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Show COLLISION ON THE GOULD I R 0A D I Tho presence of mind of a switch- M man probably saved the lives of many H pnsspngcrs on Rio Grando train No H 3 as It was entering tho yards .it M Price last ovoning, says W. A. Taylor, H who was on tho train returning to H Ogdon from his homo In Greenville, Hit III. According to Mr. Taylor tho train E: was approaching Prico at a speed of BlU about forty miles nn hour and, as tho Hi: night was foggy, the switching crou Wp did not observe the approach of tho SKe passenger until it was upon them sRI- When the train wns hut a fow feet 1gl- away the switchman threw tho switch 2jw but the heavy double-header side "flfa swiped tho switch engine, cutting the Vtify caboose in two. All three engines iMi wore dorallcd, as was also tho bag- R -1? gago car, and the caboose was almost WS completely destroyed. BB? "I was" sitting in tho tourist car &fSi talking with several gontlomon whon 1 tho, accident occurred," says Mr. Tay- Ff lor, "and was thrown headfirst out of hSj my seat, striking my head again.st Ujg tho chin of tho man sitting opposlfo foil I me. Nearly all of tho passengcrj ttt wero shakon up and bruised and It W$ seems n mlraclo thnt more wero not Pfcl Injurod and that tho train crews es- 1S caped with their lives." LjSj Thcro was not a whole piece of litfai crockery or glassware loft In tho din- fM or and, though there wero sovcrnl Mfl people In thnt car at the time,, none frQH was seriously hurt, fcJM The accident occurred at about C; 15 last ovoning nnd, In consequence, No. fjjgy 3 arrived In Ogden about seven hours raMl late. tfHT Officials of the Rio Grando refused to talk or oven admit that there had !! leon an accident when askod about -JK tho matter this morning and Mr. Tay- H lor says that last night ho was un- K& ahlo to loarn whether any of the v&R trainmen were Injured, as those In S chargo refused to answer any ques- l8K tions. f3fl'i |