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Show oo ! DAMAGING COLLISION. Prove Sept. 13. Two frieght engines en-gines of the Salt Lake Route met in a head-on collision at tho depot hore yesterday morning Just before noon, rosulting in demolishing the englnos and more or less damaging several freight cars. Froight train No. 94, going west in charge of Conductor Ford and Englncor Smith, was swdch-ng swdch-ng when train No. 93, going east, nulled In at u very fast rate, and going go-ing into the open switch, craghed Into the other engine. The onglnocr on tho castuound train, Crnmer, with his fireman, wero first to sec tho danger and both mon jumped and reached The engineer and fireman on the other train, soeing the other men run-nln0- awav and at tho samo time noticing no-ticing the open switch, also Jumped ind "saved themselves from injury. Both engines and at least two freight errs will hac to go to the ropalr shops at Salt Lake. |