The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-09-28

The first accident on thc White Pass & Yukon Route. wherein anyone was so- rlously Injured occurred at Fraser ycs- tcrlay and Fireman Burt Phillips lies at Bishop Rowe hospital seriously and pos- sihly fatally Injured.
 The train had just started away from thc water tank at Fraser when the coup ling between thc engine and tender parted leaving thc former to dart away and Phillips. who was standing upon Che lpron between the tender and engine. Co drop ou Che rails in front of Che moving wheels of thc former.
 The brake beam. in front oG the front wheels of Che tender. was an thot pre- vented Phillips from being cut Co pieces, and us t was Doe was carried nearly a cars length before Che automatic air brakes. set by the breaking away of Che engine. stopped Che train.
 When first picked up Phillips was be Hcycl Co bc dead. but hc soon rcgalncd consciousness only Go relapse Into su- DOT from which hc had not recovered last night
 Engineer Mckenzie brought his engine Co 70 standstm as soon as possible after It broke away and was Che first man Go reach Phillips
 IIc said. ycstcrlay. that he thought thot Phillips was dead when hc picked him up. and that his escape was marvellous
 Engineer Mckenzie 1ys Che train was just pulling out and only running nhout Gen miles an hour.
 Phillips was standing ou thc connecting apron between Che engine and Che tender preparatory Go throwing in a shovel of coll Into Che drc box when Che break occurred
 IIc struck ,he rails very hard and was knocked scnscless hy thc blow.
 Last night during % moment of con- sciousncss. hc could only remember hay mg fallen.
 AS Che railroad hospital is undergoing rrplirs hc was taken to thc Bishop Rowe hospital. last night. and Dr. Moore. the railroad surgeon. made nasty cxamino- tIou of his injuries.
 Dr Moore states that while the in- that his shoulder was drcadfully Injured. hc had hopes of his recovery unless hr had sustained severe internal injuries This lt would be Impossible Co determine lutI hc had been put under an ancsthetic and 70 more searching investigation made
 Uc Is Injured very badly about thc head blt just how seriously is. of course. not known His hip and l,e arc badly injured Ind possibly broken.
 pr Moorc soh last night that consld- erIng tbc lrr of Che patient. hc believed he would live unless ns before stated he had received serious Internal Injuries.
 Many friends called ot the hospital last night Co inquire about Mir Phillips but uouc were admitted Co him as hc was in a st1e of scmi-unconsciousness.
 Nt noon ycstcrlly Che train which took ur Moore and Steward Parker of the w. D. N Y hospital. Co Che scene of thc accident modc thc run Co Che summit in forty seven minutes. This is Che fastest time ever made up Che grade.
 Engineer Mckenzie was greatly worked up over thc accident and returned Co Sbar,yay last night with hts disabled enc cInc. not feeling able Go continue thc run to White Horse. os the sad accident Co his assistant had completely unnerved him. While attempting Co switch thc White Horse bound train. SO os Go allow Che Skagway bound train Co pass. the cngiuc Icft Che rails and it was twenty five minutes before it could bo gotten on.
 When they did start thc engine and crow that took thc physician from Skog- way Go tht scene of thc accident con- rinuod on Go White Horse with thc regu- I8r naseourcr and Engineer Mckenzie fol- lowed Che passenger Into Skagway with lIs disabled cucine.
 Phillips. after hts wounds were tenn norar.ly dressed ut che scene of thc oc- c.dcut was put in thc baggage car and brought In as comfortably as possible. rIc was unconscious uutl reaching Che hospital
 When thc engine with the doctor aboard started up Broadway Tcstcrday noon. thr report was started on Che street that plsscurcr Nol had lcft thc track at Fraser and that number of the pas- scuccrs had been Killed
 Engineer Mckenzie is Che man who a few weeks ago saved the lives of a whole trlir lold of rlsecnvcrs on the Erodc near Che unrJ by his prompt application cf thc air brakes when tho hind car left tur ...c'.
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