The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-14
Master Mechanic Morrow Takes Hold
of Hospital Train and Makes Record
Run to E1y--Physicians Of Camp
Hasten to Respond to Call
For Aid For Sufferers

for at the county hospital and Howe
and Myers were attended in railroad
caboose which was left standing in
front of the court house.
The physicians of Ely FASTENED to at
tend the unfortunate men. Among
those who responded to the call fer
medical and surgical aid were DR.. Lew
Wallace, DR.. E. L. R. Wallace, DR.. R.
H. Richardson, DR.. Brock and Dir.
Pollock.
In very short time, all was done
for the men that surgery could do.
Nathan D. Myers, the brakeman, was
able to tell what he knew of the acci-
dent last night. ''It was between 9
and 10 O'Clock in the morning, he said.
There was heavy snow storm and
it. was difficult to see ahead. The
freight train was pushing two cars up
the hill to the smelter site. | was
seated on the front car ready to signal
Engineer Tom Kelly, We were NOV
ing at the rate of not more than five
miles an hour. All at once saw the
'dinkey' moving toward US dom the
hill signaled to Engineer Kelly and
moment later the crash came. What
happened after that | don't know.
was told that was found lying un-
conscious in the coal car. l think
was lucky to escape with my life. "
At 10 O'Clock last night DR.. E. L. R.
Wallace, company surgeon for the Ne
vada Consolidated Copper Company,
said. to a NEWS reporter Prince
made brave fight, but the odds were
too great. He was frightfully injured
in the smash-up and died at $50 o clock
from internal hemorrhage. The engi-
neer, Howe, has a fair chance for re.
covery. We operated upon him late
this afternoon and removed the righl
eve, which had been lacerated by ar
intruding splinter.
Felix Vosjean is suffering frcm con
tusions and broken ribs. His splendid
physique is strongly in his favor.
"Myers is the least injured of tht
survivors, but he was badly hurt, ant
his recovery will be slow.
Frank Howe, who suffered the loss
of an eye as result of the collision
had been in the employ of the Nevada
Consolidated for short time only
He is veteran engineer having {
record on many of the Western lines
including the Burlington, Santa Fe anC
Great Northern. His home is in Port
land, Ore. He was induced to come tt
Ely a few weeks ago, and obtained {
three-months leave of absence for that
purpose.
Felix Vosjean has been associated
with Thomas Cox, General Sqperin
tendent of the smelter at McGill, fol
the past five year.. He is one of the
handiest mechanics that ever came intC
Nevada, and was never known to bali
at any work assigned him. The cleo
tric light plant q, the smelter site was
his especial charge, but he was calleC
upon to do a variety of things. and hi
workmanship ranked high. Vosjean il
a native of France.
Mr.. Cox, the General Superintendent
of the smelter, came to Ely last nigh
to visit the injured men. He had pre-
viously stopped at the scene of the &C
cident, about two miles from McGill'I
siding, on the spur leading to thu
smelter, and supervised the removal o.
the wreckage. The caboose ATTACHED
to the "dinkey" engine, known as No
2, was completely telescoped by th'
heavier freight train with which it col
lided, being literally reduced to spin