The herald., 1897-11-22
Caused by Carelessness or
Accident
RUNAWAY CARS OF ORANGES
CRASH INTO AN EAST BOUND
PAssENoER
Washington Roads Swept Out Of Ex-
istence by Floods-Kansas
Il Praying for Rain
associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NOGALES. .Ariz., Nov. 21.-A serious
and fatal wreck occurred last night on
the Sonora railroad, forty miles north
OF Cumeral station and thirty-three
miles south Of Nogales. Freight train
No. 4. due in Nogales about I o'clock,
arrived at Aqua Zarca, twelve miles
from Nogales. loaded with oranges.
Here 1t was necessary to set out OF the
train, on account Of the steep grade,
three cars Of oranges, which were set on
the sidetrack and cut loose from the
engine. The brakes would not hold and
the cars started down the steep grade
to meet passenger train No. 2. due at
Nogales at 1880 y. m. For twenty lone
miles the runaway train dashed along
and crashed into the passenger train.
Engineer George Barker of the passer-
ger saw his danger, but too late. He had
only time to apply the airbrakes. when
the crash came. The engine of the pasen-
ger was completely demolished and
thrown into the ditch, with the body OF
the engineer under the wreck. One re-
frigerator car Of oranges is a total
wreck. The fireman was found on top
Of one Of the driving wheels Of the
engine. badly burned and bruised, and
will probably die. Express Messenger
j. D. Milton was thrown the full length
Of his car and badly, though not fatally.
bruised.
Engineer Linder Of the freight chased
the runaway cars for seven miles, but
could not catch them. He came into
Nogales and reported. A special train
was Immediately made up and sent out
in charge of Trainmaster E. j. Gibson
and Roadmaster Geo. Montague, and
with Drs. Wells and Chenowith on
board the train returned this morning
at $3.50. bringing the body of the engin-
eer and the delayed passenger train.
Barker leaves a wife in Nogales. The
funeral will be held tomorrow under the
auspices OF the Knights Of Pythias.
DIsOBEYED ORDERS
BALTIMORE. Nov. 2l. = Because
Theodore r. NJ. Orrick. a motorman in
the employ of the Baltimore & Northern
railroad, disobeyed orders. officers of
that road say, there was a frightful
head-end collision this morning on the
line in which Merrick was almost in
stantly killed and VIM. Horner, motor
man on the car which was going in the
opposite direction, received injuries
from which he died about half an hour
later.
The two conductors and the four pas
sengers. who were on both cars, were all
more. or less injured although the in
juries Of neither of them are supposed
to be dangerous.
Those most seriously injured are:
Conductor Thomas Ewing. aged 6S
years. and Chas. Snowden, colored. aged
29. Ewing is suffering from a slight
conclusion of the brain and is badly
bruised on the head, face and body
Snowden's cheek is lacerated by broken
glass and he received several severe
cuts on the head. His chin was cut to
the bone and there is long. deep cash
in his neck. Both Of these men are at
the hospital and both will recover unless
complications develop.
DAMAGE BY FLOOD
TACOMA. Wash, Nov. 21.-Superln-
tendent Foster of the Everett & Monte
Cristo railroad, who went to Monte
Cristo on Wednesday, walked in from
Robe. arriving at Everett last night.
He reports the damage to the road by
high water beyond computation at pres
ent. The water in the canyon was sew
eral feet higher than ever before known.
1t washed the entire track away. About
all the evidence left that a railroad was
ever built there are the six tunnels. The
road will not be operated this winter
east Of Granite Falls. In all probability
the road will not be rebuilt through the
canyon.
The Great Northern has about twenty
miles Of road almost entirely destroyed
With the most favorable weather the
road cannot be repaired before the 18th
of December.
WATER WANTED
FORT SCOTT, Kas., Nov. 21.-Save
for one or two artesian wells this city
Is without water. The continued efforts
Of twenty men, who for two and nights
have been dynamiting the Marmaton
river bed for water to supply the city.
have failed and last night the water
company's pump began drawing wind
and the entire supply was shut off. This
condition Is unprecedented and unless
the men who are still at work with dyna-
mite and powder can bring water down
from miles above, in a short time many
mills and factories will be forced to shut
down.
An Attempted Assault
URBANA, o., Nov. 21.-This city was
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