Arizona republican., 1903-01-30

do anything. The center of interest
 naturally was the smoking car and the scene was one few people ever witness ! and none ever want to. The walls and | shreks of the human beings within who could do nothing for themselves and for whom but little could be done
 were most horrifying. It is the opinion ! of all who have been interviewed that there were many who were unin1ured in the smashup, but who could do noth- ing but wait for their certain crema- tion But the wait was not long one for the flames and smoke spread rap idly and the walls of the dying were soon succeeded by the sickeneing odors
 of burning human flesh.
 Among those who escaped from the smoker was L. s. Glidden who though
 a large man was thrown through
 window. He was severely though not
 dangerously wounded but was heart
 broken over the death of his travelling
 companion, J. M. Hilton. Both were
 from Cambridge. Mass. MT. Hilton
 was en route to Tombstone to invest in
 q mining property and Mir. Glidden
 was his expert. Both were guests of
 the Hotel Adams on Tuesday. MT. Hil-
 tons remains at last account had not been identified.
 George McGrath, the dead fireman
 of the limited. was we'll known here as
 a former member of the Phoenix base
 ball team. He was an excellent young
 man held in high esteem by all who knew him. One of the incidents O. the wreck that made it appear as though he elements were combining to do their worst was the way in which the burning oil spread the flames through the wreck. From the bursted tanks the oil also ran out into the ditch be- side No. s and down almost the whole length of the train. It took fire and in a moment the whole ditch was afame The wreckage was still burning at 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the un- harmed passengers returned to the city.
 There were many incidents, serious at the time but amusing in retrospect. | One of them was il connection with the deadhead tourist car that ran down the l long grade into the Tucson yards. It was unoCcupied till it was cut loose | from the train when cOlored porter was placed on beard to stop 1t after if had got away a safe distance. When the porter tried to stop it he could not operate the brakes. Seeing his awful | predicamCnt and the ear going too fast i to jump from with any degree of safety | he prepared tn die if necessary but de- cided that while he was in the game | he would play his hand for all t was worth. So he took a lot oi the mat l tresScs and built a breastwCrk in the rear end of the car. then rolled him self in a lot of blankets and arranged to take the shock as easy as possible when il come. for he knew it could not be long delayed with Tucson but few miles away and oo q down grade The car finally struck a switch engine. | hurting the engineer and fireman. and 1 the engine joItad back into the rear. of | a coach on another paSsanse: train. Many of the passengers after there | was no more work to do busted them selves securing souvenirs of the wreck, 1 of which there were many and some : Of them interesting ones. The burned ! baggage ear was q mine of wealth of | this kind. b.. Norton secured several among them screws from the car he rode in, little pieces O.; silverwarc iron, 1 etc, burned beyond Identification by ! ,he owner if the owner still lived. One souvenir is a pebble cacased in slag ] frcm burning metal and looks like a ! sw.itoT specimen. The one he prizes most highly is a collection of copper ! and silver coins. melted and run to- gvthcr, which he purchased from | i.Jy.