| Show FAILS FAILS' TO THROW SWITCH I. I Delay H Responsible pon for fm on I Wreck Ilok In iii Wyoming l Special I Sheridan Wyo o April C. C C.- C. More More deta do- do ta tails of or th the wreck cek on aim the tho Burlington nt at Arvada east cat of or hc here have ha been t received The accident was waH not hot caused caused caus- caus I ed el by spreading ral rails but bUl was wa a col- col between two freight trl trails s Tho rho west vest bound Lound freight backed onto the tho biding to permit the tho other train to tn pass and anti the lie fireman fleman went forward t to turn tur the switch swich He lie le MY says that th the tho suddenness with which the wih tw approachIng approach approach- Ing train hare bore down cown on aim him hini robbed him temporarily of or his pr presence of mind and amid with wih his hand on tho time swich switch he lie st stood od transfixed with wih liar liar- nor nor- j rOl gazing at the oncoming freight when he could have averted averlee tho the accident acci aceL- dent in a twinkling Not ot until tho the locomotive struck the time switch did ho he regain his ten senses lK In a n wild wid attempt to P prevent the tho accident but hut too lato hate he threw th the switch causing the tile engine en on- glue gine to lo turn over o on H its tl side o ju Just t a U as It I crashed into the tho second train C. C W. W ll the time head hend brakeman brakeman brake brake- crushed e to under the tho o man was wal a pulp pull tender lender nn and Fireman Davis t was wag pinned pin pin- r ned nee under th the locomotive near ner the lie firebox and amid was badly crushed and amul bUln burned For nine mime hours hour he remained In n this 10 position llon until a wrecking crow crew Y could be brought train from Alliance Neb Nob over N IO miles away awny before he wn was extricated suffering Intense agony ngon In ITt spite pl of or his terrible injuries lie he has a 0 1 I j slight chance of or ha 1 11 Ch J |
