The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-21
TWO HEAVY LIMITED PASSENGER
TRAINS IN COLLISION ON
THE SANTA FE
SEVEN TRAINMEN ARE KILLED
Fourteen Others and Three Passen-
gers Suffer Injuries-An ExpIod-
ing Boiler Throws scaIding
Steam on Enginemen.
AWFUL AGoNIES SUFFERED

wreck occurred on the Santa Fe rail-
read one miles west of Franconia, Ari.,
switch station twenty miles east OF
Needles, Cal, this morning. Seven train
men were killed, and three passengers
and fourteen trainmen were injured.
Limited trains, east and west bound Nos
A and 8, respectively, crashed together
while running at full speed. The east
bound train was drawn by two engines,
while the west-bound train had but one
locomotive. The three engines were
crushed and blown to pieces by an explo-
sion which followed the collision.
Both the trains were made up of vesti-
bule cars of the heaviest and most i'm
proved pattern, and while they stood the
terrific shock well and protected the pas
sengers to a great extent, several of the
cars took fire at once and burned up.
The dining cars, one on each train. one
Pullman and two composite cars were
destroyed. The dead are:
Dead and Injured.
P. NJ. ELLIGOTT, engineer Train No. 4.
L. B. GOLDSMITH. fireman Train
No. 3.
F. NJ. BARNHARDT, barber, Train
WALTER DAvoRAGE. waiter Train
W. L. CASE, fireman Train No 4.
III. A. ARMGTAGE, fireman Train No 4.
SAM BROWN waiter, Train No. 3,
Bodies of latter three missing
The injured:
Joe Morse, conductor Train No had
~ cut and Scalded.
r. r. Higgins, conductor Train No. 3,
badly cut and scalded.
j. E. Williams, engineer Train No. !
cut and bruised
L. W. Fair, waiter Train No 8, bruis-
II. w. Webb, porter Train No. 4, scald-
ed
Otto Barse. chief cook Train No 8.
chest badly injured.
Tony Larson. second cook Train No 9.
head and legs badly burned.
Monte Morton, waiter Train No. 3, bad
ly cut.
Harry Letcher, porter Train No. g. cut
and bruised.
f.. Williams, waiter Train No. 4, slightly
scalded.
Thomas H. Owen, waiter Train No. 4.
j., II; Arnold, waiter Train No. 4.
scalGed.
J. w Bryant, waiter Train No. 4,
Passengers injured:
F: j. Steenson. dislocated shoulder left
ankle and left wrist strained and bruised,
Pasadena, Cal.
w. T. Franklin, slightly bruised, San
Francisco
Oakland Cal
Orders Were Disobeyed.
The collision is said to have been due
TO a d1sregarding of orders on the part of
the crew of the west-bound limited.
though full particulars on this pcint' are
as yet lacking. From all accounts, how
ever, it is gathered that the east-bound
tram hao orders to take the siding at
franconia and await the passing of the
West-bound flyer, which was running two
70
Ihe east-bound train failed to reach the
siding, and as the west-bound train did
not wait, the two trains came together
without warning and with an awful
crash.
The boiler of the west-bound train fs
said to have exploded Immediately after
the crash, scalding to death those of the
engine crews who had not been killed
outright. The bodies of Case and Arnj-
tage, firemen, and Sam Brown. waiter.
are missing, and it is believed they were
cremated in the fire that followed the col
lision.
"A scene of awful confusion followed
the crash. The massive engines were pill
ed up in an indescribable mass of broken
and twisted steel, while the scaldins
steam hung in dense. suffocating cloud
over the debris, amidst which the agon-
izing cries Of the injured and dying en-
SAicihCH COulu De HedTu. Ine neaVy Pull
mans and composite cars jammed the
dining and baggage cars upon the heated
pile of debris, carrying death to the
dining car crews and setting the cars
afire.
Passengers Fared Luckily.
From the meager details of the scenes
gathered from the passengers, it is learn
eel that the sleeping cars, with one Nor
two exceptions, suffered slightly, and as
result the passengers were afforded
comparative immunity from injury. So
far as learned only three passengers sut
fered injuries of a severe character, the
terrible results of the wreck being con-
fined almost entirely to the train crews
and the employees. of the dining car sery-
ice.
AS soon as news Of the wreck at the
Needles, which is the division headquar-
ters of the west end, was received q
wreck train was made up. and, attended
by a number of physicians from that
point, was hurried to the scene. AS quick
ly as possible the injured were placed
aboard and started west for Los An
geles.
At Santa Fe headquarters at Los An
geles it was stated the blame had not
been definitely fixed, but from all appear
bound train.
The west-bound limited carried full
passenger list from Eastern cities. but ii
appears none were injured.