El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-16
REAR END COLLISION AT vALEN-
TINE

REAR END COLLISION AT VALEN-
TINE
There was a rear end collision on
the G.. H. at Valentine this morning
about o'clock.
Passenger train No. 9, due here at
1:2G this morning. was standing at
the station at Valentine when an ex-
ira freight crashed into it from be-
hind.
The freight train was slowing up for
the station and was not going at a
higher rate than ten miles per hour,
herce the damage wrought by the col
lision was slight. The pilot of the en-
CINE was made into toothpicks and one
cylinder was damaged. The rear plat
form OF the Pullman on the rear of
the passenger train was annihilated.
The baggage and mail car on the front
of the passenger train was bumped
against the engine so hard that a large
beam running across the front plat
form was broken in the middle. No
one was hurt.
One of the passengers described the
accident as follows: I'VE were stand
ing at the station when the freight
train. the crew of which, 1 presume,
had no knowledge of our being there,
ran into the rear of our train. The
effect on the passengers was peculiar.
we were IIlcu dDOul
foot. it seemed to me, and then
dropped back, nobody being hurt, but
everybody pretty badly scared. 1t
seemed that the engine pilot wen- I'M
der the rear end of the Pullman car
and rooted it up like hog turning
over something to see if there was
a grain of corn under it. The front |
of the engine got hung under the end
of the car and it took two hours and |
half TO get it out
The Pullman was the second one to |
come in under the through order but
did not go through. 1t and the mail /,
and baggage car were set out here for
repairs and replaced by cars from this
station.
R. r. Moore was at the freight en-
CINE throttle and A. A. st. John was
the conductor in charge.
WILL NOT GIVE CLEAR CARD.
An interesting suit for damages. es- .
pecially so to railroad men, has been 1;
filed in the civil district court at
Sherman. Texas. II
Dick Scholes. a locomotive fireman, {
in good standing with the B. of l.. F., s
has brought suit against the NJ, X. &
T. company for $4,000 damages. II
The fireman alleges that while per-
forming his duties as fireman on that
ROAD, ne DeCduQS LII oh lis VII Ia
between Denison and Hillsboro and Y
that. with the full knowledge and con-
sent of the authorities of the road, his :
place was filled at FIT. Worth; that he n
went to his home in DenisOn and was h
soon able to perform all the work re- n
uuired of him; that on January ~, 5
1901. he voluntarily and of his own
accord left the service of the road and L
made application to the master me- h
fIa for n d.
He alleges that the said master me- fl
ehanic refused and still refuses to give il
him a card other than one that after G.
twenty holes dug in the park for the
purpose of planting that many trees A
the words. Cause of leaving service,
is the explanation. playing hell on the &,
road" This he says, will make it I'M "
possible for him to secure employment h
ON any road and he asks damages in =;
the sum of $4,000 ise
ROCK ISLAND CONSTRUCTION p'
PARTY. La,
The Rock Island bridge construction W.
rang was fitting up it's equipment this VI
morning. at the yards of the Santa Fe.
.outh of the freight office. They had
hull equipment for a large gang. con- 80
listing of among other things of two u
arge ranges. for cooking purposes. =,
Lenting wagons which had to DE put ~
together and tools of many descrip-
ions. The gang is provided with sew
.raI large water tanks. 1t is the in o'
IGNITION of the management to keep
he men well supplied with good water,
wen though it has to be hauled Tor or
, long distance. j. w. Fox, who Is In re
:harge of the gang. is an experienced
nan in the business, though young
nan. He has grown up in the bust pa
ness, his father having been contrac- ci
or for the Rock Island for thirty a
rears.
A number of west side citizens have
,een engaged by the Rock Island peo- de
lie and will leave tomorrow for Santa er
Rosa to work Oh the new road hi
A number of mechanics, teamSterS,
nd freighters. left today for Santa
sosa taking with them provisions and De
trading outfits required IN the con- TN
truction of the new road. Several on
wagons were loaded with cement to be TO-
sed in the bridge building.-Las
Fegas Optic st;
IUDSON'S NAME FORGED. sh
SUI
C. r. Hudson, general passenger and sa,
reight agent of the Mexican Central, pls
suffering the experience of having a
is name forged. For the past few
avs letters have been pouring into
is Office for endorsement and he says las
hey are smooth forgeries. The letters lat