Miraculous Train Wreck Survival near Black Rock

An accident occurred on the Utah and Nevada railroad near Black Rock on the 16th of February, where a powerful blast of wind lifted a train, consisting of an engine and five cars, off the track and threw it into a gutter. Although there were fifteen passengers on board and several were bruised, none sustained fatal injuries.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 49, No. 11, 14 March 1887):

An accident occurred on the Utah and Nevada railroad near Black Rock on the morning of the 16th of February, which resulted in the wrecking of a train and the killing of conductor Adam Brown. The train, consisting of an engine and five cars, was running at the usual speed past Keasler’s ranch, when it was struck by a powerful blast of wind and lifted clear of the track and landed, with the exception of the engine, in the gutter. There were some fifteen passengers aboard, several of whom were bruised, but none were injured fatally.