Arizona silver belt., 1899-07-27
TRAINS DERAiLED.
Accidents on the G. V., G. & N. Rail- road Caused by Flooding Of the Track. Fireman Clark Seriously Iuiured.

Track. Fireman Clark Seriously
 Injured.
 Last Saturday was day of disuster for the G ", c. X N railroad. Both trains were derailed, the southbound train four miles from Geronimo, and the northbounl train ncnr Matthews vile. Soon after the receipt of the news of the accidents, at Globe, Il re- lief train, in charge of Conductor Ty- Ter, and hearing the company $ physl- cian Dr. s. B. Claypool and gang of workmen, was dispatched to the scene of the nearest and most serious wreck, near Geronimo. Chas. Holz- man and the editor of the SILvER BELT accompanied tue relief party. Stops were made only at tiIlson's for water. and at Rice siding and San Carlos to take on additional crews of laborers, and the run to the wreck was made in two hours and five minutes
 Information received at Globe led to the belief that several persons had been i hurt but if trauepired that the only one injured was Charles Clark, the fireman.
 The accident occurred on straight i piece ot track, which had been flooded by water that had run down from Turnbul mountain the night preyions aud had soaked in leaving the road bed soft There was no water visible on the surface and Engineer Horace Beth l el was not aware of the danger untii the treacherous spot was reached. He | then reversed the engine and called to Clark and w F. Cagle the brakeman, (who was in the cab to jump. Bethei jumped out of the cab window on the | right ami Cage crawled ont of the lett window onto the running board. Clark states that he was ahout to jump when the crash came, which threw him be tween the cab and tender. His right leg was caught and crushed when the tender struck the cab and when they parted. almost immediately. he fell to the ground on the left side of the cab The train consisted of l2 ears loaded with Priugle Bros cattle, three emp ties and the combination coach, mail
 
 scarcely felt by the passengers. The engine and fonr of the forward cattle ears were derailed. The engine ca rccncd i0 the right but dd not turn over on the side. The derallcd cars remained upright, Int zigZag on the trnck and the front ear slightly bro ken. The cattle in the dernilcd cars were unloaded ;nonc were injured.
 Clark hid or the ground where he fell from l2:iO p. m., the time oi the accident, until the relief train arrived at 6:25 P. m. Superintendent E. Jones ond Conductor kelum did what little they eould for him; n piece of bell cord Was tie1 around the leg above the fracture tn check the flow of blood and n cot was brought to place him on, hut fearing the renewal of the hemor- rhage he was not moved from the ground. Clark retained consciousness and showed great fortitnde under the pain which he must have suffered. A nasty examination by Dr. Claypool revealed compound fracture of the femur and bad laceration of the muscles. A hypodermlc injection of } morphine was administered and Clark was removed to the coach, and as soon as q temporary bandage was placed on } the broken leg, the relief train, with ' the coach attached, returned to San } Carlos, and Clark wns tak ken to the post hospital. Dr. Scherrer, the post physi- can, thought it possible to save the broken leg, but on Tuesday Dr. Clay pool was called to San Carlosand assis- ted by Dr. Scherrer, amputated the leg close to the hip, which was found nee essary as modification had set in No serious damage resulted from the derailment of the train near Matthews. vile, which was pulled onto the track by an engine sent from Tucson by Su- perintendent Randolph, of the South ern Pacific.
 A shoohy was built around the wreck near Geronimo, Saturday night, and connection reestablshed, train reach ing Globe Sunday evening.
 The accident near, Geronimo was not without its ludicrous incident A ne- gro stealing ride on the truss rods under the forward cattle car escaped without scratch, and three Indians on top of the car were thrown off but sustained no injury.