The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-08
PENNED IN THE CARS THE
TOURISTS PERISH BY FIRE
Wreck on the Southern Pacific Causes the Loss
of Fifteen Lives,
Railroad Officials Attribute Accident to Broken Rail But Passen
gers AIege Fast Running.

: AN ANTONIO, Tex, March - =
p A broken rail OF fast running =
caused wreck on Southern ?
? Pacific near MaxOn station. TWEEN y
ty-tive miles west OF Sanderson. =
' at o'clock this morning. From =
' the latest accounts received here =
= fifteen persons We're killed out ?
right and tWenty-eight were more =
= OF less injured.
All the passengers were asleep >
and the shock that followed was 2
the first mtimation they had of >
me danger. The train was going =
at such a rate Of speed that the =
tender and engine landed seventy ?
five feet from where they left the q
rails. The cars behind piled up =
against the engine. caught fire and ,
all were consumed except the ,
= sleepers.
= A private car owned By Thomas >
Ryan Of New York city. with his =
= family aboard. was attached to =
= the rear of the train. but it was ,
. pulled away before the fire reached =
= it and no one in it was injured =
All the injured in the coaches >
, just behind the express and bag y
> gage cars were Cremated. The =
= people in the sIeepers We're saved =
? with the assistance Of the unin- =
= jured passengers. =
= The wrecked train was the Cal ?
= weston, Harrisburg & san Antonio =
= westbCund passenger No @ and =
= consisted Of an engine, mail car. =
= baggage car. one coach. one chair =
? car, three tourist sleepers. one =
= Pullman sleeper and one private ,
= car. The mail car. the baggage
= car and the day coaches were .
= piled together behind the engine, >
= and were ablaze i'm a few seconds. =
y II was impossible to move any Of =
> the coaches or the tourist cars. as
= they were all off the rails and >
= were soon consumed by the flames.
= As soon as it was possible to get ?
, in communication with the divis- ?
= ion headquarters, trains with sur =
= geOns and physicians were start =
" ed from Fl Paso, Del Rio and =
= Sanderson. picking UP along the =
, line all the surgeons that could be ?
= found.
= All Of the injured who were i'm =
. condition to ne moved were sent =
= 10 Fl Psso. where they received = /
careful attention. ". G.. Van =
? Week. general manager of the Gal =
= weston. Harrisburg e san Antonio =
railroad. was at san Antonio. and =
left at once on a special train for ?
, the scene of the wreck.
Hurries to Seek Aid.
Conductor StockweH. who was only
eighty injured upon finding his crew
we're killed and disabled started cut
or Tabor to warn the east-bOund .
rain. For two hours he dragged him
elf through darkness, arriving in time /
o stop the approaching train.
When at last communication was
made with Sanderson. san Antonio and
q Paso Wrecking trains left for the
Gene from this place and san An /
ohio, surgeons for the company being .
allied up all along the line. A relief /
rain was also dispatched from Sander /
.Teck clothes and covering.
The cause Of the wreck is not known
nd in all probabilities ariI remain q
lystery. Railroad men in this city
ave many suggestions as to how it
ould have occurred and assert il may
ave been the work of wreckers.
According TO Conductor StOckWeTs
,v,ssf rr-Va.T- --.r.a o. ,--r,-e
he grade terminates i'm a reverse
Irve, which destroys the theory that
be accident was caused by the train
INNING at a high rate of speed I'm 4
hitch case it would have been de-
osited on the other side. The remain
~ solution of the cause was there
as a broken fiange
Scenes on Relief Train.
Creeping like a mammoth hearse
cross the desert. the relief train con-
.ying the dead, the dying and the in
lred of this mornings disaster. puffed
owly into the depot at FL Paso at 20
clock tonight. Men. women and chill
rem. many of whom still had their
.ght robes on, bandaged from head 20
BOT made their way or were assisted /
the vehicles awaiting TO receive /
lem.
Mothers with children in their arms.
nd mothers with children lying dead
the front coach. were taken to the
1tels or the hospitals. Husbands and
ives chung to each other. the terrible
.enes remaining still fresh in their
emory.
Reckless running is what the pas
myers say caused the terrible acct
mt
II do not want my name mentioned. ' |
id a prominent New Yorker. "bat the
.cident was due wholly tr reckless
inning. We were striking those
rves at Il speed AT from forty-five
fifty miles an hour. and the train az
At point where il left the track could
1t hold on any longer.
The passengers lost all their clothing
the train burned quickly At San Z
rson and stations along the road 7
sukets were secured by the passcu-
rs. and with these covering their
ght robes they arrived at Fl Paso to-
ght. J
The Dead
Three children Of Mart Riddle Of
letopa Kan: Estavon Contrsras. Del :
o. Tex; Andrew G. SheHjck. wife /
d child. Loiror. Tex, child of d. +.
)usen. Racine. Wis. MT and Mrs.
hite, ManitowOc. Wis; Engineer Al
asst, FL Paso. Tex: Chris Keel, con-
actor. San Antonio; Fireman Fl. Ber--
host FL Paso, Tex; ". s. Price, en-
leer. San Antonio; L. A. Boone, news =
ent. DOylene, La
The Injured. S
Nary Kohler, San Francisco, internal c