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Show FOUR MEN ARE KILLED Perish in an Explosion on Southern Pacific. BOILER OF ENGINE EXPLODES Tccullar Accident Occurs nt Lako Hill, Utah, Seventy Miles West of Ogdtn, in Which Tour Lives Are Lost nnd Locomotlvo No. 1018 Destroyed De-stroyed Cause of Disaster Unknown, Un-known, as All Who Could Olvo Information In-formation Were Killed Dlasster Occurred Enily Ycsteiday Morning, irrtnii'Ni: wrciu i Ogden, Utah, March 24 Tour men are ileael and a luiRe loinmotlvo of tho Southern Taclnc la destroyed the result of tho nxploslnn of tho boiler nf engine No. 161$ while assisting eastbound freight tialn No 10(1 up IViko hill seventy sev-enty miles west of here, at 1 o'clock this niornlntr- DKAD CleorRfl Wilton, Ogden, engineer helper help-er engine. Km In A, Uphoff, Ogelcn, brakemnn freight Hoy Munsoa, Tiomontory, fireman rJlpor engine. William r. Mjers, tramp solllei, (lencBCo, 111. wiircim nxn.osioN orcimunn. Th'n Qxplsoslon occurred sliortl) uftei 3 o'clock this rnnrnlng, uh Ihe tialn win coming up l.sku hill, about seventy miles west of this clt). The helper engine, en-gine, In charce of Engineer Wilton nnd 1'lreman Munsea, had been attached to tho train and started over the hill. - " hfir !! when the holler nf the engine exploeled If I, ' L?S with teirlblc effct. AS tyJffM M lOHN TO BHnr.DS. ft? L'(tJffl H The boiler of tho huge Incnmotlv e w ni r S tp t WASH BH lifte'l hodllj In Iho air und thrown .f . Jk.i,c Wl BB more than llfty fet from the tracK, ,'T M j ,f)HI and literally torn to shreds, while, cu- JS. i-iLSHBI rlous tn relate, the trucks tllrt not leave 'f ft'htii't 91 the. ralle The tender wm also thrown r I f ifcl'l mJ from Ihe track, and with the entire "A Jjjjf HM OM upper part nf tho locomotive eomplete Mfi i'i'. BfBl I j demollshel The front of tho acond , li JHi (Ufli engine was stove In, hut no othci elam- i'f iLMUH (fflsl age was dono to tho train fii 'ptf1 jj k9 roim mkn on iiNniNn r 5 !jH1 1 H On the helper were lliiglneer Wilton. 11 V IT, S SH Iliimnn Munsoa llinleemun l'i hnrr of f($ .'UI! B ? the ficlMit nnd Mers, the tramp, who i S ':,, a HBJ w in working his way l.y passing coal 1 4 I'd K, JHH The hndlea of Uphort anil Wllt-in woro fS fih, W VM thrown clear of the right of win, wlillo IJ'S vjl l'U,fljl that nf Meis vviu blown backward B L 'Iff flaflBj clear over tho second englno nnd 3 l!i' klliOBl dropped between the tender nnd the , S JB i SjHBbI llrst nr Munsoi wns foun I nbnut 5 'l'l !! Ihlity feet liiiele of tho donuded trucks fit lltflil of tho helper Ho was alive, but sur- iiL if' I lUiivSBl firing from a nusheil thigh and hor- IS U Pi'lKHBl rlble bums. Ho was also Internilly In- iK 'iiJi'JWffiflBI Jl"ci1 PI iPliSlHlfiH rmoiirrui.i.y hCAi.nnn fc" .iW'BiHoiB All of tho bodies wcro filglitfully Ki Sf '.VJH lIHlVj rcnldcd tho all In on tha faco neck and ' LVtrlil lli SH hands being literally parboiled Up I f liSrSyijtiB hoff also had his right nrm cruslieel, , fft UlKwIBl nnd Myers 1 skull was crushed Wilton ft HfllWl Iflflfll had several ribs fiactured All but , V mtMlWM Munpoa wcro Instantly killed $ 'MCWMmH MHNS11A Dir.S IN UO&IUIAI. WJ, rlWlHiBH A special wns mnde up nt Iake. nnd K fiSLliriflKiB the bodies nf the doad und Injured tf rM r9H brought to Ogden Munsea was Imme- WJii kK HI SB1 ellately taken to the heenltal, but modi- j(M Ov'S 'MflBl enl nld wis of no nvall. and he died $& ffml i JMeSl .U 3 o clock this afternoon. The body BJI SJiJflllvBBI was removed to I.lndqulst'a undertak- bCI l itivU Ing parlor3 The lio.lles eif Hphnff and fFll fifflat4aBl Meis nro tit Illchcy s morguo nnd that B j Ts Milm IBtfli nt Wilton at I.arklu's, fl K llinQihawH BIUtOL'DUD IN MY8TK1XV. Hj f lltt'ifffllWl Tho cause of the horrible tntastroplia ft; WsJj?,iTOnjSIBH Is clouded In mystorj. nnd probably f"-j, "Kit tV!i9Hl never will lo known, as every man In K J K'jVtdBjBJ n i.osltlon to kiuw Is ileal, It 1 unld hi'tt i JiiniilHBj that Munsen shortly after tho accl- irtsK J'L AialHHl dent told a friend that Juut a momont mM ii !trjpEnB hefnro tho explosion, he looked ut the Si J J'vMl HJ witter gaugo and that It was halt full, K a tfSjgsl HJ which Indicates that It could not have mfm itsMBW H been lack nf water In tho boiler. This, MtyMsw'iMMl' HJ however. Is said by railroad men to s?jMmlB9N HJ prose nothing", as alkali water often nflSScltdHM HJ clogs the gauge to such an extent that QUBiif USI I (Continued an Tsge S.) IWIhIJgJI I FOUR MEN AE KILLED (Continued from Tige ) unless it Is tried constantly, imy In ellentp plenty ol wnter. when In fnct, nono exists In the boiler Neiertheltss the general opinion nppeirs to be that lack nf water wns not the cause, but Just whit war la a mystcrj IsOMETHINCJ AHOUT DIIAD MK.S William A Wilton reside 1 at the corner cor-ner of Monroe nvenue and Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street, with his wife nnl two chlllren He? hid been In the employ of the eompnnvfor seiernl tears, and was one of Its most trusted employee llesldes his Immediate family, two sisters sis-ters survlie him Mrs Drew of Ogden and Mrs Alexnnder nf Kelton union a 'iouNci ma v. 13rwln A Uphoft was a inunr; man 20 years of age, who came to Ogden but a short llmo uro and accepted a position ns fireman on the southern Pacldc He hna been residing with hla brother. W. C rphoff cnmmls3iry ngent of tho Bouthern raclflc, it 27M (rant avenue MiKllR AN OLD hOI.DIUIt Wllilnm I Mepi via nn ex soldier, who was working his wa across the country lie had been allowed to ride on the helper engine, working IiIh way hi passing conl A letter from his mother, nt C1eneeo 111 mil two cer-tlllcates cer-tlllcates of military sen Ice levealed his Identltj One of the certificates showed that ho hid enlisted In the hev. cnth United States Infantry in 1511, and wns dlschnrgcd it Tort Logan, Cnlo, In 1S54 The other shower! thnt he hid te enlisted In compiny Cl Ttnth Infantry, July 22, lso; anl wns dla-chnrRed dla-chnrRed nt Tnmpa, Fin July 21, 1S31 He was from Dubuciuc, la. Ills mother Ins been notified MU.N8KA I'llOM IMtOMONTOHY. I.ero Mil nne ii the dead llreman, was ID years and 7 months old He resided at Promontory with hln parents and had been In the employ of the houthern I'iclfic but a short time HI father, howeier. is one of the oldest anil most trusted employees of the company, and the joung mans untimely end will be mourned by every employee of tho Salt Lako division of tho roid Ihe body will be prepared for burlil by I'nder-taker I'nder-taker I.lndqulat and shIpiod to Promontory Promon-tory for interment. About 7 o clock list night Undertaker llltchle reeelved a telegram from Augusta Mytrn at Cieneseo III , mother of William r Myers the suppoied tramp The telegram Instructs the undertaker un-dertaker to embtlm tho body nnd ship it home |