Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-22
0IS0BEYED ORDERS.
Seven Killed, II Injured in
Arizona Train Wreck.
Three Bodies Missing--ProbabIy Gre
mate in the Burning Cars.
c.lIis;on Said to Nave Been Due to Disregard.
ing Of Orders.

In
ureck occurred on the Santa Fe rail
road near Franconia. Ariz.. a switch
cation 20 miles east of Needles. Cal,
carly wednesday. seven trainment be-
;ur killed, and three passengers and IA
,rainmen injured. Limited trains east
and west bound. crashed together while
running at full speed
The east bound train was drawn by
.uo engines. while the west bound
re;n had but one locomotive. Three
engines were crushed and blown to
r;ares by an explosion which followed
the collision.
Roth trains were made up of VeSti-
,u,a cars of the heaviest kind. and
,,,h,,a the stood the terrific shock We'll
ond protected the passengers to a great
ax,ent. several of the cars took fire at
o,cc and burned, the dining ears. one
mr. each train. one Pullman and two
.on,rosite cars, being destroyed. Fol
,,,ring is a list of the casualties:
Dead:
y n. Eligutt. engineer.
=. Goldsmith, fireman.
f. +. Bernhardt, barber.
Walter Davorage, waiter.
W. l.. Case, fireman.
/ II. Arnitage, fireman.
sam Brown, waiter
The bodies of the latter three are
missing.
The injured. most Of whom We're
badlv cut and scalded. are:
loc Morse. conductor of east bound
train.
r. r. Higgins, conductor west bound
train.
JP. Williams. engineer west bound
train.
l.. ". Fair, Chicago, waiter.
II. ". Webb Chicago. porter.
Dtto Barge Chicago. chief cook.
Tony Larson, Chicago. second cook.
Monte Morton. Chicago. waiter
Harry Letcher Chicago, porter.
". Williams Chicago. waiter.
Thomas H. owen. Chicago. waiter.
]. H. Arnold Chicago. waiter.
J. ". Bryant, Chicago. waiter.
Passengers:
T. j. Steens0n. Pasadena. cal, dis
located shoulder. left ankle and left
wrist strained and bruised.
W. L. Franklin, San Francisco.
SiSntlE DIulStl
Mrs. H. II. Gibbons. Oakland, Cal.
slightly injured.
The collision is said to have been due
% th. disregarding of orders by the
crow IF the west bound train. though
full particulars on this point are as
yet lacking.
The boiler Of the west bound train
nginr is said to have exploded after
th.. crash, scalding to death those of
the engine crew not already killed. The
bodies Of case and Armitage, tiremen
of the east bound train. and Sam
Brown, waiter of the opposite train,
are missing and it is believed they
Were cremated in the flames that fol-
lowed the collision.
From the meagre details gathered
from the passengers. it is learned that
the sleeping cars with one or two ex-
ceptions suffered slightly and as re-
suit the passengers Were afforded COM
paratiye immunity from injury.
As soon as news of the wreck was
known at The Needles. which is the di-
vision headquarters Of the west end. a
wIecking train and number of physi-
clans We're hurried to the scene. AS
quickly as possible the injured were
placed aboard and started west for Los
Angeles. The run from The Needle $
will bring the victims of the wreck
here about midnight.
At Santa Fe headquarters at Los An
geles it was stated that the blame had
not been definitely fixed. The west
bound limited carried a full passenger
list from Eastern cities, but it appears
none was injured.