Show PROBE BE SHOWS T THREE ime CAUSES MUSES FOR WRECK NEAR GRASSY MAY 2 I 1 rocking 0 of the tender of the first engine ens luc due to tho the lateral surge of the water unevenness uneven nee la im the track and the speed nt at which the train was being op aerated aro are assigned nealen cd by the interstate commerce cum merco commissions investigation bureau breau as tho the causes of the wreck may 2 on the denser klo rio orande grande western ne baar nr grassy Gra lity utah which resulted in tho the death of eoven seven persons and the in ji jury ry of one other others the train an eastbound pas passenger train drawn by engine engines and TOO consisted of eleven cloven ear cars eoven of them cullinan Pul linan elo opere pers when the lead engine left the lie track the engine alo also jumped t and all but the last four car cars were derailed at the point on the green oren river division div lilon where when the areek occurred baseel trains were not per emitted to exceed a of forty five ive miles rulles rn hour and while oa 01 crew crows belief that their train at the time of the accident we as fram thirty five aa n forty mlee an hour the bell the IVI limit wae was being exceeded the report of the investigators ses i forth the following conclusions the evidence evi lence hillea ted that there we wore no defect defeats in tanning running gear which could lave the tile Reel nr dent but that ito re swath plate plates in the tenders of the two anglies were not sufficient it alo also apprill red thit there were two low joint joints in the t r tick jut just wt west of the ini thil point of t derailment and it is i be tiered that the lateral surge of the w wa ter un undoubtedly by the low joints resulted in the tender on ei engine rocking to such an extent as a ti to i er mit the wheel wheels on the north or left ale to mount the rail an I 1 result in the sub seri tient derailment of the train thee these tender tenders were built without tin gwash platt 0 lually ally provided to giard g jard aftin t lateral of the water not only dil all the position lon of the equipment inda bladl ate that the speed at the time of derailment wa was higher than waa was cne rally eakim ald by the enn em pi plue but it U Is to be noted that the train wan was on ott time nt grassy and apparently patently ly travels travel tl 1 ibo the distance diat anee of but 28 2 8 ralles 11 from that point to the joint of derailment iii in about three nuil and one ono half tap or at an average speed d of 0 forty eight mile miles an itu hour were reduced when bassing grassy out also aching the tile curve welt of tho he point of ment and the train then allowed to drift town down the I 1 11 I 1 per bent grade cat of tl a 0 curve undoubtedly its speed at the timo time of derailment was higher than its average for tho entire distance 8 all of 0 the employee employees involved were experienced men at the time of the accident they had been on duty lesa lea than time hour bouss after having betia off duty more than tn hour hours 11 |