The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-21
SOMEBODY BLUNDERED
ON TRAIN ORDERS
Causing a Head-End Col
IiSiOn Between Two
Santa Fe Trains

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 21.--A fa-
tai wreck occurred on the Santa Fe rail-
road one mile west Of Franconia, Ari-
zona, switching statiin twcnt ymiles
cast Of Needles California at 5:l5 clock
this morning. Seven train men were kill
ed. three passengers and fourteen train
men injured. Limited trains, east and
West bound. Nos. and 3, respectively.
crashed together while running at full
speed. Train No. Z. 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
exposition which followed the collision.
Both trains were made up of vestibdle
cars Of the heaviest and most improved
pattern and while they stood the terri
ic shock well and protected the passen-
gers To a great extent, several Of the cars
took fire at once ana burned up The
dining cars. one on eac htrain. one Pull
man and two composite cars were de-
stroycd.
IE.9llowing is list Of the casualties:
The dead:
=. NJ. ELLIGoTT, engineer train No. 4
H. T. GOLDSMITH, fireman, train No. 3
II. r. Barnhardt, barber train No 3.
WALTER DAVoRGE, waiter train
w l.. CASE, fireman train No. 4.
!. ii. ARMilAGE, nreman train No. I.
Sam Brown. waiter, train No. 8, bodies
OF latter three missing.
The injured.
Joe Morse. conductor train No 4. badly
cut and scalded.
r. Il. Higgiis. conductor train No. ,.
badly cut and scalded.
j, r. Williams, engineer train No 3
cut and bruised.
L. w. Fair, waiter train No. 8, bruis-
ed, Ssl0 state street, Chicago.
~. w Webb porter train No T. scald-
ed, 1881 Dearborn street Chicago.
otto Harse, chief cook train No. O.
chest badly Injured, Ses2 Fifth avenue.
Chicago.
Tony Larson, second cook train No. 3.
head and legs badly burned l5i South
Clark street, Chicago.
Monte Morton, walter train No 9, badly
cut about head body aud legs. 5So, Twen-
ty-scyenth street. Chicago
Harry Letcher, porter train No. B. bad
ly hurt, cut ana Bruised
r. Williams waiter train No. 3. slight
scald, 2l3 state street Chicago.
lhomns H. ooWen. waiter train No. B
face, ana feet cut and scaldcd, 2105 La
saie street Chicago.
j. III Arnold waiter, train no. a.
slltehtly sealded, $685. Twenty
B. ~ Bryant. waiter train so. 4. hand
ana face scalded 5A West Fifty fourth
place, Chicago
r. =. steensau. disiocated shoulder, left
ankle and lcf wrist strained and bruised
Pasadena. California.
W.. T. Franklin, slightly bruised. san
Francisco.
AIRS II. H. Gibbon. slightly injured.
Oakland. California.
The collision is said 20 have been due to
n disregarding OF orders ON the part Of
the crew uf The west bound limited
though ful particulars on this point as
Nrt licking From AN accounts. however.
II Is gathered that the east bound train
had orders 20 take the siding az Fran
sonia ana await the passing OF the west
late and trying 20 make Up time. The east
bound train failed 10 reach The siding. and
as the west bound train did not wait for
a. the two trains came together without
warning ana with an awful crash. The
boiler az the west train Is said TO haVc
cNpioded Immediately after crash, scald-
ing 90 death those OF the engine crews
Who haG not been killed outright The
bodies of Case and Armuagc, hremen.
train No. A. and sam Brown. waiter
train no. 3 are missing and t IS be-
hcVed they We're crcmatcd ir the conhag-
ration that followed the collision
Al Santa Fo headquarters In Los Auge-
les Sc was stated that the blame had not
definitely fixed but from ali appearances
IL rests with the crew of the west 5ouni
train. Had they stoppfd az frauoonia and
allowed the east ho'nd train 70 reach
there as the orders are said 20 have read
there would have been no Wrcck. For
some reason yet 20 DO learned, however
they came on at fun speed The west
bound limited carried q fun passenger
list from eastern cities, but X appears
none was injured.
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