The age-herald., 1901-11-21
Three Passengers and FOur- teen 1raiRneR Injured and
 Several More Missing
TRAIN ORDERS OISOBEYEO
Wreck Occurred on Santa Fe Railroad Near Franconia, Ariz.-Men on
 Engine Were Killed by Ex-
 plosion or the Boiler.

Los Angeles. Cal. November D.-In a passenger train wreck on the Santa Fe Railroad one mile west of Franconia. Ark, switch station twenty miles east or Needles. Cal. fss morning. seven trainmeu were sdIled and three passen- gers and fourteen trainmen injured. Two limited trains. one east and one west bound. crashed together while running at full speed The east bound train was drawn by two engines. while the other train had but one locomotive. The three engines were crushed and blown to pieces by an explosion which followed the col lision- Both trains were made up of heavy vestibuled cars and while they stood the terrific shock well and protected the passengers to great extent, several of the cars burned. The dining cars. one on each train. one Pullman and two com posite cars were destroyed.
 Following is a list of the casualties
 The dead:
 P. M Elliott. engineer east bound train.
 P. F. Goldsmith, fireman west bound train.
 F. F. Barnhardt. barber west bound train.
 Walter Davorage. walter, west bound train.
 W. L. Case. fireman. east bound train.
 W. H. Armitage. fireman. east bound train.
 Sam Brown, waiter west bound train. (Bodies of latter three missing.) The injured: Joe Morse. conductor. east bound train. badly cut and scalded. R. R. Higgins. conductor west bound train; badly cut and scalded; J. F. Will Hams, engineer. west bound train. cut and bruised; L. ". Fair. Chicago. waiter. bruised: H. ". Webb. Chicago. porter scaIded: Otto Barse. Chicago. chief cook chest badly injured: Tony Larson. Chi cago. second cook. head and legs badly bnrned Monte Morton. Chicago. waiter. badly cut about head and body and legs: Harry Letscher, Chicago, porter hafjlv hurt cut and bruiser; F. Williams, Chi cago. waiter. slightly scalded; Thomas H. Owen. Chicago waiter, face and feet cut and scalded; J. H. Arnold, Chicago. waiter, slightly scalded; J. W. Bryant, Chicago. waiter hand and face scalded
 Passengers injured: P. J. Stevens. dis located shoulder left ankle and left wrist strained and bruised, Pasadena. Cal; W. L. Franklin. slightly bruised. San Fran cisco; Mrs. H. H. Gibben, slightly in- jured; Oakland, Cal.
 Train Dld Not Wait.
 From all accounts 1t is gathered that the east-bound train had orders to take the siding at Franconia and await the passing of the west-bound flyer, which was running two hours late and trying to make up time. The ast-bound train failed to reach the siding. and as the act. two trains collided without wsra.ng and with an awful crash. The boiler of the west-bound train Is said to have ex- ploded immediately after the crash scaid- ing to death those of the engine crews who had not been killed outright The bodies of Case and Armitage. firemen of east-bound train. and Sam Brown, waiter on the west-bound train. are missing. and 1t is believed they were burned to death
 A scene of awful confusion followed the crash. The massive engines were piled up in an indescribable mass of broken and twisted steel, while the scalding steam hung in a dense. sufrocat- ing cloud over the debris. amidst which the agonizing cries of the injured and dying trainmen could be heard The heavy Pullman and composite cars damned the dining and baggage cars upon the pile. carrying death to the din- Ing car crews and setting the cars afire From the meagre details or the scenes gathered from the passengers 1t is learned that the sleeping cars. with one or two exceptions. suffered only slightly, and as result the passengers were afforded comparatively immunity from injury So far as learned only three passengers suf- fered injuries of a severe character. the terrible results from the wreck being almost entirely confined to the train crews and the employees of the dining cars.