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Show F THE AKIN WRECK. h a AUer completing a thorough Investl- n gation of tho circumstances surround- t Ing the wreck May 5 on the Salt Lake () Houte at Akin, in which Ilaggageman J. it. Mort of I.s Angeles was killed and others were slightly Injured, aj Investigating committee composed of , railroad men and I. T. Itlack, a citizen J' of Deacrct, Utah, has made a report, completely lilting the blame ror the wreck Irotn tho railroad and placing it ' ' on Irrigation companies which own Ir- Jx rlgatlon ditches In tho vicinity or the wreck. According to tho reKirt or the com-mlttee com-mlttee as received at the Salt Lake Route offices last week, the wreck oi was caused by the train plunging Into M a washout and the washout was caused by the breaking of a dyke In th an Irrigation ditch. "As far aa the ,. San Pedro, Ix.s Angeles & Salt I.nke v railroad and its employees operating 0f the train are concerned," Bays the re- oti port, "there was no fault or negll- , gence. The report Is signed by the following: II. K. Van Housen. super- nj Intendent; W. II. Smith, assistant su- f perintendent; P. T. Itlack. citizen of tn Ileseret; K. P. Hapgood, assistant en- i, glnecr; Fdward Neuhart. division ,e foreman, and C. I. Moore, roadmaster. ru |