El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-21
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and famed by a gentle breeze. within
a surprisingly short time, the flames
had consumed the entire structure
with it's immense amount of valuable
freight. two box cars and fiat that
were on the side track and seriously
damaged the two large water tanks To-
Gated just north the depot.
Agent Hubbard and Night Operator
Beck saved nearly all the Office furni-
ture. all the papers, tickets, records
and money.
Mr.. Hubbard is deserving of fine
treatment at the hands of The COM
pany, for he made no attempt whatever
to save any of his property, but work
! ed faithfully for the interests of his
employers. as did Mr.. Beck, till fur
Their work was impossible. Agent Hub
bard lost everything he had in the
building. including clothing. jewelry,
| etc, the intrinsic value of which was
at least $1,000. but many of the things
destroyed were priceless because of
their associations.
The loss to the G. II. cannot now he
estimated: it will be at least $40 900.
Superintendent Martin arrived on the
scene at 5 a. m. going east this after
noon. after seeing the work of clear
| ing away the debris begun under the
| efficient direction of Grandpa Borcher-
ding.
temporary freight shed will be
erected till a new depot can be built.
The loss to the company is much re-
GREETED by our people. who appreciate |
all the efforts made by Superintendent |
Martin and his assistants, particularly |
Agent Hubbard .OperatorsSwartant and |
Beck to treat the patrons of the road
with courtesy and kindness and due
consideration
The most pleasant man on earth is
an affable railroader: the most I'M
pleasant a cross. crabid. cranky one.
We don't have the latter kind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. HUMPHREYS have
gone to the quicksilver mines, accom-
panied by Miss HUMPHREYS. Tom Colby.
the young folks going horseback. The
distance is but 80 miles; long ones. too.
Private advices-reliable though
state that the wife of one of the quick
silver magnates. while out walking
around the mines last Saturday. acct
dentally discovered a vein of cinnabar
richer by far than any found yet.
And you bet, they have found some
rich ones. down there.
]. d. Collett, a mining man of Fort
Worth. is here prospecting.
CENTRAL.
Passengers arriving here from the I
City of Mexico last night gave out the
first news of serious freight wreck
which occurred on the Mexican Cen /;
trail road near San Juan del Rio, on the
Mexico City division. Is
According to the report two freights
had a head-end collision and one fire
man and the Two engineers were kill {
ed and the engines compile tely demol-
lshed.
G. J. Hartman. superintendent of the I
Chihuahua division, is in Ell Paso and Il
when seen this morning confirmed the l
story of the wreck but said that he
did not think any one was killed.
According to Mr. Hartman the wreck l
resulted from rather common cause.
One of the train crews forgot their
orders and pulled out Of a station I
where they were to pass another train. I
The collision resulted and both trains
were badly damaged. Mr. Hartman
thinks that both crews jumped and no
one was hurt =
FOUR SPECIALS TOMORROW. Ii
Four special trains are expected to
pass through Ell Paso tomorrow. The
editors are expected to pass
on their return home from
New Orleans; a special. known as the
Golden Gate excursion, going from
to San Francisco, is ex-
pected; WhltcOmb eXcur- =.
sion will pass through; these three
will pass through on the S. p. lines: ..
The fourth is another Raymond Whit I
comb excursion which has been down i !
in Mexico and will come in on the
Mexican Central. The G. H. crews
to SanderSon last night to L
mete and bring in three specials which
will come in on that road. The con-
tuctors are Merriman, Moss. and Sea-
the brakemen are Gallagher.
Farmer. and Schorbach. The using =
Of these crews thus will cause some
others to doubts back a little sooner
than tastes good to them, but such is
the life of railroader.
BARN BURNED. b
z. S. Johnson's barn burned this =
The fire alarm was sounded =
about o'clock and the department
was soon on the scene, but the barn
was small and made of pine and was
ruined before the water could be turn
ed on it. Mr.. Johnson is an engineer
On the T. & p. and went out on his
run this morning. He lives at SIS East
Overland street. The cause of the fire =
is supposed to be fire which was set 7
out in the yard to burn the grass. The g
rear end of a shed in the rear of e
1welling on Virginia street was Sadly v
1t was reported that COW
was burned in the barn but this is not
rue. The family dog was missing this
and it is thought proDable o..
n
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