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Show t1aI;WRECK . ! Y AjJTATION I Manv Persona Receive Slight Injur- ,,. FaJ Laid at Doora ol Train Crew I Tho Cncho Valley cxpross. from " gait Lako City Monday- evening was H wrecked at the Logan yards Just I before stopping at tho station and a I number ot passengers wcro s'.lglitly H injured. Tho train waa brought to B gtamlstlll ond tho engines of tho I incoming train and tho ono on tho H Blda track were put out of commts-B commts-B 6lon. There was. an open switch and I the incoming train ran into tbo beet I train engine sidetracked. Tho coaclu I ts were not damaged In tho least, ow-I ow-I lng to the fact that tho train was I going very slow when tho1 collision H occurred. H nailroad officials were in Logan all B day Tuesday inquiring Into tho cause ot tbe wreck, and;, making adjust- ients with v the parties Injured. ;The H board of Investigation -consisted of, superintendent A. P. Brewer, Claim Attorney, vB. C, Bagley; Trata Mas- ter, M. A. Pond; Travelling- rEngl- neer. McCarty; .H. E. Hatch,- and H James La'rsen. ,j B rhe committee found that the re- sponsible parties w.ere Engineer Ben- nett, Fireman Brint, afid Charles H Bluemell. The englneor was respon- bley in bo far a8 he was exceed-H exceed-H lng tho speed limit within the Logan yards, not having his train under I control that he could stop for any H emergency. The fireman was re- I sponsible Inasmuch ashe was not In I his position and not on the lookout H to discover any trouble ahead. The( I engine watchman was at fault for I going out on the main, lino against I orders and not closing sfltch when I taking the engine lack on tbe side I track. Tho penalties will not bo I known until they are reported from $am'- the bead office at Salt Lake City. "Mr During the day following tho I wreck, Claim Agents, Bower, Ed. I Wilcox, and, Hansen, were kept busy I settling claims with those who bus- I taincd injuries, none of which aro I sal J to be serious. They consisted ot I sprained ankles, black eyes, scratch- I ed elbows and a few broken teeth. Some ot those who recolved the H Injuries were George Allen, Daniel H Dradslmw, Norval Bailey of Wells; H Mile; Miss Coral Kerr, and Miss An-H An-H na Llnuartz ot Logan; Mrs. T. W. H Working of Oakley.Jdaho; Mrs. Mar-H Mar-H garet Evans, Logan; Baxtof, Strump, H Lambert and Dlnwoody, all traveling H salesmen. Th'ere were perhaps 200 H passengers on the train, many ot H whom were returnlng-from the -state fair and Confer'ence'.ead had the train been going 'fast,, there was a chance for many UveV tp have been lost. SB ZtfcmJ fr |