Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-08-10
Fatal WRECK
Rev. Z. G. Wheeler, the baptist Lvan-
Keiist, Killed.
LIST OF TIE wOUnpEp.

hay afternoon.
The NJ. fa,-.i train Vas uud-t G,nduc.
", S.m X White, ~ho vas gu rSirH tor
Lunduc,H Chss Berry
Rev Is u. wheeler, the BaIt,st evan.
grliet, AMI Who wAr here last May with
the i~p-l car Emmanuel, vAS killed
outright, shil- the following IL = lis, ~
ihue- ~hu r-c.iy-,i injuries
NJ Alexander, II Fresno, Cal slight
cuts on lcn cheek, arm aud hand
X T. donaldson. u EutrrpfIr-. Mo 4.
back aprained.
e Wsssuu. ~ Fort wings,-. scslp
wound, ankle sprA,n-d and back
wrrnched
- A Whitaker, Il B.rrI"~. Cal 4.
rhgh, scsIp wound
Mrr l. &, rolhurrt, "f Cleveland, Ohio,
Arins aud sh .uli-rp hruir-si.
l. n I, m-r. W fuI-kA, hsnrsr, tray
cling = su,uta, chi cnmIAny, scAlI
xuur ,huul w. ~, hv~ long
Ca rnulg, Il Sc,l-s Muund, H., lex
bIuH--.
N,r B"r,ha Cope. ui New l"rk hiy,
tack nutt aui shoulders bruised
rL- dead evangelist Apd tue injured
we're hr"ught Ia nn the delayed No 4
pA~r-ngrr train, which arrived ~ 10 ~
~, 'prk thus morning
former was taken ia charge 10y
ln.rrtsk"r Strong, while the injured
we're A,l"ud-d To 10y the railroad com.
IRuy And their wounds Dressed 10y Dr j.
II Wruth. who len for the scene un the
NJ 3 pAar-ugrr train Last night.
when the ,lAyesl No. Z pAss-nger
train Arriv-i thir morning there Was =
large crowd al the d-pi. drawn thith-r
10y tue exaggerated r,.IOrts II frightful
wreck IN which half dozen or more pas.
rengrrs were Killed aud double the mum.
tier injured, but they s,On discovcr,d Tia 81
he wreck was not nearly 90 bal as the
trrt r-,pr, hal II
Conductor White ststes that the train
wac ou time. and was moving along Al
shuut twenty miles an hour, when II
struck u weak place In the track, about
. mile this eide ~ Mitchell, and ths com.
hln~uon hsggAg. and -spr-er coach. n
i-ad heal continuation baggage and -H.
press cnseh, the day coach AMI tourir,
Sleeper No. 40 dew the track aud tuin
hl-d over un their sides The engine,
tourist sleeper No. IA, with the -lc-p.
ton at the front trucks, aud the PullmAu
coach remained on the track. lie states
that small stream IL water was running
Nluugrdr tti- track, aud that II had
~a-I.d along And underneath the -nds
II t.- iirr. ior -nus yArir, thus causing
Sc ,ehuut, 80 = weak spot, which wAr
nri h--rv-,l until the sGc,d ,nt hap.
I- 4.
I ling Engineer Cis' :. who wAr
un 'ur wrecked uain, eA;Ae Ia On M 4
ihir m"rning. att he stated that It wa. n
very -mSll .nd ,r,ting wAshout He IL
uf a." opinion that had the train been he.
I In MI II a ~. ~
speed. the accident would not have -.
CURED Thomas Pn,,-r's work tram,
rl.l"Und. sLl freight train. East.
huuud, uni-r Conductor Fred Nnhl.
=" rta,-d MIR tt-sn-r, pAsr-i over the
weak rI"t only = few minutes. not more
then bal! an hour, before IN. passenger
train came along and war dtch-d.
The train was drawn by -ngin. No ~.
! Which was Ia the Blue Water wreck ii
several years sgu), with Charles RnaH Al
the throttle ami A. u R---i. TRUMAN.
Rev. Wheeler and wife "ecupl-,i rcais
10 inurip, .l-e,-r NJ, 40. aud when the
M, came ia THE morning with the dead
h'dy THn CirlEks REPORTER wsS prrH-ni
nj found the r-iLaiis with the weeping
VIE Ia tourist SLEEPER No. !tI. THE vile
wac IN such state Of sadness Ani ~ lei,
that. on being QUESTIONED AZ tu Lo~ the
reverend gentleman wac singled nut Ia
tn--' such n tragic death. her snbs were
n" frequent that she could not talk. Mlp'
Mary WAlling, oi Oakland, Cal, who
ir an her way Ia ChicAgu AMI WIN came
a."ng ~th them fr"m California, Au.
ew-I-d the question by stating that Mrr.
Wheeler hHn left her scat for the ladi-s'
toilet closet, while her husband had
walked " the opisslts d'Or uf The tourist.
Ju~, ~ b- opened the door the wreck a..
curr.d. aud he either s,.-n,p,cd ~ jump
ar was thrown from tbs car. la any -v-ut,
when ia. tourist sleeper went over. l,
taught Rev. whoeler underneath. crush.
ing out hir lite.
| Rev Wheeler was born IN Little Falls.
New York, and would have beeu II yeArr
"ld on the 23d ~ this month had he lived
For the past thsve years be had charge Of
~ the Gospel car. Emmsnuel, and was
here last May, stopping about . week snd
fore b. took charge Of the Gospel car hs
WAS ia the missionary services Of the Bsp-
tist church. On leaving New Mexico and
Arizona. he and wife went 10 California.
leaving the ear =, the Sacramento shops
for repairs, and they were ON their
way 10 Winons. MINI, ~ spend
= vacation among relatives and friends
The body Ia being embalmet, and Mrs
Wheeler, accompanied by Miss Wslling
and Mrn L. &. Tolburst, expects 10 70.
sumo her unfortunate and ssd journey to
Minnesota Ia morrow evening. Sbor,
funeral services will b- held NJ Under
isk.r Strubg's al 80 o'cl,ck to- mUrruw
evening.
The b-rra ysl wife and her two lad
friends are stopping Al the home ~ N. W