Show BAIL MASH INJURE S A N I 1 SIX PERSONS ARE KILLED AND THIRTY TWO INJURED AS RESULT OF WRECK eastbound train of denver rio western derailed at grassy utah head end of train demolished salt lake city shortly before 11 0 clock wed wednesday n e a day ni night 9 h t ta the is eastbound no 12 train of 0 the denver RIO klo grande ft Ar estern railway made up ot of pullman and day coaches and pulled by two engines was derailed at a point two miles alles east of grassy utah thirty miles east ot of price the wreck occurred on a n straight piece ot of track where east and west bound passenger trains pass the roadbed at this pont point is tilled filled to a depth ot of fifteen feet Alt although bough no official statement has been made mad as to the cause ot of the wreck members of 0 the ill fated no as crew were of 0 the opinion that the tracks had spread because of 0 rain action on the roadbed thus derailing the pair of 0 powerful engines pulling the long train the cars fit at the front of the string piled up behind the tumbled engines baggage and mall care rolled down the grade the smoking car and day coach rolled over on their sides As the careering coaches came to a stop the pullman cars were oft off the rails but standing engineer fred A reader header of grand junction who was in charge of the second engine of the doubleheader and fireman A anderson ot of rifle colo of the first engine were instantly killed in the wreck the body of the fareman reman was recovered from piles pile of debris engineer joe westbrook West book piloting the first locomotive and ga gillis alis fireman with rader in the second engine miraculously escaped death neither were reported to have been injured four others passengers were killed or died shortly after the wreck A special hospital train took the thirty two injured passengers to salt lake where hospital aid and medical attention was given among the III fated pa was prof ernest de alton partridge of the agriculture engineering department of B Y U at provo prof partridge was to NO norfolk virginia to attend a convention of the american association of engineers |