El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-25
MORE ABOUT THE WRECK.

Through the TRUSTEE - TWO
Dead . and Another Reporte
Dead-EIeven Cars of Sugar De.
stroyed.--An 'IntervieW-COm-
pany to Blame.
The Southern Pacific limited. due
here last night at 5:20, did not arrive
until 1870 this mornlng. Passengers on
the train blood curdling storie 9
to relate concerning the Southern Pa
cific wreck which occurred at trestle
25 miles east of Yuma, Arizona, Sun
day morning. In conversation with
HERALD reporter this morning. one OF
the passengers said: 1--WE were delay
ed several hours at the wreck aud L
found it to be the most horrible sight
that my eyes ever witnessed. Inc
freight traio. pulled by one OF the big
engine recently purchased by. the $.
p, and going at q high rate of speed,
struck trestle, l Judge, 90 feet In
length, and no sooner had the trestle
received the full weight of the big en-
CINE then it gave aweysand the result
was something terrible. Conductor
Dovey was riding on the engine at the
time and went down with the engineer
and fireman into the bed of the stream.
AFTER the engine went through the
trestle cars piled on top of it, and
smoke was soon seen coming in great
Quantities from the debris. Soon fol-
loved flames and it was not long IN
til they had reached high into the air.
It was only too plain to be seen that
the entire train was going to be con-
sumed by flames as there were no means
at hands with which to fight them.
SIT WAS sixteen miles from where
the wreck occurred to the nearest tele-
graph station and the rear brakeman
started out on foot TO inform
the officials of the disaster which had
happened.
when assistance arrived Conductor
Dovey was found dead under carload
of lime while Fireman Court
ney was found under the engine with
mis- hands and legs burned off. The
sight was sickenipg. Engineer Mark
Adams, who is well known in Ell Paso,
was seriously scalded and taken to
Tucson. and "a we passed through
there this morning it was reported he
he was dead"
trestle prior to the wreck, the traveller
ace assumed a very sad look and, after
due deliberation, continued: Il am
afraid the work of the inspection par
ties nowadays Is devoted more to test
iro the u1gl' ty Of the various wines
then TO the actual condition of the
road bed and bridges under their
charge. In my estimation before the
Southern Pacific sent one of the new
monster engines over the line they
should have tested every bridge thor
oughly. From the best information
% ssible to obtain along the line L can
ray that the bridges were considered
weak before the advent of the big en- |
giues. Instead of testing the bridges, !
however. the company shot out their |
big engines on light rails and weak |
trestles and bridges
81 believe this country should adopt |
the English methods and empower the |
commerce commission with |
the power to investigate every wreck |
and determine the true cause, and |
where pure negligence is the cause let |
them deal with the guilty party or |
parties in manner which the offense |
demands,
That the timbers in the bridge that |
went down Sunday were rotten no one |
can deny and it is nothing short of q |
mystery how they stood as long as they |
have. I am not speaking of this bridge |
alone but there are others along this |
line equally as weak and if they are
repaired the company will have |
other disasters to attend to-"
Late yesterday afternoon the fol- |
lowing special reached here from Yu-
ma.
YUMA, Ariz., April "a. (HERALD,
Ell Paso, Texas,).
An east-bound freight train went
through a high trestle, Is miles east
OF here yesterday morning. killing
CONDUCTOR Dewey, fireman Courtney
and seriously ipjuring Engineer Ad
ans. The train was running at high
rate OF speed and pulled by one of the
heaviest engines on the road. COuduc-
tor Dovey was riding on the engine
and went down with the wreck.
Wreck caught fire and was consumed.
Rear hrakemen walked Is miles to
telegraph station. When assistance
l-~iv q ia. conductor was found dead
under a car load of lime. Fireman was
found under the engine with his hands
and legs burned off. The wounded
men taken to Tucson. There were
eleven car loads of sugar burned up.