Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-21
LATE PARTICULN
OF FATAL WRECK
Passenger on IIlfated Train
Arrives in City and Gives
Account of Accident
WILL USE BLOODHOUNDS

The disastrous wreck on the Santa
Fe OF No. II at Lang, Kansas, which
was chronicled in The Evening Citi-
zen Tuesday, the day the accident oc-
ed, will be rendered by ~resideeurcoin
Cured, will be remembered by resi-
dents of this city who knew Harry
Davis, the popular engineer who met
death in the wreck, as one of the sad
dest and most deplorable fatalities to
occur on the Santa Fe in a long
period.
That the railroad company has con
cluded that the wreck was the result
of fiendish wreckers. will add mucn
pathos to the already sorrowful cir
cumstances connected with the un-
fortunate mishap.
With Engineer Harry Davis, brother
of Mrs. Ed Fluke of this city, at the
throttle, No. II, a fast mail train,
was ditched a few miles east of En-
poria. as the result of the topping
over of a rail which had been loos-
ened by human hands. The engine,
mail, express and three baggage cars
were derailed and piled up in a heap
at the side of the right of way. Will
liam Derrick was buried beneath the
wreckage of the baggage car, which
caught fire and he was burned to
death. Engineer Davis was found at
the door of the fire box of his en-
CINE. with both legs broken and his
skull crushed. The engine turned
over on its side as it left the rails.
Engineer Davis lived but a few hours
after being rescued.
\ passenger on No II to Newton,
and who arrived in this city last even
ing en- route to Los Angeles, said:
The wreck wrought fearful de
structiOn. Five cars were thrown of
the traH and scattered over the right
of way. The engine lnrned over on
its side. Engineer Davis was found
by a railroad friend who happened to
be on the train. lying with his head
in front of the open door of the fire
box. He was conscious and in awful
agony and the steam was scalding
him. He answered the questions oil
his friend and told him what to do
The friend picked him mp and laid
him on 2 blanket several yards from
the engine. Both legs We're broken
and the skull was crushed m scaId
ed He vas conscious almost to the
last, The fireman did not know how
he ~ escaped, as he was tossed
about like a feather. His only injury
was to one of his heels. He walked
to Lang, a mile and a half away, ant
notified tine operator of the accident
In the meantime some Of the train
men had gone hack several hundred
yards with lanterns from the Pullman
car to warn any other train that nigh.
be approaching. The conductor, Har
ry James, retained his presence o
mind and quickly restored Ordei
among the terrorized passengers
From the baggage car, directly IL
front OF the smoker. were heard tho
cries of an imprisoned man, and et
t.rts were promptly made tO get q
him. The car was ON fire and qulcl
work was necessary. with an AK
the men broke one of the windows
and a sheet of flame shot forth. /
was impossible 20 get TO the tmpris
oned man and his cries soon die
away. He was burned with the de
bris of the car. This was Derrick
the haggageman.
n passengers and trainmen tough
the flames, taking some oyster buck
N.' '"'' N"N 'NHAAHN NANf NAAANAg AN
the contents and forming a buckle
brigade. They succeeded in sayin
from the flames all but two Of IN
wrecked cars. Eight cars in all, let
the track The mail car. express ca
and three baggage cars were scatter
ed over the right of way and badl
smashed. The smoker. a day coac
and a chair car left the track an
bumpcd along over the ties. hut al
not aysrtuw Many of The passeI
gers We're bruised and injured, bu
none of them had dangerous wound.
General Manager j f Hurle
wired the agents Of the Santa Fe a
along the line today that the con
pany win offer a reward OF $4,000 ia
the arrest and conviction of The pc.
son or persons that wrecked No. ]
near Lang.
"F w. Stevens, OF Wichita, Kan