Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-07-13
ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN
MANGlED UNDER
TRAIN \
Miss Emily PhilbriCk Victim
of Serious Accident
at Gallup This
Morning.
HER RIGHT LIMB
AMPUTATED At KNEE
Brought to Hospital Here and Is
in Dangerous Condition as Re-
suit of Her Injuries
Her Left Ankle
Is Broken.

Gallup, N. M, July Especially
Miss Emily Philbrick, of Albu-
querque, was run down by an engine
pushing a caboose here at 1880 this
two inches below the knee, her left
ankle was broken and she received
number of serious bruises.
After the accident, she was given
attention by DR.. w. II. Burr, local
physician for the Santa Fe, and DR..
w. H. Shadrack, of Albuquerque,
who was DR.. Burr's guest. Train No.
2, which arrived shortly afterward
wGs held here 80 minutes and Miss
Jhilbrick was placed on it and taken
to the Santa Fe hospital at Albuquer-
que for treatment. DR.. Burr accom-
panied her.
There were only three witnesses to
the accident, A. Galloway, head
switchman, John Gilligan, night car
repairer, and Capt. It. r. Elgin, of
route to Albuquerque.
Miss Philbrick was going to the
depot to leave the city on train No. 2
when the accident occurred.
Dangerous Crossing.
The town is on the east side of the
tracks and the depot on the west,
necessitating crossing the tracks to
reach the station. The accident was
due to the fact that this is. very
treacherous crossing and also that
MISS PnilDTlCk Is QettI.,
John Gilligan, the car repairer,
who saw the accident, says that he
was just coming out of the depot.
when he heard Switchman Galloway
yelling and looking to see the cause,
noted the figure of woman ap-
proach the trac kin the uncertain
light. She was coming from the town.
He also cried to her but she failed to
hear.
stepped i'm Front of CabOOse.
She had just stepped on the track
when the caboose reached the cross
ing and Gilligan saw her fall. He
thought she fell between the rails
and he closed his eyes, fearful tht she
would be ground to pieces. However,
she fell with only one leg across the
outside rail.
Giligan, Galloway and Capt. Elgin
ran to her aid and she was carried to
the office of DR.. Burr, where all pos
sble relief was given her. When
placed on the train it was feared that
she could not survive the trip to Al
buquerque, but a message this after
noon states that she rallied and stood
the ordeal fairly well.
The engine which ran Miss Phil
brick down was No. 633, with Engi-
neer Lippitt and NJ. Dougherty, fire.
man, in charge.
The caboose was from Conductor
Bolands train, west bound, which
was being made up at the time of the
accident. Neither the engineer nor
fireman saw the woman until after
she had been knocked down and were
powerless to stop in time to save her.
Switchman Galloway saw her coming
but could not make her hear his
cries.
Capt Elgin stated today that he
feared, when he saw her on the
rails, that she must die instantly, and
expressed the belief that she was
fatally hurt.
Mrs. II. H. Kisslingbury, with
whom Miss Philbrick had taken
rooms, when she arrived from Fort
Defiance, says that she aroused Miss
Philbrick at l o'clock and endeavored
to make her understand by signs that
she would accompany her to the
depot.
Mrs. Kisslingbury, land was ready tC
go to the depot with her when
heard her opening the outside door
Then l knew 1 could not catch heI
as she could not hear me, and laid
down again. Possibly If l had beer
with her the accident might not have
occurred, though she might have
pulled me onto the tracks too"
Lost Diamond Ring.
After the train had left with Mis-!
Philbrick and Dr. Burr aboard, DR.
Shadrack discovered that he had los
a valuable diamond ring and IN
searched DIR. Burr's office but coulC
not find it. He then wired DR.. Bur-
at Albuquerque to search the band
ages. which had been placed on Mis-
Philbrick's limbs, for the ring.