| Show coaltrain COAL TRAIN JUMP engineer scalded to death and can doctor burned under wreck fireman jumps from tram train seven even loaded coal cars and the and t ader of an extra freight train on oil the scofield branch of the D R G left the track between and ce C cear e r creek at mile post 18 day evening evenin ff killing the engineer and conductor and injuring the fireman the body of conductor johnson Joh naon which was wn buried under the wreckage had rot been found at 11 next mr rooming nIng the train va as backing down from clear creek mines with thirty car loada of coal and had reached a point where there is heavy a grade and a rather sharp sharpe curve urve the cars made the greater part of the curve but the tender teoder of the engine left leff the track pulling the engine with it the engine ran along the track fur for several feet before overturning As the engine evert overturned umed engineer hooper was caught in the es escaping cariln steam and hot water and was jed to death it in a few tew seconds fireman harris jumped and csc esc ped with in injuries is uries lo 10 his head breast and 1 leg ir it is not believed tha any of hia his injuries are fatal engineer was 25 years lid last jude he fie had been a brakeman on the D ft it R 0 for about four our year and was only recently iron pron doted to the poet post of engineer on the branch line lie waa was not married and lived rio a small settlement between elZ and clear creek conductor jol jot was 4 yeara years old ola and has been employed by the comp company aill for sometime some time he lie and two bisters lived at scofield his ilis mother resides reades at 1928 state street salt salt lake city one theory as to the cause of the bresk k is that tho the enz engineer ineer had allowed Ms his train to atala too great a speed for or such a curve so far as can be learned the flanges on botn tender wheel wheal end rails are in good shape |
