Wreck near Salt Lake City kills and injures dozens
In a heavy snow area about 80 miles northeast of Salt Lake City a massive derailment left 21 dead and six missing. Eight severely hurt, many treated for minor injuries as two trains in a three unit diesel consist collided and a freight train was derailed. Snow and dark night hampered rescue. Names of victims and exact counts were provided by Union Pacific authorities.
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San Francisco
Tvo
Ower
City
Los Angeles
A. F. Denham
Detroit
Denham
Charles Wirbin
Utah
Davis County
Jack Gridley
Utah Highway Patrol
Wyoming
Evanston City Hall
Freight train derailment halts cars near passing track
Railroad officials reported a freight train derailed on the mainline near San Francisco. All cars cleared onto a passing track before the incident halted, with about 200 people aboard the two trains. Ten freight cars were pushed sideways onto the westward track as crews worked to recover the scene.
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San Francisco
Wreck of City Trains In Wyoming Kills Many
At least 21 died and many injured after the City of San Francisco rear-ended the City of Los Angeles in a Utah-Wyoming corridor wreck. Authorities said both trains were late due to a storm and ambulances, doctors, and emergency crews rushed to the scene near Evanston.
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Uinta County Memorial Hospital
American Legion Hall
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Wyoming State Highway Patrol
City of
Eggers
Evanston
Porter J. H. Floyd
Chicago
Ogden
Utah
Unita Hospital
American Legion
Train collision halts City of Los Angeles near Salt Lake City
Union Pacific reports preliminary investigation shows a block signal halted the City of Los Angeles as a freight train left the eastbound main for a sidetrack. The City of San Francisco then collided with the stopped train, pushing four or five cars against the sideline.
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Union Pacific
Salt Lake City
Butte
Mont
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cited To Appear For Taking Automobile
A Frederick Michigan case reports that Charles Grayson Lee and Douglas Brown were linked to the theft of a 1949 Oldsmobile from Myersville man Harry C. Hime Jr. The car was found with its drive shaft damaged on Broadway after a radiator shop call led to the arrest of Lee. Brown was not held for hearing.
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Dan Swomley
Charles Grayson Lee
Phobus Avenue
Harry C. Hime, Jr
Myersville
Kurt Shoemaker
Sergi Swomiey
Broadway
Lee
Douglas Brown
Lincoln
Brown
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