Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1883-01-26

that the wife of Ex-Governor Down.
ey, who was with her husband on
the train, is among the dead. At
1850 A. N seven bodies had been
taken out, some burned beyond re c.
ognition. The following are report
ed injured. Mrs. Capt. ]. Il. Brown,
Miss Ida Brown, Lee Warehouse,
Mrs. A. L. Warehouse and two
children, John F. Cassell, ex-Gov-
ernor Downey, the maid of Mr.. Por-
ter Ashe. James Woodall, F. w.
Dougherty, Mrs. p. c. Hatch, Mrs.
r. r. Hatch. 1t is remarkable fact
that the wounded are almost with
out exception bat slightly injured.
The following passengers are unhurt:
Porter Ashe and wife, H. A. Oliver,
Miss E. Squires and I. j. Oliver.
Many are missing, supposed to have
been burned in the wreck and have
been consumed. Ashe and wife, who
is the dau ghier of the late Judge E.
B Croker, were on their we'd ling
tour and were in the sleeper which
hrst left the track, and their escape,
uninjured, is miraculous. A special
train has been sent fir IN Los Angeles
to the scene with physician and un-
dcrtakcr The dad and wounded
will be taken to Los Angeles. Mean
time every possible attention is to
lie paid them on the ground. A
wrecking tram his arrived from
Sumner.
MORE OF THE DIS .sTER.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 20-Further
advices from Tehachapi give US a
probable cause of the accident. The
air brakes were applied when the
train was stopped. On detaching
the engine the brakes relaxed and
the hand brakes were either left
open or were not strong enough TO
hold the train. Their movement
may have been helped by strong
gale that was blowing. II is now
certain that IS passengers and two
sleeping car porters were killed and
ten or twelve badly injured. Seven
teen bodies have been recovered
from the wreck. One of them Is
considered certain as being Mrs.
Downey. Capt.in Waterhousc, pre-
vIou.ly reported as injured, is not
expected 10 live. Tho following
we're bad y burned: Mrs P G Hatch,
Mrs B L Hatch, Mrs Captain Brown,
r c Ross, CaptIin T Thatcher, Ste
phen Coffin, J w Searles, James
Woodhall, and II w Dougherty.
The wounded will be placed in the
hospital at Los Ange es at the C ON
pany's expense. The remains of the
uniden lied dead, If any, will be
gathered up and buried at Los An
geles. Superintendent Flllmire says
it is no: known WHO was to blBme,
but some one has been careless. The
matter will he thoroughly investi-
gated. The train carried from this
city one pouch of registered letters
for St. Louis, Mo-, and about 100
small packages of registered letters
for various points. The mail was
important and unusually full, con-
aiming letters and printed matter for
Los Angeles, San Bernardino and
points in Arizona, New Mexico, Tex
as, a portion of Colorado, and the
State of Sonora, Mexico. One re.
port is that all mail and EXPIRE S mat
ter was burned, and another that that
porto , was saved.
The Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Jan 19-Thc Tariff
bill, reported from Ways and Means
Committee yesterday includes among
the general legislative provisions
substantially all these framed by the
Tariff Commission, and adopted like
wise by the Senate Finance Commit
Tee.
Republican National Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-Thc action
of the Republican National Commit
tee is received by Republicans gen
orally in the Senate and House with
approval. The committee has liter
ally observed the instructions of the
Chicago convention and provided for
district representation. There will
therefore be no unit rule or packed
delegations.
Fencing In the Public Domain.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-Secretary
Teller in a letter dated to-day ex-
presses the opinion that the enclos-
ure OF large tracts of pubic land by
barb ID wire fence or otherwise, by
steckmeu, may be enjoined as
nuisance, if it becomes detrimental
to the public interest.
Powder Explosion In Merfden.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 19-Tbree ter
iffic explosions took place to-day in
gun-powder manufactury in Meri-
den, where nearly all the houses were
unr oofed by the conclusion. The
ne ighboring towns and villages
were dana ged. The loss of life is
u Unknown, but it is feared forty per-
sons persisted. The windows in this
city, which is eight miles from Meri
den, were broken.
NewhaIi Fire IncendIary-
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 19-The
day before the fire Schiller removed
seven hundred dollars worth of
liouor. from the Newhall House bar