Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-30
GRAND CANYON WRECK.
Train Ran Into a Band Of Shasp and
Was Dsrailed.
ONE MAN KILLED,
From Williams News.

From Williams News.
A backing train, a cut on a curve
with a heavy down grade. a large band
of sheep and an excited herder result
ed in a wrecked train, the loss of one
life and a number OF men being badly
injured on the Canyon railroad. about
four miles north of Williams, last Sat
urday afternoon
Shortly after noon the work train
on the Canyon road, which was going
out about twenty-four miles to pick up
stringers, was sidetracked here by No.
SO. Some time later they got undsr
way and were making up for lost time
when the point where the accident &C.
CURED was reached. The train was in
charge of Conductor j. o. Dodge, with
Brakeman E. S. Mcclure, Engineer
Lumsden and Fireman Price. The
work crew consisted of Foreman John
Powell and eleven men. the train be-
ing made up of engine. two coal cars
and a caboose, and was backing out.
Just before the point where the
wreck occurred is reached there is a
deep cut. Here the Dad curves sharp
ly and runs out on a fill. Here, also.
was a large band of sheep belonging to
Frank Everett, in charge of a Mexican
sheep herder. The mar was driving
the band across the track and about
half were over when the train crashed
into them.
FoIlowIng is the testimony of
Brakeman Mcclure, which was given
at the coroner's inquest:
I'VE were backing up the train and
when | first saw the sheep we were
about 300 yards from them and the
herder was trying to drive them across
the track. AS soon as | saw them |
turned around and applied the air in
the caboose. When we nit the sheep
about 1000 in the flock had gotten by;
probably the first part OF the flock was
1ily feet from the track, and we went
right through the center with the ca
bose and train. The conductor and
myself were sitting in the cupola OF
the caboose. This man Indicating
sumption is that he tried to jump and
failed. When we hit the sheep we
were running about twenty miles an
hour, down grade. There was nc
chance in the world to see the sheep
and prevent running into them. | saw
them just as soon as they could have
been seen, and applied teh air myself
James Doyle testified as follows
"Mr. Dodge, the conductor, was up in
the cupola with Mr.. Mcclure, the
brakeman. | heard Burt Woods say;
Look out! we are going to get into it,
and Mcclure put on the brakes, while
Mr.. Dodge %signaled to the engineer"
1t appears that whenethe caboose
struck the sheep it jumped the track
running about 100 feet on the ties, ant
then toppled over down the embank
ment. The coal cars and engine wenI
through, but one of the former wa:
ditched a little further on. AS soon as
possible the engine was cut loose anC
e to, town for help. Upon it's ar
rival here DIR. Tyroler was summoned
and after attaching a car, in charge o
Agent Hudson, again left for the
wreck.
mere d pltIul SlSnI met the gaze
Men were standing around here ant
there with blood-besmeared counter
ances, doing all in their power 70
their less fortunate comrades.
The physician Immediately attended
the wants of the injured men, afte
which the crew set to work to remov'
the shattered caboose from off tn
body of the unfortunate Swan.
The body of the dead man and hi
crippled comrades were loaded on tn
train and brought to town, where DI
Tyroler could better attend their in