| Show V 7 WEATHER responsible fatal ace acc dent in wyoming du due e to blinding snowstorm two freight trains on the union pa effic met head on one quarter of a mile west of harpers station shortly after 1 0 clock sunday morning causing the death of fireman of cheyenne the fatal injury of brakeman H S welch of laramie and the serious in jury of engineer J D kinder rinder of chey enne two locomotives and several cars were badly barraged dai dar raged and traffic delayed for eight hours owing to a blinding snowstorm the engineer of the westbound train did not see the signal for orders at har per pers s and when the operator dincov ered that the train was passing he pt lt a EL fuse on the track which attracted the attention of the conductor who immediately opened the air valve and set the brakes this action alone pre rented vented a much more disastrous wreck for the westbound train had been brought almost to a standstill when the collision occurred |
