Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-26
Disregard of Orders Results in Ter
rible Wreck on the Santa Fe
Last Evening.
TWO POSTAL CLERKS INSTANTLY KILLED
Numerous Others Hurt-None Serious
ly-Accident Happened Near Shoe
maker, About Midway Between
Watrous and Upton.

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freight train, in charge of Conductor
Robb and Engineer Brown, collided with
terrible results, at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, just east of the east switch at
Shoemaker, station in southern Mora
county, about midway between Watrous
and Upton. The following is list of
the killed and injured:
POSTAL CLERKS INSTANTLY KILLED.
Il. G. Russell and F. D. Putney, postal
clerks, of La Junta, instantly killed.
J. W. Robb, Of Ration, conductor of
freight train, badly scalded, although the
physicians say not fatally.
T.J. Bourne, engineer of passenger
train, right arm broken and bruised, but
injuries not regarded as serious.
NJ. G. Drury, conductor of passenger,
several scratches and bruises, not serious.
w. N. Hodges, fireman of passenger,
left ankle sprained.
w. H. Brown, chair car porter, rib
broken.
j. K. Robinson, of Albuquerque, ex-
press messenger, several cuts on head
and arm, not serious.
D. d. Fuller, of Sedalia, Mo-, east
bound passenger, head hurt, knee and
hands scratched.
j. R. Murphy, address unknown, side
bruised, not seriously hurt.
John Macintosh, of Chicago, wrist
slightly sprained and head slightly
bruised.
Mrs. Teodoro Malando, who was trav-
cling to Wagon Mound with her husband
and two children, knee slightly injured.
A. D. Monero, of Cripple Creek, slight
ly cut on head
Geo. Austin, of Santa Fe, slightly
bruised, not serious.
Joseph Cohn, of Leavenworth, scalp
wound, legs bruised not serious.
Benton Cunningham, of Sealey, Kas.,
news agent, right leg broken, scalp and
face wounded.
CARING FOR THE INJURED.
The foregoing may be depended upon
as com plete list of the persons injured.
None of the passengers we're seriously
hurt and 1t is expected that all the in
iured train employees will recover.
Promptly after news of the 'ccident
was received wrecking train was dis
patched to the scene with District Physi-
clans Shaw ane ;saiith, Of Las Vegas; DR..
Shuler, of Ration, and several physicians
from Springer, who did all IN their power
to make comfortable the persons hurt.
The injured we're taken to the COM
pany's hospital at Las Vegas, where they
arrived at l0:45 last night. After break
fasting at Las Vegas this morning the un-
injured passengers continued on their
journey eastward.
The wrecked passenger train consisted
of mail, express and baggage cars, chair
car, dining car, and two Pullman sleep
ers. Both locomotives we're demolished
The mail and express cars were badly
wrecked and the chair car was turned
over. The dining car and the two Pull
man coaches kept the track.
CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.
Information as to the cause of the &C
cident is meagre. It appears that the
freight train was running on short time
and endeavored to make the siding at
Shoemaker when the passenger tralu had
the right of way. The freight should
have stopped at Upton and there
awaited the passage of the east bound
train.
The track was cleared and trains were
moving as usual at daylight this morn
ing.
Receiver Pedro Delgado, of the U. s.
land Office, who was formerly in the rail
way service, was we'll acquainted with H
G. Russell, one of the victims of the
recent disaster, and says he was most
excellent man. He has family at La
Junta.
The other clerk killed is understood to
be relative of Chief Clerk Frank A.
Putney, Of Denver.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
An Associated Press dispatch to the
NEW MEXICAN from Las Vegas, this after.
noon, adds the following details to the
very complete report of the wreck pre-
viously procured by this paper and giver
above:
Passenger train No. 4, Chicago limited
east bound, and fast freight No. 35, came
together head on with terrible force, while
rounding a sharp curve on steep grade
The passenger was on time, but the freigh
was late and tried to make Shoemaker
against the former.
The scene Of the collision overhangs I
steep bank, bordering on the Mora river
The mail, express and chair cars wer'
thrown down into the water and demol
ished ana their contents are a partia
loss.
| Among the passengers uninjured were
I. Seller, San Francisco; Miss Flora Jack
son, Cincinnati, O.; j. j. Pilbim, pro
prietor of the Revere house, Chicago
Capt. J. F. Moser, u. 8. coast survey.