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Show AKIN TRAIN WRECK' Train Goes Through Without and One Nan Loses His Life Lust Friday morning at 12:15 a. in. east bound local express train No. 2 was wrecked about two mllea from Ilurtner. One of the ditch banks broke, let the water down upon the railroad grade, thereby soaking up the fill, and when the train struck the place the heavy weight of the engine washed the dirt out from under the track, thus wrecking the train. Baggageman J. It. Mort was tha only one to lose his life. He was successful in getting out of the car, but it is supposed that the Injuries he received prevented him from swimming swim-ming to snore. , Mall Clerk rl Pecklnson, in some miraculous way escaped from his car, and managed to get out, although he was quite badly Injured. There were a few of the passenger that were slightly scratched, but none seriously. . The wrecking '.Tews were on the ground nt daylight and proceeded to clear away the wreckage. They drore piles in the cut through the grade to build a bridge on, and at 5 p. m. No. 8, the limited, crossed over, and through traffic was resumed. There were five cars of No. 2 that were not derailed. A freight engine came and coupled onto them and took them west to Mllford. The automobile from Hurtner was there and helped to transfer trans-fer the passengers from No. 1, which pulled up to the wreckage from the east to the coaches of No. 2 and the passengers from No. 2 to No. I which went back to Salt Lake City. Sunday about noon Baggageman Mort was found about 20 feet from his car.,. His body was put on No. i, which arrived shortly after he" was found, and sent to Salt Lake. Monday Mon-day evening the wreckers had succeeded suc-ceeded in getting the last of the four cars out and onto the siding at Akin. The baggae car was the most difficult to handle, as It went entirely out of sight In the water. The bank of the canal that broke had been in service for about three years, and seemed to bo perfectly safe. It is presumed that gophers had dug through the bank and caused the outlet. The banks were so hard it required picks when men began digging dig-ging them down to repair the break. The water went through the dry railroad rail-road grade as though so much sugar. Geo. A. Snow and It. It. Lyman were in town last week on buslnes. V. I. Moody of Chicago, President of the Delta L & W. Co., and wife and son. were in Hurtner last week on an outing trip. This is Mrs. Moody's first trip to this country. Mrs. Ann K. Bishop went to Fillmore Fill-more last Monday morning, where she was called to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Jane Melville, arriving there just in time to see her pass peacefully away at 2 p. tn. Tuesday. N. S. Bishop and his daughter, Mrs. I Walora Wallace, went over to attend the funeral services. Work is progressing rapidly on our big spillway. They expect to have it completed soon. July 1st. Delta. Everybody expects a big time this week n t Hinckley. |