Show TERRIBLE MHO COLLM results in deaths of brakeman kennedy and fireman duncan while three engineers and two firemen are seriously injured and three engines are piled up in hopeless confusion about 1140 yesterday a terrible head end collision occurred at fenel 1 on nevada on the southern pacific about miles west ot ogden an extra doubleheader double header freight westbound west bound in charge of conductor joseph holland ot ogden had reached a point about one mile east ot fenelon when it was met by an eastbound east bound helper engine running light the track at this point is almost a level stretch and the trains generally reach a good speed to give them an impetus to aid in the climb ot tho sharp grade some distance beyond the locomotives came together with such force as to pile the first two in a hopeless wreck although they did not leave the track the second engine and several cars ot the extra freight were thrown rom the track and badly damaged As soon as possible after the wreck occurred conductor holland dispatched the rear brakeman to fenelon tor assistance si and within forty minutes atter the disaster dr olmstead ot wells was at the scene with aid tor the injured it was found that timothy kennedy head brakeman on the freight and fireman lduncan oa the rear engine had been caught beneath the debris of the wrecked engine and duncan was dead kennedy expired about forty I 1 minutes after being extricated engineer L W brandis of the rear engine of the freight was badly bruised and one knee was sprained he was able however to aid in caring for the otner injures his home Is at wells F C stokes engineer of the second engine of the freight had one knee sprained and was badly bruised but was not seriously injured arthur huntsman his fireman had an ankle sprained and was bruised and scalded slightly C J saddler who was in charge of the light helper suffered a sprained toot and the breaking of his right arm john oliver fireman of the helper was the most seriously hurt of the injured ones his right lee beang so badly crushed that amputation may be necessary the news of the wreck reached the ogden headquarters about but no details of the wreck and no account of the disaster were obtainable or given out until some hours later before the extent of the catastrophe was fully known chief clerk W J shealy master mechanic luckett and assistant superintendent fitzgerald left for the scene of the wreck on the flyer at p m mr shealy met a special at terrace consisting of an engine and two cabooses cabo oses bringing in the dead and injured and he returned to this city arriving here at 1130 p m upon arrival here oliver huntsman brandis and saddler were taken to the hospital while engineer F C stokes was conveyed to bis own home at 2242 lincoln avenue the body of kennedy was taken in charge by larkin sons the undertakers who will prepare the remains for burial the body of oravell duncan the dead fareman fl reman was completely covered by the wreck of the engine and was not extricated until last evening the remains were brought in on no 6 at 4 p m today and will be sent to blackfoot idaho where his parents reside he came to ogden in september ard 3rd last and stopped at the windsor hotel on lower twenty fifth street when in this city assistant superintendent fitzgerald and master mechanic luckett continued out to the scene of the wreck to superintend the clearing of track and to investigate the causes leading to the accident it Is re panted by some anat C J saddler the engineer ot the light helper overlooked hla orders and ran past the meeting point but the railroad officials advance no theories until a thorough investigation Is made and an investigation may clear about six hours to clear the irack for traffic WHO THE VICTIMS ARE engineer george brandis and fireman john oliver are both married men it Is said and are both residents of wells where they have been in the employ of the company tor a number of year C J saddler the engineer of tha light helper la well known in ogden and with his wife has been in this city visiting relatives and friends tor the past six weeks he bad leen reinstated on the road only last week atter an extended layoff lay off hla wife was at wells at the time of the accident timothy kennedy the brakeman who was killed was well known in ogden and was a brother of james kennedy clerk in assistant superintendent fitzgeralds office the deceased was about thirty years ot age and had been employed by the company for the past five years at tha time of the accident he was an extra conductor lie waa married a year ago last april to miss katie farmer of this city he was regarded by the officials as one ot their trustworthy men arthur huntsman the fireman on the regular freight engine has been employed by the company for some time he roomed and boarded at the arcade hotel on twenty flath street fred C stokes the regular freight engineer Is well known in ogden and Is being oared for at his residence his injuries were received in jumping from the engine and are not serious the physician assuring him that he will be able to be up and around in a few weeks he was seen at his home by a standard reporter this morning and gave an account of the wreck ENGINEER STOKES ACCOUNT the country where the wreck occurred said he Is in the pequot pequop mountains and Is broken with hog backs and cuts and the roadbed Is a series of curves this broken country extends from boano toano to wells and includes in it the moors hill over which the wells helpers ore used in aiding trains we generally run at a much greater speed than we were going at the time of the accident yesterday my engine was 1800 and was the freight engine I 1 was ahead and behind my engine was helper no 1706 a 50 ton engine in charge of george brandas ls saddler had helper 1761 and his orders were to meet us at fenelon As we neared this curve about one mile east of fenelon saddlers engine suddenly shot into sight and only about 16 car lengths separated it from us I 1 applied the emergency brake at once and gave one warning whistle then boh huntsman my fireman and I 1 jumped it seemed but the second after when the crash came and the engines were plied up in an indescribable and horrifying wreck 1 I did not feel my injuries at first and gaining my feet I 1 hastened toward the caboose I 1 met conductor joe holland and rear brakeman scott and told them what had occurred I 1 then went three quarters of a alla to the rear and set a flag and then returned to the caboose into within an hour all the injured were placed holland and scott flagged in the other direction and then scott was sent to fenelon for help while holland endeavored deavo red to aid the victims brandas ls engineer of the helper behind me had been shot through his cab window as though from a catapult and was badly injured and stunned duncan and kennedy were caught under the overturned engine nd badly crushed duncan waa killed instantly while kennedy lived only a short time they bad been sitting together on the fi remans seat and their bodies lay not over two feet apart fireman join oliver was caught in the debris and lay for two hours before he could be extricated in the meantime the steam cooked the flesh on his face and bands in a manner engineer saddlers anguish was most pitiable the only fluttering be seemed to experience was the mental trouble caused by the fact that the accident seemed to bd attributable to him he begged piteously tor conductor holland to kill him and though we did all we could to cheer him up he was inconsolable john oliver who was the worst injured of any not killed was especially anxious to impress upon saddler the tact that none of us blamed him for our injuries As long as there Is railroading in the i world these accidents will occur and no matter what they seem to others they are at times unavoidable mr stokes Is cheerful and pleasant and willingly talked of the accident although he expressed the deepest regret because of the death and injury of others OLIVERS CONDITION john oliver whose right leg was crushed Is in a very precarious condition according to latest before going to press his injuries would necessitate amputation near the hip but he was not in a condition to undergo an operation this morning it is feared that bis death may occur at any hour |