Show I III1 IT X X SMISHUP soil lluii Killed mill ti Ilalu of < nrN llciuollNlicil Word reached this city last nlHht of a terrible smashup which occurred on the Utah it I Northern road between the Summit and Mendon on Vdnosdi night The northbound Height was divided into two sections each of which went overtime over-time hill with a double header Time first division was some distance ihead of the other when the divide was leached As the started on the descent which leads into Cache Vallov the engineer of Section 2 tried to use his icuuin brakes but found that the were out of order Ho then whistled down brakes and the train men all rushed to the hand brakes Olmiy a few of these were in working order and with so heav a load the had but little effect Keaching the straight stretch of track which runs from the top of the hill down to Mendon tho speed of the train became fearful and all efforts to slacken it were vain Tho first train was signalled as timoy came in sight of it but the signal was appuentl unheard At the last moment when there was no hope of saving the trains the trainmen on Section 2 jumped and saved their lives none of them being hurt Comluetor G ilhi utho of limo first ti iln was standing on the platform of his caboose when tho second tram tamo in sight and from that moment ho remained re-mained at his post giving the signal to stop until the final trash His braver was something no less wonderful than is the fact that ho was unhuit The only man killed was lames McCabe a res dent of Eagle Hock who was riding m the car next m front of the caboose At the moment of the crash ho was thrown to the nil and cut in two The second train was prctt well wrecked by the collision and the first escaped by running away trom the sctno flio fault of the accident is all in the de fcctivo brakes on the entitle of Section 2 |