Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-28

WHAT A PASSENGER SAYS.
 MT. Porter Ashe, who with hIs bride | and her maid, so marvelonsly escaped
 from the Los Angeles sleeper with theil ] lIve-, In an interview Tn regard tO th, | accii mt, said:
 We were occupying the drawing ! room of tue sleeper; l had gotten up anC | taken my DvercOht aud put 1t over us fol 1 cover While lying there awake l no ! ticed that the train was swaying and go ing very fast. put my arm under m! WIie's head. and grasped the window
 sili with my diseugaged hand. l thought
 we were going around curve by the way the car swayed. This swayinl 1 lasted three or four minutes, when the crash came. The next thIng ] knew my ! wife and l were Tn pile of broken tim ber, underneath which was our maid [ Above us were the car windows directly overhead. We remained there quiet fol awhile, 1t seemed, removing the debri, ! from our maid and finally got her out I then broke pane of glass n one Oi the windows overhead. The smoke Was stifilog. and just coming into the car. climbed out through the window and pulled my wife odt and the maid. 1 got out two blankets and a mattress, and cOuld get nothing more on afcOunt Oi the density oi smoke preventing me. had on an undershirt. ! started tC
 walk along the car to get to the ground
 and heard a voice helOw calling for help l reaChed down got hold of a pair Ot
 hands, and pulled up out of the fire and 1 smoke, the person of Gov. Downey, who was nearly sutfocated. l got him or top of the coach and moved along, when my wife fell through one of the windows down into the coach again. The cinder
 smoke was very bad, and just got her out Tn time. We then all jumped to the ground. I then met one of Captain
 Water houses little children running
 ar uud ID Der nightclothes, and took
 charge of her. l gave one blanket to
 the maid, as sue was without clothing.
 To avoid the fire we went down the can
 yon a quarter of mile. Gov. Downey,
 Gov. asset, Warehouses child, m,
 wife ai q self all shielded oureelves the
 best We could from the cold under one
 blanket. There was great confusion and intense suffering and cries for God
 tO help Those that were saved were
 busy carrying out the dead and wounded. There WAS very cold wind blowing violently. When the engine from Tehach- epi came We all walked barefooted on the
 rocks about n quarter of a mile to the train aud were then taken to Tehach- epi.
 The railroad officials acted nobly, were courteous to the ladies, and did all iu their power tO reheve suffering. Espe- ciHlly | wish to r.-turn thanks to Super lntendent Prugh and to the tiagmen and Conductor Reed. My opinion is that the accident resulted from gross care lessuess and criminal negligence on the part uf some one whose duty 1t is to set the brakes and see that all Was right when the train reached the summit.
 NOTES OF THE DISASTER.
 The body at POnet ( Orr's supposed tO toe that Of Mrs. Governor DJwney, has been identified as the body of Mrs. Governor Ca-sel, and the body was shipped 10 San Ffauclsco Hast Iii ht. IT ' reu Rins of Mrs. Down Y were take n to San Francisco through a mistake, and viii be shipped back to Los Ange- les. The two bodies were found tOgeth- CT, aud tbe jewelry belonging to the two unfortunate ladies was found with the budie, In thiS way the bodies Were Identified, and also the mistake made in cla ming the bodies.
 he remains Of C. k. PIerson, the ex- prers messenger who was killed m the accident, were rem wed to the family re>ideuc on Franklin street. At i o'clock Sunday brief funeral services were held, Rev. Mir. Chase officiating, after which the body vas taken to the depot and shipped to Oakland. The funeral procession was solemn and i'm posing one. ElIst came the City Baud, then dele gatinBs from the entire fire the hearse with the remains, a drlegati n of citizens on foot, and the carriages containing mOiuners and citi- Zvl.s.
 Many passengers on the wrecked train who mIraculously escaped with their lives, speak m bitter terms of the u' Clect of duty of the railroad people in charge of the train.
 ! he verdict of the coroDer's jury held at Te achepl Satnria! and Sunday, has not vet been decided.
 Mrs. J. k. Brown was not feeling SO well yesterday as could be wished. Al. though she k not dangerously hurt, 1t will be a long time before she recovers from her injuries. Miss Ida Browr, her dauL hter, was feeling quite bright and cheerful, and will soon he about. They are at tle Sisters Hospltai. Mir. T. H. Brown, a brother, will arrive here this morning
 Capt. Waterhouse, wife and two child ren, who were injured in the accident, though not severely, are doing nicely. They are at the Sisten' Hospital anu are having gond care.
 H. 4. Oliver, County Clerk l lf Lake county, and brother of Mr-. ! Charles c. Lamh. was one of | he tilled on the railroad acci- 1 lent of Friday night. He was on his | Aay tO Los Angeles to go into business with eX-Cn1nty R R-cnrder Lamb.
 he names oi John I. Sabin, of the l W stern Union, GeI. c. Fabens aud H. | Hrrbe {, of ie Central Pacific. and F. ! ,l. Rultou, Master of Transportation of 1 he Central Pacific Railroad, were regis | -rrd at the Pico House yesterday. It's umored that their being m the city Is 'Onuected with desire of the railroad I company to compromise damage claims f the passengers who were in the wrecked train. without allowing the natter to be brought into the courts.
 Miss M. F Squires, who IS among She lead, wBs soon tn be married. . Her l'he-. br ther and intended husband ame down t1 accompany the remains o Oakland. Two sisters are stopping ( the Sier Madre Vhla. Miss Squire, Tas niece of NIT. McMul' 'en, General
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