The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-28
IN OPEN CULVERT.
DsHWr Passenger No. I Wrecked at Ada,
TAMs OslsAss DIhhst. Several
psbpID Inbred. Not Seriously.

tWrom fridays Daily Panhandle
Tho wreck hoodoo Is still busy Oh
thesDanveF. Last night near Ada, a
aidiue about nine miles this side OF
Tasso1a, the first station north ON
ths Denver. the north bound Denver
passenger went into an open culyert.
altehsd three cars and telescoped
part OF the smoker. BY sheer good
luck, which approaches miracle,
only two passengers were seriously
injured, and no life was lost In the
wreck.
The names of the seriously injur-
ed arai
A. L. WILSON, GuymOn. okla,
collar bone broken. Wilson Is a
young man and unmarried,
c. u. cAsTEEL. Gaines. OKLA,
small boneof leg broken. Casteel is
single man about thirty years OF
age.
Both the wounded men received
prompt surgical attention and wore
taken 10 their homes on the first
train. Both will rapidly recover.
How train could wreck so COM
pletely as did the train last night,
and cause no greater injury is a
marvel. The train. with a heavy
load. was pulling north as fast as
possible in tho iniy blackness that
wedthetorrentia rain last night.
AZ 1;40 It was nearing the siding at
Ada, when tho big engine, as the
engineer describes II. seemed toI
swoop and then rise like a bird. As
Il rose Il parted from the rest Of tho
train and all the wheels, save the
little guide wheels under the front,
left tho rails. The engine ran on
about seventy-hvo yards and stoppe=
practically unframed. Tho tendeg
turned on It's side along the grade,
What happened TO the balance OF
the train was we'll told this morning
by Rev. W. II. Younger, the Baptist
minister Of Claiming. who was in
the cafe car.
There came heavy Jolt which
awakened all passengers and threw
many from their places. Then fol
lowed terrific crashes and rocking
and rolling as II the car might turn
end over end.
"Of course the duration Of tho
wreck was actually short, and the
passengers at once rushed TO get out
OF the car, was In the cafe car
IN front Of II was day coach,
smoker and the baggage car. It
was pitch dark outside and the lights
went out In the wrecked cars. All
FIRST we could see nothing Of the
surroundings. Then the gas tank IN
the smoker, which was leaking from
broken pipe, crploded from the
conductors lantern AS ne passed
along the train This Jared up an
brilliantly illuminated tho scene.
Then we saw that the car ir
front Of us bridged gap OF abo25
fifteen feet through which torrent
OF water was pouring The engine
and tender had gone completely over
this gap, where only the rails were
left 10 support II. Tho baggage car
broke loose, tore of from lts trucks
and rolled on his side, The smoker
also tore from It's trucks and the day
coach telescoped the rear OF the
smoker In this wrecked portion
were the two men who were i'm
iured
Among the other passengers was a
party Of Amarillo people. consisting
81 Or. and Mrs. Fly, Mr.. and Mrs H.
b. sanborn and Miss Cobb. These
were in the Pullman and were unin- !
Iured.
Will Allen, also OF Amarillo, re-
,eiyed slight bruises in the wreck.
Relief trains we're sent out from !
but the wreck was such
hat passengers are being transferred p
lodny. and trains are not yet run
hing ever the track.