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Show ACCIDENT ON UNION PACIFIC. on Bstturday a wreck occurred on the Union Pacific, six miles east of Evanston. when two work trains collided col-lided at a switch. The Union Pacific it; one of the best equipped roads In the United Stales and every possible precaution is taken lo prevent wrecks In the earlier days of railroading in the west, there was a wreck on the I niou Pacific every ,week and this condition prevailed un I til 'he block signals were Installed i Now a collision is fo unusual a to Iconic as a shock. The disaster or Saturday proves thai, even with the best worked out safetv devices, human frailltles will Operate to bring on calamities. Some one forgets and the great powerful engines en-gines crash together Portunatelj the accident last week i did not Involve a passenger train for ! k did the disaster might have been et en more distressing. |