The Globe-republican., 1901-12-19
RAILROAD NEWS.


Harvey House at Deming, N. NJ.
The Santa Fe is erecting a large ice
house north of the coal chutes and will
begin fillfng-i 1T with ice.
The Santa Fe has decided to move
the coal ehutes from Lakiu to Garden
City. Putting freight division at SYRIA
cuse does away with the necessity of the
coal chutes at Lakin.-Garien City Her
aid.
The moving to Dodge City of the
trainmaster will take to that city Charles
Moore, a popular Newton young man.
There are lots of people in Newton, es-
pecially among the young folks. who will
miss Charley.-Newton Republican
Several cars of California fruit
route east over the Santa Fe were caught
at Topeka The company has heated mp
the Sixth street round house to-day where
the fruit will be retained until the wealth
er permits the shipment to its destination
Respecting the agreement of other
railroads OH passes, President Ripley of
the Santa Fe says: There will be no
change in the policy of the road concern
ing the issuance of passes this year do
not know that any other statement can be
made than this.'
was in the chair car. Monday evening,
and tourist car and passenger coach
were consumed, together with the chair
car. The porter, Robert Remington,
who was badly cut and burned about the
face, lives in Garden City.
-Chas. E. Gallagher. of Wichita. is
preparing a rheumatic remedy which
finds ready sale. MIR. Gallagher is still
blind with no hopes of recovery He has
y laboratory of his own where he puts up
his medicines. We congratulate DR..
Gala CHER on a useful occupation in his
af1iiction.
james P. Joyce, of 2S7 Sd Az. New
York, who was passenger, coming from
San Francisco, on the car containing the
exploding acetyelene tank, describes the
scene as one yer dangerous. Through
his foreth ought he opened the car door
and called for the panic stricken pass
engers to escape. All escaped without
injury, but nearly all lost their baggage,
there time to secure these
effects. the car taking fire and filling with
smoke Immediately after the explosion,
and burning quickly.
The Newton Kansan Republican
prints the following notice of the trans
fer of Santa Fe employees from Newton
TO Dodge CITY:
1t has been definitely settled that the
trainmaster and his clerks and dispatch
eIs will move their headquarters to Dodge
City, Monday, December 16. This will
remove from the city, j. D. Cofrey, train
master, and his clerks, Charles Moore and
Morris Congdon; Chief Dispatcher Mer-
rifie1d and Dispatches Coughlin. Gavin
and Flesher, and Dick Beeth. Whether
Trainmaster Ives and the dispatchers now
stationed at Emporia will be moved TO
Newton has not been decided.
Train No. met with an accident
near Sherlock Station, several miles west
of Garden City, Monday evening, at
about 4 80 o'clock. The acetylene gas
tank in one of the cars exploded and be-
fore the car could be detached it took fire
and set fire 10 two other passenger
coaches, all three cars burning up. Con-
ductor John O'Day received some bruises
and scratches on hand and face from
broken glass. Many of the passengers in
the car lost their baggage, By the fore
sight of one of the passengers the door
was opened and passengers escaped with
out serious iDj ury. a porter on the car
WAS also slightly scratched. A relief
party was sent from this station and ply
sicaus were summoned but their services
were not needed very much. The train
run to Gartlen CITY and at II O'Clock
it arrived here. The passengers in
the wrecked cars were detained here un-
til Tuesday morning at 10 O'Clock, when
they were sent eastward. There was
difficulty IN releasing the air and hence
the delay in detaehing the cars. The eX-
plosion was caused by the porter lighting
a match in the escaping gas. A track
was built around the wreck before trains
could proceed.