Show FATAL WRECK OW C overland flyer in charge 0 conductor markle 0 ogden goes into a washout while 50 miles an hour and six persons are killed and many injured Ogden ites in wreck r n ec 18 the cast bound aa limited southern pacific train lally known as no 2 was wrecked at yesterday morning at a point 27 miles west ot this place while running at a speed of fifty miles an hour the train went into a washout culvert and the result vas the worst wreck known on this division ot the road six persona were killed and elx injured THE DEAD adolph bissinger 40 years old of the firm of bissinger schloss ban francisco mrs adolph bissinger 30 years old san francisco C L whittaker fireman 25 years old wadsworth nev C R coulter 45 years old san francisco two tramps names unknown THE INJURED miss elsie bissinger 16 years old daughter of mr and mrs adolph als singer slightly bruised conductor H E markle ogden severe scalp wound and bruised about face and body brakeman J J reeves ogden bruised about body engineer george abbay wadsworth head and face scalded mall clerk shuyler san francisco right leg broken and cuts on bead mall clerk cavan san francisco cuts about head and body bruises the disaster occurred at anem ban kment thirty feet across a ravine melting snow from the mountains caused a heavy rush of water which broke through the embankment some time during the night the f was about 75 feet in width and into r the ragtag torrent tha ill fated jiin plunged without warning the engine i cleared the break before the rails gave way the tender falling back the mall car and composite car followed into the chasm the composite car telescoping the first of the pullman sleepers nearly halt its length two sleepers and the dining car remained on the track mr and mrs bissinger and their daughter were in the drawing room in the forward end of the wrecked pull can mr and mrs were killed while their daughter occupying the birth above them was but slightly injured she was taken out through n opening in the root of the car mr coulter was killed outright his body vas frightfully mangled fireman whittaker died at his post his body Is in a mass of wreckage from which up to last evening the rescuers were unable to extricate it the bodies of two men evidently tramps who were stealing a tide are also in the wreckage the escape of engineer abbay was miraculous he was thrown through the window ot the cab and was only slightly hurt conductor markle brakeman reeves and the train barber were in the composite car the brakeman jumped through the window and landed in about tour feet of water the conductor and barber crawled through a hole ot the wrecked car how mail clerks shuyler and cavan escaped with their lives Is an enigma to all who witnessed the position ot the shattered ars train no 4 the eastbound east bound express was following the limited train very closely aad the rear brakeman ot the latter had only a few in which to flag no 4 and prevent a rear end collision at a m a special train lett this alace tor ahe scene ot the wreck car tying doctors and nurses and the in lured were given every attention possible being taken to the hotel at mill city the nearest station the dead and injured were later taken back to wadsworth Wada worth on a special train and will w on to san francisco it will be two or three days before the track can be put in condition ao that the running of trains may be resumed it will be necessary first to build a trestle cross the chasm in which the wrecked cars are lying san francisco feb 18 A special train bearing several of those in the train wreck near mill city nevada has arrived here and the injured have been taken to the railroad hospital the names of those who arrived today are miss elsie bessinger whose father and mother were killed and mall clerks shuler and cavan all are doing well but the great shock to her nervous system will somewhat retard the recovery ot miss bessinger the bodies of the san killed in the wreck will arrive here this atter |