Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-04
W|NSLOW WRECK WAS FEARFUL;
 NJ WARNING
Passengers Arriving at Phoe- nix Tell of Their Experiences. Some Criticism of Railroad Co. Not Patrolling Track.

PHOENIX. Juiy 3.-W. K. Johnson representing the commission house of Crutchfield and Woolfolk of Pitts burg. who arrived here yesterday af- ternoon, was a passenger on the west
 bound limited train that was wrecked
 near Winslow at 9 o'clock Sunday night. He is well fortified with the details of the incident as he was un- harmed and devoted his energies
 with those-of the other passengers
 who were in a condition to do so, toward relieving the sufferings of the more unfortunate. Owing to the great distances from the scene of the wreck to the division headquarters it was 1 o'clock Monday morning be-
 fore a relief train could get there, aud 1 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday before shoo fly was built around the wreck to permit the res toretion of train service.
 Tha wreck was a most complete one. though the loss of life was re markedly small. Indeed that feature of it is the most marvellous. There were but three or four fatalities though several others were very bad ly hurt and many were slightly in-
 iured. Besides the locomotive and tender, there were three cars smashed almost to complete wreck age, and in one of them at least there were many people and several in each of the other two.
 No blame is attached to any person A burned bridge was the cause, but it was merely charred and weakened, so the engineer could not have seen it until he was almost on iL. There seemed to be a series of three shocks and as the train was travelling at forty-fiye miles an hour the sudden stop created disaster clear to the ob- servation car at the rear where the chairs were thrown around as in an MT. Johnston had but a few minutes before left the dining car and was smoking on the rear plat form of the observation car. At the first shock he grabbed the platform rail and hung on prepared to jump way the car did not in the event it left the rails which he fully expected it would do. This is not an essay in defense of tobacco, but that cigar probably saved Mir. Johnston's life for he left the dining car. wita a lady. they being the last of the pas isengers to dne, and went to the rear so Mir. Johnston could have a smoke. Otherwise they would have continued their chatting there.
 As soon as the wreck occurred a brakeman ran back two miles and a half to Manila station to send a wire to the proper authorities. The con ductCr ran ahead to flag the train ap- preaching from the west and had the to break his lantern in the run. He continued until he reached a. section house and awOkc the crew and got another lantern. However the brakeman had made good time and got word to the western stations before a train had passed the last one.
 h the meantime all on board who vcrn able ran forward to help those i2 distress and worked like heroes. The bridge was over a dry arroyo about six feet deep. The engine stuck her nose down in the sand and was al most buried from sight, the tender jumping to the right of it. The en- gin CT and fireman were killed in stcltly. The former was thrown against the boiler and his right foot was burned off though he was prOba- bly, dead before that occurred. The fireman was found on the other side with his head cut off and his body cut into. The mail car went to the right of the locomotive and was com p!etely smashed. There were three postal clerks in it, two of whom were badly hurt. The third was thrown out the door and aboat fifty feet from the car and picked nimsslf up but slightly bruised. The baggage car. which was a compartment coach, comprising a baggage apartment. bar Der shop and smoking car. The smoker was full of men, and Mir Partridge. the only passenger killed. a Los Angeles man. was forward in the baggage room feeding a couple of pet dogs. The baggage man es- capped
 The framework of the baggage car