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Show HEROISM OE TRAIN CREW Later details of the wreck which occurred on the Salt Lake route Sunday Sun-day afternoon, when a west-bound freight train crashed into a large boulder on tho track near Gait, Nov., tell of the heroism of M Gcnler. brakcraan, and William Bagsloy, Jlro-man Jlro-man ot the wrecked train Tho dead are Conductor Walter Clay and Brake-man Brake-man S A Genfer Terribly Injured and in a semiconscious semi-conscious condition, the two trainmen crawled half a mile along the tracks and flagged two passenger trains which were rushing to a collision with the wrecked train. Genier was in tho caboose at the time of the accident. In the impact his noso was broken and an iron rod was driven through his cheok. With bis spartan spirit ho staunched the flow of blood and started start-ed to run back down the tracks to flag passenger train No. 1, duo shortly Weak from loss of blood and in a fainting condition, he finally reached a point a mile away and stopped tho passcngor train. Engineer Raymond, torn, bruised and with his face seared by steam, crawled from under the wreck and stumbled onto the prostrato form of Fireman Bagsley. "Are you fcauiy hurl?" asked Raymond. Ray-mond. "No," answered Bagsloy "Then go flag No. 3," said Raymond, Ray-mond, falling unconscious. BngBley could not stand. His ankles had beon wrenched and his aide injured. Ho managed to drag himself down the tracks and around a point, and had been there but a few moments when passenger train No. 3 arrived |