Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-18

I torman Rogers of the wrecked train.
/ The motorman stated he was running
on schedule time when the accident
occurred. and admitted that the speed
I of his train was seventy miles an
1 hour. Rogers said he did not know
anything was wrong until an eighth
of a mile beyond the place of derail-
ment.
| The train. consisted of "A double
header motor coupled into one engine
drawing five coaches. The first was
smoker. the second described as a
power car, is commonly designed as
combination baggage and smoker and
the three following We're ordinary
( passenger coaches.
1T appears to me" said the coro-
ner. that a spreading of the rails
cstused the disaster | think that one
of the motors hit a section of the
track with force enough to cause It
to jump Off. The smoker followed and
swung the ears following completely
off the track, breaking the coupling
/ When the rear cars broke loose they
ran wild for some distance and finally
! turned over"
The smoker showed only little dam
! age. but the other cars gave evidence
of the drag along the roadbed.
! When the wreck occurred the three
rear coaches. filled with passengers
were thrown on their right sides just
above a sharp curve at WoodlaWn
road bridge. The shock was terrific.
! People were hurled violently from
/ their seats and the most of those who
/ were killed were pitched through the
/ windows as the cars slid along on
/ their sides The third rail held for a
time. but finally broke with flash,
and a roar. seen and heard for a
great distance. Between the wreck Of
! the current" rail and the main track
/ the bodies we're wedged. They were
| held here as the cars passed along
and in this way were terribly mangled
The relic hunter was much in evi-
| dence today and this probably gave
/ rise to the stories of ghoulish work.
! The police guarded the wrecked cars
all day but with daylight a large
numbers began to work their way to
I the coaches and cut out pieces of
cushions, curtains and earpeting, even
/ taking bits of glass from the broken
| windows.
! Assistant District Attorney Smythe
said tonight that he had had made
| his inquiries particularly on the speed
! of the train whether a tire had been
/ lost from one of the motors. and as to
! the condition of the rails. He said he
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! the rails to the ties had been cut of.
| but there was nothing to indicate by
/ what agency. He said pieces of a
! broken wheel of the first motor were
! found at a point far beyond whore
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