The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
Railroad wreck.

ABOUT SIX CLOCK tuesday IDOTuluR
the chair, tourist and Pullman cars on
the west bound passenger train of the
Santa Fe Pacific, were thrown from the
track by broken rail, on curve on
the bank of the Little Colorado river,
a short distance west Of st. Joseph.
The train was little behind time and
was running at pretty lively clip to
make it up. Conductor Heady, one of
the most careful men on the road was
in charge.
J. o. Mcintosh, who was in the car
chair, the first to leave the track, gave
us the following account of his expe-
rience in the wreck, he said: That he
knew the train was broken in two, for
he could see the smoking car to one
side. Then the chair car began to swing
and at each swing it would careen more
and more He was sitting in the third
chair from the northeast corner Of the
car and landed in the northwest corner
when the car went over the embank-
ment into the river, with two men and
a number of chairs on top of him. He
was afraid OF the water and had no
sooner struck than he was on his feet.
II looking back over the car he could
see nothing but broken chairs, feet and
hands sticking up out of the mud and
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water. There was a petite lady close to
him. He assisted her from under the
rubbish, mud and water, and then dug
her two children out The little woman
proved to be as brave as Julius Caesar.
AS soon as she had recovered her chill
dren, she placed them on some broken
chairs in the end of the car to keep
them out of water, and worked side by
side with her rescuer, at times exhibit
ing wonderful strength for so delicate
creature, until the last one was res
cued. After the work was done and she
and her children had been taken from
the car, the excitement that had sus-
tained her over, her nerve forsook her
and she dropped over in dead faint.
We regret very much our inability to
obtain this lady's name. Such heroism
in frail woman is worthy Of the high
est commendation. and portrays no
BILE and generous character.
T lere were three-it would scarcely
be appropriate to class them as humans
ON the train who for utter indiffer-
ence for the lives of others and su-
preme selfishness for their own crea-
ture comfort, bore off the palm. They
were Italians, two women and a great
strapping, stalwart man, not one of
whom sustained visible scratch. They
secured all their effects, not forgetting
sat down on the river bank and began
eating, as though nothing out Of the
ordinary had occurred. Not knowing,
or seeming to care whether one or one
hundred had been killed or drowned.
Fortunately only one was killed out
right. Ray Gooding, bright little fell
low eight years Of age, anda son of the
agent for the road at Klngman, who was
on the train with his mother was crush
ed to death, and was so wedged in by
broken chairs and other debris that it
was some minutes before the body
could be recovered His mother was
almost frantic with grief and upbraided
herself for having spoken sharply to
him on leaving Gallup.
A. F. Judson, of Cotton, California,
sustained some severe injuries about
the head and his recovery is regarded
as doubtful. Mr.. Judson is quite a
prominent man and stumped Southern
California for Mckinley during the
last Presidential campaign.
George FL. Fairbrother, commercial
traveller of Los Angeles, was cut quite
severely by broken glass on the thigh.
Cade Selvy, detective for the Santa
Fe Pacific, had his shoulder dislocated.
Quite number of others received
slight scrathes, but none Of serious
nature.
The wreck, from what we have been
able to gather, was one of those unfor-
tunate accidents that it is utterly i'm
possible to guard against, and that no
blame can attach to the company or its
employees.