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Show 6:25 TRAIN WRECKED Near Mended This Morning. No-bedy No-bedy Serleisly Injured. SEVERAL CARS DITCHED By a Broken Rail. Baggage, Passenger and Freight Cars all off the Track. i II " The regular train running on tlio spur from Cache Junction to Preston, duo here at 0:25 a. m. was wrecked this morning, four and a half miles west of Logan. A Republican reporter visited tho scene of the wreck and found that a passenger coach, baggage and express car and one freight car loaded witli coal were thrown from the track, the coal car and combination combina-tion baggago and express car being turned completely over and badly wrecked. Tho cause of the wreck was a broken rail, due to the intense cold weather in this locality. That no one was hurt in the wreck is considered rather remarkable. The train was made up of an engine, passenger coach, combination baggage bag-gage and express car, and five freight cars loaded with coal. The accident occurred on a four foot embankment and how Express Agent Robinson escaped with his llfeor at least without serious injury is a source of mystery. The train was running at a pretty good speed and as the baggage car went over, tho contents, consisting of trunks,expressagc, etc. bumped around in a promiscuous and dangerous way. However Mr. Robinson, thoroughly alive to the situation, managed in some way to keep himself from belngstruck and considers himself exceedingly fortunate. Mr. Robinson also bethought be-thought himself of the danger from fire and promptly extinguished the same as quickly as possible. In the passenger coach there were three persons but none of these were injured in any way. It is said that ' Engineer Thomas Lee and Conductor Thomas displayed great energy and presence of mind in handling the wrecked train. This is one of the first wrecks that ever occurred on the spur, and the officials feel gratified that it resulted re-sulted no more seriously. The damage is comparatively slight, and by noon today the wreck was cleared and track repaired sufficiently to permit of regular traffic. |