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Show RAILROAD WRECK OCCURSJN PROVO A railroad .train collision occurred Friday morning on Center street which might easily have resulted In death or serious injury to many persons, per-sons, but fortunately only cuts and bruises were sustained by the passengers passen-gers on the Orem road who were endangered en-dangered by the accident. The Orem train pulled out at 8:46 for Salt Lake with three coaches loaded with Conference Con-ference " visitors from Provo. and. towns south. One block . west ' on Center street, the Orem track crosses the- D. & R. G. Heber branch track, and as the last Orem car was crossing cross-ing the Heber train engine coming from the north struck the am In the Center and threw it off the track. The Heber train engine and tender were pulled off the track onto the paved street along tno urem iracK. ; The passengers were thrown from j their seats and several' were Jnjured by pieces of glass from a broken win- j dow and bruised by being thrown against the seats and cars. Some of ; the injured were taken to the Provo General Hospital, where their wounds j were dressed; others were taken in-1 to the Sutton-Chase Drug Company's i store, and into the" office of Dr. Wal- j ter T. Hasler, and received treatment treat-ment Some of the passengers In the wrecked car continued their trip to Salt Lake in the cars which were not injured and others on later trains. Albert Mabey, of the Fifth ward, was probably the most seriously injured. in-jured. He was cut and bruised on the hands, fate and shoulder. He was taken tak-en to the hospital and later to his home, after his wounds were dressed and. is resting easy with no serious consequences anticipated. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cloward of Payson received painful bruises, and it is thought possibly that Mr. Cloward Clow-ard has a broken rib. E. D. JoneB, of Provo formerly of Idaho was cut about the eyes. Deputy Sheriff E. T." Jones, bruises on the left eye, legs and arms. Heber Timothy of Roosevelt suffered suf-fered a cut on his hip. Mrs. Mary J. Finlay of Springvllle, bruises on forehead and right arm. Charles F. Reynolds of Payson, a gash on the back of his head. iMayor Leroy Dixon's hand was cut by glass. Supt L. E. Eggertsen of the city schools was slightly bruised. They continued on thoir way to Salt Lake, as did 11. C. ! Ticks and several others who received slight Injuries. The crossing is at a place where an approaching trnin cannot be seen from the track of either road on account ac-count of buildings, till it reaches the junction of the streets. It is claimed that the Orem train should have stopped to see if the Heber track was clear, but that this ; ' was not done. When 'Engineer Harry . RliBrp, on the Heber. noticed the Orem train he tried hard to stop his ', train, but could not prevent the last , Orem car from being struck. Mr. Shelladay was the motorman ' on the Orem train. ' |