Show WRECK ON THE C P six men killed two trainmen and four tramps ileno nov S worst railroad wrecks that ever happened on this division of the central pacific occurred at this morning between freight train no 10 westbound and no 7 eastbound cast bound about a mile west a small station eighteen miles east of keno resulting in the death of L leach brakeman on the westbound and charlie bivens fireman on the same train and four tramps not yet identified three others were injured namely james bird engineer of no 7 had his left leg broken at the analo tom his fireman was cut about the head and a tramp named william E vos who says he is from chicago and has a wife living there has a very severe scalp wound and it is feared his brain was injured the two trains came together in a cut on a sharp turn while going at full speed the engine pulling no 10 mounted the one boing cast so that they nearly changed positions fourteen or fifteen freight cars were smashed to kindling wood and telescoped brakeman leach wa on the engine of liis train and was caught between the boiler head and lank both legs were crushed to a pulp lie was caught in such a way that it was impossible to get him out lie lived two hours after the collas sion perfectly conscious all the time and begged his companions to kill him and end his suffering after death it was found necessary to cut off the legs close to the body in order to extract it from the wreck the tramps killed were in a box car close to the front end of train no 10 the cause of the accident was the misunderstanding of orders it will take an official investigation to fix the blame where it belongs superintendent whited was promptly on the scene with wrecking crews and trains from wadsworth and truckee he thinks he will have the track clear by mid night tonight no 3 the eastbound passenger train this morning delayed at lleno and the westbound trains at wadsworth awaiting the clearing of the track the bodies of the conr tramps were brought to keno tonight and the inquest will be held tomorrow the body of leach was taken to truckee engineer bird will be taken to the hospital ineneo as soon as the road is cleared vos the injured tramp will be brought to the county hospital atKen he lives the company sent drs thomas and bernslein Berg and dr harmony of wadsworth to the scene as soon as possible |