Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-07

past year the passenger traffic of the
nod. although 10 quite rs large -
In 1891. was sseilcd u the large mum.
Der Of settlers carried westward This
business OF course mot adding 20
earnings 10 the extent that first class
business would d. The freight traf-
fic was a. the same time Increased
by large growth In shipments OF
fruits and Vegetables. particularly on
the formerly undeyeIoped Rio Grande
division west OF Fort Worth. On this
division alone there was an increase
OF l7i3 carloads OF oranges. lemons,
green fruits and vegetables carried.
e.. Peculiar Wreck a~.4.
A whole passenger train upside
down In IN i~rrigating canal with va.
ter flowing through the skyiights or
the cars. was the peculiar situation
Tuesday near Rincon. between Los
Angeles and San Bernardino. The
wreck. In which Santa Fe local No.
50 Was the star performer. vas one
OK the most spectacular for some days
and the wonder II that many were
not killed. Az 1t was the following
were injured:
Express Messenger Ralph craw, OF
San B~ernardino. shoulder and wrist
badly wrenched. bad bruises.
Mail Clerk r H. cochrane. OF San
Bernardino. badly bruised.
- Hoffman. back badly wrench.
cd. LETT train at Corona. 4
Mary Frank. cut about face. I'm
route to Redlands.
Mrs. cowan, OF Santa Ana. should
er badly bruised .
Frank A. Drudding. OF Los Angeles,
bruised and badly cut on leg
Several others who sustained min.
or Injuries In the way Of bruises and
cuts. Il
The train r. said to have been run
ming at nearly forty miles an hour
when the wreck occurred.
The train was rounding Horseshoe
bend. which In In the range OF hIrls
below Rincon. Suddenly, for some
cause. the trucks OF the engine ten.
der left the rails, beginning TO bump
along on the ties. Engineer Thomas
Welsch slapped on the emergency
brakes and brought the train 10 ~
very quick halt. but not until all four
OF the cars rolled over into the ditch.
After the emergency brakes went
on the train ran less than 100 feet.
when the engine and tender broke
away from the cars. the engine going
about that much further before It
came TO o stop. the whole Of one
side being down the embankment.
The trucks OF the tender went on
the opposite side Of the track down
Into the Santa Ana river wash, being
fully seventy-five feet away from
where the engine stopped.
When the engine parted company
with the cars. they rolled over. near.
ly bottom side up, into the large irri.
CATION canal. which parallels the rail.
road Tor some distance at that point.
the passengers being Imprisoned In
the cars. which rapidly began TO fiji
with water. They all scrambled out
In the nick OF time.
Al the car went over Express and
Baggageman Ralph Craw wal thrown
to the top Of the car and a half dozen
came chasing after him, one
Of them catching him on the shoulder
and arm, bruising him very severely.
Had the trunk struck his hea or
vital portion Of his body he would
probably have been killed. His es-
cape from death ID little less than
miraculous. He managed to extri.
himself without difficulty
Mail Clerk F. H. Cochrane was
thrown to one side OF the q as It
went over, the sorting cas- being
thrown over on him. pinning him
down, and he was nearly covered by
water before he could be gotten out.