hotel rooms prior Mrs Donnie Jamison 51 Tex-Th- e V A Utah and Nevada public crew under aupervision of Kenneth Martin Fireman who service commissions are over travelers certainly to continuing eastward watch Tex fracture of a lumbar Wo Ilam and consisting of 46 road planning jumped to "safety" only to be hands was just winding up break- vertebra Were over us this mornto watching the compel Points Out Damage Mrs Bernice Schutz 60 Chan-flin- g among more seriously injured cooperative action fast about a mile west of the C E Woods Pullman said to Western install Pacific railroad ing" On a tour of the entire train Tex head injury wreck scene and immediately Western the railroader pointed out the most block signals over its entire line conductor on the Mrs Leila Thomas 49 Dallas speeded east to start work on reTex Pacific Fran- damaged cars and berths and two San from back and two seven in states the special Donald twisthip laying approximately injury Hacking of the latter had head boards torn Robert X Fuchs 54 Brenham ed rails 80 ties and generally get cisco in commenting on the miracof chairman commission the Utah off where passengers had been the roadbed clear and ready for Tex fractured right leg 201 most ulous of the of escape said Saturday thrown into adjoining berths William C Berry 64 Colorado resumed traffic early Saturday Mr Hacking said the Utah com- passengers 4 "It certainly was a miracle City Tex back injuries evening- "You know before today I said the One of the most !mimic twists mission first took None of the hospitalized vicconductor with a sigh a year ago steps One Train Delayed wasn't one to be very superstitious of relief as he went to see that tims was listed in critical condi- of fate in the Western Pacific but railroad attorneys questioned but after leaving San Francisco all linen pillows and A Ray Coulam general agent tion In addition to those hos- train crash Saturday morning was equipment Western Pacific announced Sat- pitalized approximately 30 other that suffered by V A Martin 53 the right of the state to assume on Friday the 13th traveling with were off the train some four hours cars-is interan 13 1 this since Pullman 764 and 11 ave diner was McClelland who authority pasafter the wreck and ignoring his urday night that the only train passengers were treated for minor state railroad The commimion 1 baggage-- 13 porters and wreck- own back and stomach aches delayed was No 39 which departed cuts and bruiset andor given senger train fireman some four hours late for San Frany Seconds before the impact Mr then sought the cooperation of ing somewhere near 7:13 am I'm which caused him momentary disexaminations cisco after all Western Pacific N Lloyd Tanner 60 Texarkana Martin riding in the engine cab the California and Nevada com- beginning to get a little dubious" comfort right after the impact said the hardworking conductor trains were rerouted oVer South- Tex back injuries with EngineerLaron H Sorensen ern Pacific Railroad Co lines to V Mrs Mattye Barber 37 Iowa 148 W 8th South decided that missions in a joint proceedings Started Breakfast Garfield where they rejoined their Park Tex shock jumping offered the best chance with the Interstate Commerce sat down in the diner "I own roads just for survival but the California for breakfast ibommission of ham and eggs He is in the St Mark's hospital investigations were REGISTERED-M- UM ody declined to act contending and ' had taken my first bite of directed by J J Dugan and J E so few and caused such compari- suffering multiple face lacerations severe shock and possible frac- this is a matter for the I C C ham when boom—everything and One of the satisfactions you eat Lynch both of Elko Nev division tive minor damage when you buy a fine diamond everyone went sprawling over the enjoy superintendent and assistant suAmong railroad men and farm tures His condition was described alone Is the free insurance Certificate you he floor" recalled with as "good" that adding perintendent respectively f o r bureau leaders who helped ex"At this time" Mr protecting that diamond unhurt gnickly rallied receive Western Pacific Mr Dugan an- removal of passengers and later such future loss as fire theft Sorenson who chose plained "we are in theHacking against discussion passengers hold-u- p to to were lend who nounced late Saturday that a def- baggage were: Clifton M Cobb to Engineer aid those few breakage etc take his chances riding the stage with the Nevada commission buried beneath inite date for the official board in- Dallas Tex traveling freight and train through walkedby away baggage tables from looking to some form of cooperaWE HAVE THE NEW STYLE chairs and sundry debris vestigation had not been set but passenger agent who accompanied the collision uninjured DESIGNS ON DISPLAY NOW tive action" the delegates from San Francisco The porters all of whom eswas who Mr Martin The out chairman that pointed H L McGlothlen 1312 Iola ave with minor cuts and bruises most of Saturday said he the Western Pacific is the only caped did a splendid job of helping pasMonday morning as to the day and trainmaster Marvin Carter di- can only remember seeing the class 1 railroad JEWELERS in Utah without rector of organization Texas Farm time 15 W so Tomple the freight train and automatic block signals and the sengers and clearing out the cars Salt Loki City Mr Lynch who was in Salt Bureau Waco Tex and Robert lights of the sent to before Lake Salt being City passenger engineer commission feels it is imperative h ave dis- watching Lake City at the time of the wreck E Gonsalves they be installed particularly in had no official comment at the trict passenger agent for Western apply the brakes view of plans for new fast streamscene of disaster other than to Pacific who spent the entire day g V 41 praise the speedy work of train supervising collection and removal gers prior to proceeding east Mr liners to go into service next year AO The Rio to Western Pacific has block the crew members in assisting the of scattered baggage Gonsalves had all baggage moved Pacific depot for to Salt Lake City by passengers and an expression of Grande-Wester- n Pullman lots signals from Wells to Winnemucd Nev where it operates jointly gratitude that the accident injured sorting and claiming by passen so that passengers more easily ca '!" k no i:77771 a'ltirts:' could claim their baggage merely with Southern Pacific and also ?0 ft y : 4 In the River Feather Mr numes 4" canyon Pullman their by identifying 4: -1''' Irogl115Z-DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY I i A: Hacking said he understands sig' ber tx:—Iit'l:Z11:110 ) 7 :'' nals also have been installed on er 1k p The Texas and Louisiana Farm part of the line in the Sacramento f140'tel'' —'"P k ''''' bureau delegates left Salt Lake valley Cal '''''' 4'1:'-'—- ''' iiN''?'''' t'': ''' City Saturday at 9:15 pm by a ! :7 ‘''''''''' Denver & RichGrande Western spe- Continued One from ' L Page cial for Denver leaving behind kss' 4t:41 ::' some of their members still hospitalized and after only an hour and 45 minutes delay beyond their : ''' ' inIf any phrase could describe Hospitalized for "possible con- scheduled -4 ' in Salt section to the cab The rest of :' stopover Eubank's Mr r ternal injuries the engine evidently was blown '''!"'--the general mood which crystalLake -' City :''' Tv f was loose by the blast and had been "good" 54 Brenham tlized out of the individual worries dition Robert A Fuchs cleared by workmen before I ard shOeks- and 'pains' of the Tex apparently the most seririved There were several freight s 5 cars on the track passengers who were rushed to ously injured—he suffered a fracthe St Mark's hospital for treat- tured left leg—was another who One coal car was 'lying on its - ' ''''' I' s ment if would be that of "relief admitted that he was surprised side looked with like slack what 1'14' A to be alive loo and joyous unbelief coal dumped over the roadbed ' "I was in the men's washroom ROCK FALLS Ill Dec 14 UP) The relief became general as As I made a right bank I lost :''''' ''''14'"3zZ:':: 4001 '' 4e- -:: i more and more passengers found just getting ready to shave when —Five of six children died as a a little more altitude and noticed '!"0 that their pains were not caused everything seemed to move at result of a fire which swept a a bluish-whit- e substance covering 0110" ''''' Z101:1 cottage Friday night what was left of the freight enby serious fractures and the joy- once—me the walls and the whole ous unbelief was expresed by all car I was trapped but still the while their mothers police re- gine It looked like the breech of who with the crumpled chaos of crews got me out in about 20 ported were away from home at a rifle after a bullet has been the wrecked train still fresh in minutes ' he said their places of employment Three exploded I wondered if the enAll of the injured had a word of the children perished in the gineer and fireman could posstheir minds learned to their increasing surprise that death had of praise for hospital attendants fire The other two died in a Ster- iblyhave escaped with their lives The accident happened almost taken a holiday hospital Saturday ling ' Staff Prepared Brilliant Christmas idea for The dead were Walter 3 and right at a road crossing In Obsenntion Car When the first notice of the Betsy Ann 5 children of Mrs I took a final turn around the the family richly fini6ed (4i7"57)5 Ed StallIvitZ 48 DI111823 Tex wreck came in the staff was pre- Lawrence McKenna a divorcee crash noticing numerous cars an desk walnut that has plenty whose cut forehead placed him in pared for anything and as ambu- and Jack 12 Carol Ann 18 ambulance and an increasing Liz! the injured class expressed the lances and later a touring bus months and Sharon 4 children number of tiny spectators as I work and drawer of space a door unloaded the injured at the widow headed for the airport of Mrs Bernice Evart general sentiment: "I was in the obseravtion car treatment centers were set up plus a matched chair when the big bump came throw- inside the emergency entrance LIBERAL hall Other Selections from $5950 ing me against and breaking the benoon more than however door in the By heavy plate glass Ill CREDIT TERMS priced sensationally low of the patients had left for tween cars One of the first things 70 I thought was 'God it must be Hotel 'Utah where they were given rooms until another train could bad up front' FURNITURE—CARPETS—APPLIANCES 998 "I still can't believe we all got be prepared Most of those remain2114995MDetoalli cBruagngeles 5159935LS:ooTotmingAntiaircraft tGerun1 424299 31:8899 out alive" he said ing were either relatives of 11 ' -Ozro Eubank 50 Santa Ana persons hospitalized or waiting 495 Metal Wheelbarrow Reg 125 Metal Fire Engine 98 7 taken to RegAll Dolls Including Horsomon298 Tex was one of those "up front" for results of All °nor Toys 256n Discount I II 1 In the front berth of the first guard against the possibility of I land Games 10eo Discount Eome4t I I I ot Pullman Mr Eubank was thrown undiscovered fractures Doll Amt Limited end estimated the of Hospital caseattendants against litethe forward N THIN ETTES ELEC TRAINS o p BA 398 ‘ NYI reURN' ie d under seat that In five car and 449 1495 az 1895 NO cushions baggage "and everything quired stitching 10 cuts were ban' Discount Nscount 432 East South Tomo! I 135 South else that wasn't nailed down I daged and approximately 25 OPEN SUNDAYS AND WEEKDAY 'EVENINGS TILL 9 P M delo- 1 " e I wc -- -- 17-c- c ar 1 - Utah Nevada Push W P Block Signals 1 ' ill-fat- ed X-ra- - 11311AdlIONDS ne Commission semi-conscio- us THE TIME SLIOP 310-11t- 17777 16 41 r t: 41L ' : : I-- ' -‘ ::: z ) ') PLANE VIEW !''::-::- 12-ho- ur '- 1' g N Illinois Children 4 '''s :77"'"-"!-Ig4- : 44 -- Home Fire Kills :"' t-- 3: -1 1::: :::- 5::'''"- 40-od- ie 14 ::' :' 'No Fatality' News Cheers Suiprises Rail Victims oy " --: ' : - - 0-s- 1 4'"-- -- 1 : ' ' :i 3 : I SALE elden's taken J RReetg - X-ra- ys guess" k 1 lbur wih AL ' 13 Porters—Crash 7:13 Fireman Plays Wrong Hunch - L Left on 13th 13 Rail Cars R: J State 1 4 LA rt r e ' I - ENONES COLLIDE I ) 4 4 ' X-ra- ys "y ' :4 ' I' ra11)e:d1c'net:a71:1:::::::""1:::1::: VPNRAERIGLEHTTOEIVALINKIEER —PAA1A RReeirgi - 1 :4111 : oi EAST- BOUND PASSENGER — 1 : I 1 i $ ti FaOST' )I A rt 10 La bINLL1 T t Joole Pure Virgin Wool l' 0 DESICand CH IR SET Christmas gift! 111-Ci- 1 1 ' N v '1- :'' :i: '1440ii' 11 1 2 f -- - ' 1 'lb' -- : ' t - i e' "1:rf-'' ' : ' 41'' - 0 s ':: -- f:- ('' two-roo- m fthe ideal i s I' v 1 -- N I "e 0'tp:1001cgdwest wit'4H:1:111:g4!a':41a'r171 'pasleS'ee't: 'g'erfyl t' at angl train telescoped into front end of first Pullman I 45 degree angle after wreck Lower graph depict where Robert A Fuchs 54 Brenham Tex vas ing reconstructed movement of trains before crash ENGINEER 4 - I - :iii I -- " i 'e ''''e14 el" 'J e:- e ''':ts't: : 4: 4:: :‘ r i- ''''''' o ' L' ' - A:- st ''''''''' ' - 4 - '' --- - ''''' ( Most Seriously ' ' cr 3 'C' :' - – ' - ' ' 1 A ar :7'"' 07045 A 2141 ' '4 - ':' '"' VA111 t 1 n:'''1 ::: : e11 apart Engines were separated : at 11:45 hauled off remains of No 57 to Salt Lake railroad r” career at an end and now good only for what parts can be salvaged Injured in Train Wreck Ts'i:R! Ir ''''' -' 1:1 't:"S '4 ''' '' ' l': :' ''1'''' 1'-5"- L':'-'''1'11:11- '' ' Kt 'e 3t "- ' ': ' fis14t" ' ' - ' 'r r- '- 1 3 r ' 'i' '' I "° 1 t t svq 'rt '" '- '''' 1 "P :n'!-f 7 ' a' i 'r'''''° : ' - - 4 11' o''' 7 14 L1' - r:L:::: ''''' A :: - i I- 1'"4''-- I - i- r r 7 ' I 0- -:: ' 14:- '''''V e '4'": pe - -- - k '- ' r" 1 00 -- 4-- t ": s LI 0 0 1 4: 4 - 7" 14 - ' - I A : ::- nir:::s-----4t1 l' 'i': ‘": 11:'' '':-!''''''''''' sk :: J'''' '''' 2" ' - - z " ' —'''-i- o )' Le- - - ' - t:' 4 1- - :- t :' ' :- t ' 11 ' ell- ''' ' - ( ' ' '' ' 4 :-- it::3 '' Lio1T '' ' '1 --- "graveyard" - 1 '''" still smoldering some six hours after the wreck Force of impact broke the freight engine boiler and sprayed the entire area with scalding steam and water leaving only demolished "57" to the railway standing they quickly realized what had happened and sought out friends traveling neighbors and relatives Heroes of Mishap Railway officials traveling on the train passengere and crew members told of many heroic acts i performed during the "shock" period after the wreck One of the persons highly praised was Mrs M L Bell Mangham La a trained nurse who according to a passenger W C Gaceran Waxalichie Tex hurriedly slipped on a dressing gown and hunted out the injured administering hypos and dressing wounds where All persons reported necessary that "these hardy Texans and Louisianans took the emergency In their stride and little panic was in evidence" Also among the "heroes" of the day were two porters Ivory Noriss and E' Smith both of Houston Tex who took a berth ladder broke in an outside Pullman window and helped injured persons to safety Buses Rush to Scene First word of the crash reached Salt Lake City within 15 minutes and reportedly was phoned in by Hugh Edmonds passenger conductor who although injured walked to a nearby railway phone and informed the railroad dispatcher Since sightseeing buses were waiting at the station they were immediately dispatched to the scene of the wreck The Salt Lake Transportation Co also dispatched ambulances which with others from the Salt Lake county sheriff's office and state highway patrol returned with the injured to Salt Lake City Police cars and inquisitive Salt Lakers crowded the scene Two 114 aK31 gILLII 31A 10- 4hours after the wreck all passengers injured and uninjured had p- p been brought to Salt Lake City ( Those uninjured made the Hotel Utah their headquarters where 11 railway officials attempted to make them comfortable ilk' Fireman Jumps Do you cough and cough especiaiiy morn tries and at night? At times do you feel like you were tearing yourself to pieces trying to Among those seriously injured eel rid of strangling mucus and still you was V A Martin fireman on the choke gasp for breath wheeze and often tont sleep? The cause of these devitalizing passenger train wno attempted to arinplonts may he recurring attacks of Bronto be injured chial Asthma In such cases the very first jump to safety only the impact bt his fall The endose of Mos4aos by physician's prescription tamale fors right to work thru the blood gineer Mr Sorensen stayed' in helping relax that clogged up stuffy feeling la the bronchial tubes then helps Nature the cab and suffered minor injury loosen and remove thick strangling phlegm Both the engineer Mr McThis helps you get good fresh Ir into your and the fireman of the Kenna lungs and promotes restful sleep which is a guttural aid to greater energy Menders is freight train jumped to safety If not a smoke injection Or spray but is In tasteless tablets which you take exactly ac- they had remained in the cab a eording to simple directions at meals few seconds longer it is safe to must satisfy In every way or your inmoney back is guaranteed Don't cough and assume both would have been choice don't lose sleep another night besince the engine jured critically cause of recurring attacks of Bronchial Asthma without trying Mendasse Ask your was seared at the instrument druggist for Mosotho today panel and all wooden parts were r I v44:--) - L - ' ' ' !-- '' ' sis 2 Trains Collide a ' -s '''" - ' L Rio Grande Western wrecking crane shown after had cut off remaining portion of caboose platform of freight engine O 57 with acetelyne torches and prior to pulling the engines i - L '' 1 - :ti::::(:: t ::'' "::771 ' '' - ' 4' '111114 ' Continued from Page One aged in the front only caboose was forced off the tracks but remained upright while the baggage car next to the caboose—a train makeup order mandatory by law— and the first Pullman telescoped and were forced off the tracks eventually resting at a angle from the tracks or at a triangle with the tracks forming the base The Pullman forced off the tracks was demolished at the front where Robert A Fuchs 51 Brenbam Tex a state director of the ' Texas Farm Bureau federation svss trapped in the washroom The entire washroom and front end was so badly wrecked that rescuers bad to ax their way in before extricating Mr Fuchs He was one of the more seriously injured and is known to have fractured his leg with other injuries undertermined I! Damage to rassenger The entire passenger train was a melee of baggage disheveled passengers broken chairs and tables with the observation car most badly wrecked However the diner and the adjoining Pullman back of it were buckled some 12 inches off the wheels and would have been the next cars to go had the impact been greater Since the wreck occurred early in the morning many passengers were still in their berths while others were in washrooms diner and generally getting ready for arrival in Salt Lake City where they would have been met by buses to take them on a sightseeing tour of the city during their scheduled layover before proceeding to homes in Texas and Louisiana Passengers reported they were burled from their berths into the aisles 'midst a jumble of baggage books papers and typewriters ' i ' - - ti t s Denver ciT j t ' ''' I ' ''' r I - - t - : s 't1 - ' i'' 'St -f 4 o ' ' 11' 4i oázow '' --- -- - 111''' i -' ' i 44 v1 14 - '4 1fr -- 1- ' - a 4 (7-- i - i '--- - 1 o 1 ' ' :: 1'-'- : 11 44441114 1 - - :F: ' ' l' ' i ' ye '77''' ''-' --- "'' --- 1 r - - ' -- :- :- t f 40-- "-s - - - r —' fat 0 '''' - :- ' ' :::::- ) i 1 -- '—::::: t- ) ' 4 ' 7'"'''r r ' "I' 210"''''''f: -' i " ' 1 (11 1 ' I - r---- 4 1 7'- I i ' -''F I ' ' ' - i ' r t : ) I I 721 ' - i 'o - 4 i 1- il t '' -- If 4( i 'it 4 S lear 41 : s ' 9" 1 s - - 11 i ''' 1 1 - ::'''' 71 is N f t : ' s rif ' 11 -- - - Sunday Dec 15 1945 orlai 9 Ji an il- ' - Nii i 4Pf--- 1 |