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Show 1IL UIUHUILII L INJURES MANY PERSON8 ARE KILLED AND THIRTY-TWO INJURED A8 RE8ULT OF WRECK itboupd Train of Denver & Rio Vk Gra-nde Western Derailed At U Grassy, Utah? Head End IV Of Train Demolished lalt Lako City. Shortly beforo 11 !ock Wednesday night tho castliound . 12 irnln of tho Donvor & Hlo indo Western railway, made up ot -Uman and day conches nnd pulled two engines was derailed at a nt two miles cast of Grassy, Utah rty miles east of 1'rlce. 'ho wrock occurred on n straight co of track, whore cast and west ml passenger trains pnss. The n dbed at this point Is filled to a L th of fifteen feet. Although no y cial statement has been mado as the cuiiso ot the wreck, mombors tho Ill-fated No. -a crew wero of opinion that tho tracks had spread ausa of rain action on tho road-, road-, thus derailing tho pair of pow-it pow-it engines pulling tho long train. W, ho cars nt tho front of tho string ' d up behind tho tumbled engines, gage nnd mall enro rolled down grade. Tho smoking car and coach rolled over on tholr sides. Wj tho careering coaches camo to a i tho I'ullmrfn cars woro off the s. but standing. nglnoor Frod A. Header of Grand ctlon, who was in charge of tho md engine ot tho doublchendor, I Fireman A. Andorson of Rifle, the ., of tho first onglno wero In- str tly killed In tho wreck. Tho ere r of tho fireman was recovered sto l piles of debris. of aglneor Joo Wostbook, piloting Kn first locomotive, and Wlllam by s, fireman with Rador in tho nil md englno, miraculously escaped coi h. Neither woro roportod to ten ) boen injurod. oul iur othors, pnssengors woro ho d or dlod shortly aftor tho wreck. J poclal hospital train took the of iy-two Injured passongors to Salt the 3 whero hospital aid and medical ln ntlon was given. tht nong tho 111 fated pasengors was sy '. Krnest Do Alton I'nrtrldgo of agrlculturo engineering depart- Ar t of R. Y. U. at I'rovo. Prof. 5 rldgo was enrouto to Norfolk, 'oj :lnla to attend a convention ot tho tJn irlcnn Association ot Engineers. P' |