Escape of Albert Lutz and H. McEwan from a railroad disaster
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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Elders Albert Lutz and H. McEwan, returning from a mission to the States, were on board a Union Pacific train when it ran off the tracks between Aspen and Evanston near Bear River on January 29, 1870. The accident resulted in several deaths and forty or fifty injuries, but both elders escaped without injury.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 32, No. 9, 1 March 1870, p. 139):
Elders Albert Lutz and H. McEwan, returning from their mission to the States, were on board the Union Pacific train which ran off the track between Aspen and Evanston, near Bear River, on the 29th of January. The accident resulted in several deaths and forty or fifty injuries, but both the Elders escaped without injury.
In Their Own Words
“Elders Albert Lutz and H. McEwan returned home from their short mission to the States, Jan. 29. They were on board the train which ran off the track near Bear River, but escaped uninjured. — Millennial Star 32:9”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 March 1870 (Vol. 32, No. 9). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1870-03-01_32_9 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 32, No. 9, 1 March 1870, p. 139 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1870-03-01_32_9
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