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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-29
SAD SCENES AT THE WRECK.
One Man Is Forced to Stand Idly By
While Friend Burns to Death.

TUCSON, Jan. 2S.-One7 of the saddest
scenes of the Sunset limited wreck was
the burning to death of II. NJ. Hilton, a
wealthy capitalist of Cambridge, Mass
F.. S. Glidden and Hilton were travelling
together when the collision occurred
They were sitting together in the smoker
The force Of the collision threw Glidden
through a window and twenty feet from
the car. When he recovered his senses
he went in search of his companion and
found him pinned down among the burn
ing wreckage with no possible way Of es-
cape. Efforts at rescue were unavailing
and he was forced to stand by and see
his companion perish in terrible agony in
the flames.
Another touching incident was when the
little u-year-old son of Engineer Wilkey
came down on the relief train and began
searching for the remains of his dead
father, who was burned beyond recogni-
ton.
1t is absolutely impossible to secure the
names of all the dead passengers. There
are in many cases no means of identifi-
cation and the railroad officials say they
have no information that will help out in
the matter
w bOui6S were taken
the wreck. One had the hands cIasped
as if in prayer. Another body that of a
man, evidently a soldier, was found
crushed on the trucks of the smoker
Army buttons were found on the burnt
pieces of clothing sticking to the charred
flesh.
Superintendent Stoufe of the Tucson d.
vision eXonerates Engineers Bruce and
Wilkey, as well as Conductors Scriven and
Parker, who, he says, did their duty. He
places the entire responsibility upon the
operator
Engineer Bruce leaves a widow and FIVE
children and Wilkey leaves a widow and
two children. Bruce was a veteran en-
gineers having been, chosen to haul Pres
ident McKinley's train across Arizona on
the late Presidents recent trip to the Pa
cific Coast
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FREIGHT CARS ARE DITCHED.
North Bound Train Meets With Two
Accidents in One Dav

REDDING, Jan. 2S.-Freight train No
226. north-bound, was wrecked a mile and
a half below the station of Kennel this
morning. AS the freight was speeding
along just south of Kennel two loaded
cars were ditched and the track was torn
UP for some distance. A wrecking crew
went to the scene and by noon had the
track cleared. The caboose was also
thrown from the track Dick Wells a
brakeman, was sitting in the lookout at
the time the caboose rolled over. A bar
rel of water fell on him and he was rem
dered unconscious. When he regained
consciousness Wells began kicking out
windows and made his escape from the
CT boose.
When the track had been cleared the
freight proceeded north. hut at a point
three-quarters of a mile beyond Kennel
three more cars jumped the track and are
row in the ditch.
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SPECIAL TRAIN IS WRECKED.

Ell PASO. Tex. Jan ga special
train, comprising an engine and a ca
boose, sent out last night from Alamo
gordo to secure the body of the Mexican
robber killed in a fight while resisting
arrest yesterday for participation in a
hold-up of a bullion train. was wrecked
while returning from Dog Canyon to Ala
mogOrdo, the special crashing into
freight train. One engineer was badly
Injured. II. H. Major of AlamogordO was
also seriously injured. Nearly every per-
son in the caboose of the special was
considerably hurt, Coroner Phillips Sc
riOusly
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FUNERAL CAR WRECKED.

CAIRO. H.. Jan. 2S-On the Illinois
Central Railroad, near Pulaski. early to-
day the Chicago fast train crashed into
the rear end Of St. Louis train No. 203-
Both trains We're late on account of the
dense fog. and the Chicago train was
running at the rate OF sixty miles IN
hour. while the St. Louis train was max
ing only thirty miles an hour.
The last car on the St. Louis train was
the private car of the late Judge ]. Fen
tress and family of Chicago Judge Fen
tress, who died in Chicago Monday, was
the head counsel of the Illinois Central.
and his body was in the car en- route TO
Bolivar. Tenn. for burial. The rear half
of the car was demolished and the coffin
was broken up. The family of the Judge
were badly shaken up. Three of the
trainmen were injured but none of the
passengers were hurt.
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STOCK TRAINS COLLIDE.

CHICAGO. Jan. 2s.-Four persons were
killed, four seriously injured and eight
slightly injured in a rear-end collision be-
tween stock trains on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway near Lafox, Ill,
this morning. The dead:
A. A. Annoy. Scranton. Iowa.
CHARLES COE, Woodbine, Iowa
B. LANE, Dale. Iowa.
]. PETERSON. Battle Creek, Iowa.
The trains came together in dense fog.
The killed and injured were for the most
part stockmen in charge of stock on the
way to Chicago and the East.
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,f medicine from different physicians without
INCH benefit At last wrote 10 Dr. r Y. Pierce
md got his advice, and began using his Golden
Eciical Discover I have used TWENTY-FIVE
sotties- When I commenced taking il had
appetite, my system was completely rundown.
setter than did before got sick Have good
.DDetite and ar able to do my work sin
ersiv recommend d. Picrce's Golden Medical
discovery 70 al who afflicted as I was.1
Those who suffer from chronic dis.
ases are invited TO consult Dr.. Pierce,
~ letter, free All correspondence
frictly private. Address Dr.. R. ".
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the
elton Of the Discovery"
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AGLER BLAMES OPERATOR.
Says Failure to Deliver Telegraphic
Order Caused the Collision.

Manager James Agler of the Pacific
system of the Southern Pacific made the
following statement yesterday afternoon,
after he had received official kilograms in
reference to the collision:
The collision caused By the failure Of
the telegraph operator at Vail TO give orders
10 the engineer Of the Pacific Coast Express
TO meet the Crescent City Express at Es-
mond.
The Pacific Coast Express, known as train
No. 4, was two hours late and was running
west on tho time OF train No. g. There is no
telegraph station at EsmOnd and thu operator
at Vail. If he had attended to his duty. would
have warned the engineer of the westbound
train that an overland train known as
NO. s. had left Tucson and that the two
trains would meet at Esmond. If these orders
had been delivered the two trains would have
stopped at Esmond and the eastbound train
would have taken the sdetrac6 and allowed
the west bound train to roll by.
The accident occurred at the whistling most
few hundred yards west of Esmond.
The name of the telegraph operator ar
Vail was, not learned by Manager AgIer
The operator disappeared after the acct
dent.
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THE INJURED.

HOWARD r. GEORGE. Plainheld. bad
~ injured about the head
JAMES L. CLARK, Philadelphia. seri-
ously hurt about head and body.
MISS FANNIE CANOVAN, BODY and
face badly cut.
FREDERICK KANNEN. body and face
badly cut
ROY ASPGAR. injured about head
Z. NJ. BROKAW cut and bruised
MISS CORA BROKAW, slightly in
jured
WILLIAM GEDDES, Dunellen, both
legs broken.
GEORGE CHANDLER. Plainfeld, spine
injured.
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STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL.

W. c. Hesler. vice president and gen
eral manager of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, who made an investigation
of the wreck, gave out q statement to-
day in which he said the wreck was due
to human faIIibility'' in railroad BUSH
ness.
THE railroad company" he said, "has
Installed what is known as the electro
(pneumatic- automatic) system of block
signaling, the signals working before,
during and after accidents. The signals
were working all right before and after
the accident, as we found investiga-
ton. 1t seems then that along came the
Philadelphia express, one OF our hourly
trains between New York and Philadel-
.phia, and flying past all the warnings
was driven by it's engineer into the local
train with such force as to telescope
three of its coaches. So far as 1 can as
certain the only explanation that Davis,
the engineer of the express, gave was
that he did not see any lights. But he
was In such a critical condition that he
hardly knew what he was saying. Davis
was a thoroughly competent engineer and
had very good record
soon after the wreck the Somerville
local came through on another track and
its cars were scratched a little bit The
reports that this train ran into this
wreckage and caused further loss of life
are wholly untrue.
Two persons are still missing-James
Beelkman of Plainfield and Harold lie
Dealeaux of this city.
a Jury was called at PlainfieId to-day
to hold an inquest and adjourned until
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ENGINEER IS BLAMED FOR WRECK.

tomorrow when an exhaustive investi-
cation will be begun to fix the response
bility for the disaster The Grand Jury,
which was to have been dismissed to-
morrow, VIII be held in recess in order
that the evidence taken at the inquest
may be submitted without delay.
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Southern Pacific Valley Special.

The Southern Pacific Valley Special runs
both ways at once. This is not so queer as IT
sounds You leave Bakersfield at S a. m.
and reach San Francisco at 20 o. m, or
Bakersfield at $40 .. m. II you live in the
San Joaquin Valley you reach San Francisco
IN time for dinner. go TO the theater and
turn home on the theater train leaving san
Francisco at IL :25 p. m. which gets you home
IN time for breakfast. Ask for copy Of the
new Southern Pacific Valley Folder.
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ONE EE5hEG

Nay be gone and yet the remaining lung
viii be amply sufficient 10 sustain . vigor-
ous vitality As general thing few peo-
pie make more use Of both lungs than is
equivalent to healthy use of one lung.
p These facts are all In the favor of the
man or woman with weak lungs, even
when disease las a strong grip on them.
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CHARLES B. REED. Plainfeld.
r SMITH Plainield.
C T. THAYER. PlainfieId
HAROLD W. TOMLINSON Plainfield
CRAIG WALDRON. PlAinfeld.
EDGAR w. WILLIAMS Plainield.
One unidentified.
CHARLES LoNGwoRTHY. Plainfeld,
injury on body
MRS BELCH. Plainheld. legs broken
and body injured
WILLIAM VAN VENTER, Plainneld,
cut about face and body.
EVERETT CREIGHTON. Plainaeld,
both legs cut off.
MISS LIZZIE CULVER. scalp torn off,
PERCY IRVING. scalp wounds
MISS QUELVAIN. injured about the
head and body
Fifty other passengers received injuries
not regarded as serious.
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Many a person
living in health
to-day has the
lungs marked by
the healed scars
of disease.
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery makes
weak lungs
strong. It cures
obstinate, deep
seated coughs,
bronchitis, bleed
ing lun gs and
other conditions,
which, if neglect
ed or unskilfully
treated, find a
fatal termination
In consumption.
II had been trouo-
led with lu=g dis
case and pieur5sy
for a number OF
years and the trouble
had almost become
chronic. - writes A. s.
Elan, OF Howe Ia
. WTaa m-.~-
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10 Battery street. was on the Sunset linn
tied, but escaped injury. He had been
in the East on business and was return
ing home. His sister-in-law, Miss Stella
Sweet, was with him. She also escaped
injury.
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WRECK BURNING.
Continued From Page 1, Column 5.

a heap on the wrecked engines,
catching fire from the oil tanks
on the tenders, which burst into
a mass Of flames Immediately aft
or the trains colided.
The mail clerks, baggage-mas-
tiers and the passengers in the
front coaches OF both trains were
thrown IN every direction and the
coaches were crushed to splinters
and the baggage-cars telescoped.
The operator at Walls heard the
crash and at once telegraphed to
Tucson for assistance. A brake
man, however, was sent back
from the ill-fated trains to Walls
10 appeal for help, but the appeal
had already been sent in before
his arrival there.
INJURED BURN TO DEATH.
In just an hour from the time
the wreck occurred the relief
train from Tucson was on the
scene with the division officials,
a corps OF physicians and nurses.
Before the day had broken and
in the light OF the burning
coaches, the relief party set to
work to care for the wounded,
who had nearly all been removed
TO the Pullmans (which had kept
the track, and been pushed back
from the burning wreckage. No
attempt was made until about !
o'clock to rescue the bodies of
the dead from the fire.
When the relief train arrived
some of those who had been
caught In the wreckage were
still alive and their dying means
could still be heard. The relief
party was, however, helpless to
save them md the fire was so hot
that the rescuers could not ap-
proach the wreck. Some time
after daylight q wreck train ar
rived with It's crew and an at
tempt was then made to secure
the bodies before they were
burned beyond recognition, but
it was of no avail
FLAMES IMPEDE RESCUE.
-tn engine and two coaches were at once
llsnatched 10 Tucson. carrying thirty in
.JreG who were under the care Of the
physicians On their arrival here they
were ar once removed TO St Mary's Hos
r.-raL IL the meantime another appeal
for assistance had been received and ten
additional collins were sent ITO the scene
cr the wreck. only eight had been re-
ported killed when the first wreck train
l.lt and that many collins had been taken
out.
When darkness came on tonight TWEEN
tt-one bodies had already been removed
from the wreck and others could still be
seen amidst the redhot iron, where they
c0ufd not be reached. The charred re-
mains of Engineer Bruce and his fireman
George McGrach, were picked UP beside
their wrecked cab. They were identified
bv their watches. one Of which was stin
running The other watch had stopped
when the collision took place
The body Of Engineer r. Wilkey of
train 10. 8 was found under his cab and
identified.
il seems 10 be the general belief that
those IN charge Of the westbound tram
6isobered orders. It was also said that
the operator At Walls permitted the train
10 pass without full orders. The train
being late and the engineer in a hurry
10 make UP time, the orders were evident
ly not scrutinized closely. II was the
understanding that the westbound train
should have been sidetracked at Esmond.
This was not done. and as a result the
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Hilton Leaves a Family

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. 2S.-J. H.
Hilton, who is reported 20 have been kill
ed in the Tucson (Ariz) railroad wreck
to-day was a wealthy real estate dealer
of this city. He was 81 years old and a
native of Maine, and is survived by a
wife and one son.
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THE DEAD.

r. ". HAPPERSoN. Plainfeld.
FRED HARDINGHA Dunellea.
HENRY ROGERS. Plainield
LENA LINDBARGER. Plainheld.
HENRY L. MAHAN. PlainfeId.
HARVEY NJ. PATTERSON. West Dun
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC MISTAKE TOO LATE
AND BUSHES THE OFFICE THE TRAINS COLD
SCOTS EMULSION.
QUE CHILD
EM FORTY

Ali children need the ele
ments Of fat in their food be-
cause it is Of first Importance
in proper nourishment. Doc
tors say one child in forty is
properly fed = the other
thirty-nine don't get a right
amount of fat in their food at
the right time.
If more children were given
SCOTS Emulsion it wouldn't
take long before more than
one in forty was properly fed.
There is in SCOTS Emulsion
something that seems to take
hold of children who do not
get enough and proper nour-
ishnent from their everyday
food.
First there is that important
element of fat; this is con-
tanned in the cod liver oil in
the very best and most desir-
able form. Then there are
the hypophOsphites of lime
ndsoda which tone the blood
and strengthen and nourish
the bones. The perfect com4
bination of these food prin-
cipleS in SCOTS Emulsion
makes this preparation Of
great value to all children.
Wen send you sample free upon
request.
SCOTT s BOVINE,
400 Pearl St.. New York.
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one Of the few who had time to get his
clothes after the shock came Nobody in
the car was killed, the most seriously in
jured being Thomas J. Lolliard, a banker
from Elkin, \. c. He was hurt internally.
Others in this car seriously injured were
Lewis Griggs of Lancaster, Cal. and John
A Harmon of Bakersfield, president of
the AroostoOk Oil Company who divides
his time between Bakersfield and Caribou,
Maine. 1t is said that Night Operator
Olun of Walls. who had charge of the or
ders for the Limited. a few minutes after
that train had passed. discovered that
Conductor Parker did not have the order
which should have held him at Esmond.
and knowing that No. S had left Tucson he
realized the gravity of the situation.
Rushing out of his office and down the
track a distance he saw volume of fire
and smoke rise high into the air. As he
saw the two trains go together a little
more than four miles away he immedi-
ately wired Tucson and a short time aft
erward the second westbound train ar
rived at Walls and was stopped.
The delayed Limited was being run as
first section of No. and the train which
came along was the second section. The
engine of. this second section was uncou-
pied and sent TO the scene of the wreck
When it arrived there it collided with the
sieepers which had been pulled out by the
passengers and crew and pushed them
into the fire. The diner, which was ahead
caught fire and was threatened with de-
struction, but the engine was finally
coupled on and pulled the cars to a place
of safety.
The regular engineer on No. SIS run had
laid off and Wikey was taking his place
His name is NJ. +. Ingham. When Will
key agreed TO take his run he jokingly
told him that it would be the last run he
would make for him, not knowing of the
terrible accident which was about to hap
pen to him and that Fate had decreed
that it was to be his last run.
LOSS WILL BE HEAVY.
Friends of Gates NJ. Fowler of Phoenix
are worried about his safety. He was to
leave here last evening for Cananea and is
now reported missing. He is a brother of
NJ. B. Fowler of Phoenix and is promi-
nent in mining circles.
The James Bots Theatrical Company
had their special car demolished in the
wreck. Their scenery, baggage and other
effects were lost. The contents of the
was valued at several thousand dol
lars They viii have to cancel engage
ments- no doubt, and return to Chicago.
Several drummers had TO wire their
firms for new samples this morning.
These outfits have small value and
their loss causes no end of trouble. The
country where the wreck occurred Is not
the best in the world for fast running
] here is small curve just this side of
Esmond. An engineer can scarcely tell
whether train is on the main track or
on the siding when he dashes around the
curve.
The company investigation and the Cor
oner's inquest will be held tomorrow,
when the responsibility for the wreck will
be determined
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Continued from Page 1, Column
their places of business in New York
RESCUING THE INJURED.

Two wrecking crews began during
the night to clear the tracks and get out
the bodies. and were assisted by hun
dreds OF persons from Westfeld. Gran
lord. Plainield and other places, who
had been brought to the scene by the
news OF the collision Big bonfires were
built of the wreckage and OF old rail
road ties to light up the scene and en-
able the men to see. More than 1000
persons remained on the spot all night
and there were many pitiful scenes as
bodies were dug out and recognized by
relatives and friends
A train with the bodies OF sixteen
victims OF the wreck arrived at Plain
field at sos a. m Many Of them were
not recognizable The people OF the city
were in frenzy of grief. All sorts of
rumors were afoat, and it was reported
that the number OF dead would reach
a hundred or more The majority Of
the dead and injured were wealthy COM
muters who had places OF business in
New York.
The stories of dreadful incidents ac-
companyirg the collision were numerous.
The engine that drew the express plow-
ed half way through the rear of the 10
cal tbefore it came to a standstill- Bodies
were crushed against the front of the To-
comOtive on the pilot and on the crown
sheet, and could be removed only after the
firemen had drenched the locomotive for
two hours and cooled off the plates.
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Considerable Mail Matter Is Lost.

Ben S. Sawyer. the mail clerk who was
fatally injured, was appointed to the pos
tai department from East Las Vegas.
Tex. He has been in the service about
a year and a half He was the only pos
ral clerk on train No. 8. The mail car
on train No. was switched OFF at Tucson
All the mail on train No. 8 was burned
IL the mail car were approximately sew
enty-five sacks of newspapers, being sec
ord, third and fourth class matter, and
from six to eight pouches of letter mail
from the South and East destined prin-
cipally for Southern California and a
small percentage for San Francisco. On
train No. 8 there was a small quantity of
mail amounting to about twelve bags, in
GLIDING letters and papers.
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ROWLAND CHANDLER. Plainheld.
EDWARD CURRID. Plainfeld.
THOMAS A. CUMMINGS Plainfield.
EDWARD FLYNN. Plainfeld.
ELIAS MILES. Plainfeld
J. r.. HALLETT. Plainfield.
II. q. HAND, Elizabeth.
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STATION AGENTS STORY.

John Finke, the station agent at Gran
ford, said to-day that minute before
the accident he received orders to hold
the express at his station. He could hear
the train coming and without waiting to
answer that he understood instructions
he grabbed his lantern and rushed out
on the platform. As he emerged the
train flashed by. Davis was leaning far
out of the cab window, looking straight
ahead and apparently attending to his
duty. 1t was too late when Finke reach
ed the platform, and he rushed back to
his key to warn Westfeld, but before he
could do so the train had covered the two
miles and was past Westfield and plung
ing into the other train three-quarters of
a mile beyond. Finke says he saw the
clock when he took the order to hold
the express and also when he raised
Westfield, and that the time that elapsed
was only a few seconds over two min
utes, showing that the express was really
travelling at a much higher speed than
sixty miles an hour
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San Franciscans in the Wreck.
V r. Ulman of the firm of Ulman, See
igsohn & Brown, shirt manufacturers at
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DR.. PIERCE'S REMEDIES.
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W. E DAVIS. engineer. dying.
THOMAS McCARTT. fireman. dying
RICHARD CLARK. Plslnheld. both legs
broken.
WILLIAM SAMPSON. Plainield. cut and
bruised about body
WILSON FREDERICK, Dunellen,
scalded about body.
MISS LIZZIE CUTTER. Plainheld. face
cut
WILLIAM DUNN. Plainfield. leg broken,
face cut and bruised
GEORGE FORCE. Plainheld. cut on
head
J. H. FREEMAN. Plainheld. badly in
jured about body.
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ESCAPE FROM THE SLEEPER.

". G Coley of Boston, who was in the
Washington sleeper on the Limited, was