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Show ENGINE CRASHES DOWN MOUNTAIN Shay Locomotive with three Ore Caro Breaks From Control of Crew-Leaves Crew-Leaves Track on a Curve Engine With Tender Crashes Through oofs of Buildings Below. Salt Lake City, Feb. IC Four men killed and .eight Injured, with' tho "ie-molltlon "ie-molltlon of several buildings, thin morning, marked thoy$nl of a runaway run-away Shay engine on tho' "Copper Dolt" Hue of tho Deliver nnd Uio Qtando railroad In Ifinghnm canyon. C the death list two were killed whlld attempting to Jump to snroty from the careening, engine, und two wero killed while lying asleep whan tho engine plunged down tho embankment embank-ment and crashed through tho roof of the Pilot rooming house. Ono man, Pat Gllllgan, who was literally knocked knock-ed out ot a tailor shop Into tho street by tho forco of tho crashing engine, vas removed to tho hospital. Tho accident, ono of tho most Appalling Ap-palling In tho history ot the llttlo town lying In tho depths of Uongham ennyon and' directly underneath tiers of dangerous railroad Inclines, occurred occur-red this morning about 7:25 o'clock. a ouuy engine, tho o'nly manner of cnglno cnpablo of hauling oro cars on the steep six nnd seven per cent grades on tho upper slope of !ho mountnln had left Cuprum station with three loadod cars. Tho train was In chargo of F. W. Drown, engine tor-man, tor-man, with F. Annls ns engineer and Dan Goodnough fireman. While com-lng com-lng down tho grado about a quarter I of a mllo abovoDlngham, tho en- i glneer lost control of tho cnglno. Tho ' oxact cause for the runaway has not I yet been determined and it Is said ( that although tho air was applied and ! tho brakes fastened, the entire train II skidded. ) |