Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-15
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS


and south. connecting Durango, Colo.
with the great mining districts o
southern Arizona, bringing the Goa
field into touch with the copper camps
IS shown by the fact tha, ] w. Rea
san. one of the chief engineers ot
the Southern Pacific has started into
the field from Gallup. n. NJ. with >
surveying force of fifty men aud forty
mules to transport supplies.
The men will go over the old survey
of the Arizona & Colorado railwa,
to Pennington.
That the road means business is
shown by letter written by Espes
Randolph, head of the Randolph lines
OF the Southern Pacitic, to the secre.
tary OF the Durango board OF trade in
which he practically states north
and south line will be bullt.
The railroad will pass through Gal.
lup and Will penetrate the great tim.
Der and coal lands Of western and
northwestern New Mexico. whose re-
sources have been lying dormant for
lack OF transportation
Ell PASO. Tex, July r2-The
through passenger train on the South.
ern Pacific, westbound No. 9. went
into ditch 100 miles east of here
early this morning. Five coaches are
in the ditch. Many persons are re
ported killed and injured Wires are
down and reports are coming in slow
ly Wrecking trains crowded with
doctors and nurses have been sent to
the scene.
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo, July u
The Rio Grande officials have moi
issued any statement fixing ,Ge respon.
sibility of Saturdays collision near
Cisco, Utah, which cost three lives
Three enginemen are in the hospita'
and all are expected to recover. \
wrecking crew succeeded In removing
the two wrecked engines from L.
track and traffic on the main line v
resumed yesterday.
nv "s'A'NhA oN'uii GU btiWttl set
tion of Rio Grande passenger tain
No. IA west bound and an extra west
bound sheep train sixty miles west Of
Grand Junction. Seven hundred head
OF sheep were killed. many being
scalded to death.
Section of Rio Grande train No
3, westbound, left Grand Junction
carrying the Philadelphia Elks The
engine on this train went dead al
Pinto. Utah. This train had orders
to pass the sheep train at Cisco, Gtah
When their engine went dead Shcy
went in on a siding and section :
came up and then proceeded west
ward.
Evidently the train dispatcher was
dfnen9'ng on section 4 70 hold sec
tfon 5 bach. al any-raie, section : had
no orders concerning the sheen tfain
the result was that she went through
Cisco. the passing point for section 4
and the sheep train, at about forty
miles an hour.
The place where the acciden, oc.
CURED Is on a curve. six miles 20 th,.
west. The train was the Rio Grande
regular No. 8. although running as
section 5 of No. 3. None of the pas
sengers were injured but all received
severe shaking up.
Engineer Heiderman was instantly
Killed by having his head cnt Off jIs
above the eyebrows. His fireman, VII
liam Heinze. had both legs cut OFF and
his body cut in two.
1t is said that there is always Il
here at the crucial point at all acci'
dents and the same was true here
William Burke. the head brakcmal
of the sheep train, was standing On .ie
coal tender when he saw the head
light OF >the passenger, lnstald ci
jumping, he yelled to Engineer fowos
ton and Fireman Temple to jump and
he assisted both of them 10 get ort
Hardly had Temple jumped when the
two trains hit and Burke was caughi
under the cab. the roof OF The col
breaking his back. also both arms.
Fourteen west bound trains wi h
$500 Elks EN- route 10 Los Angeles
We're held here IA hours.
DENVER, July 12.-Nineteen sum
mer tourists and residents OF Baileys
the summer resort In Platte canon
while returning on a car from Shaw
nee, where they had gone to witness
bali game, were struck by Colo
rado & Southern freight train one
half mile west OF Baileys yesterday
evening at O'Clock and two of theit
number killed outright. Twelve were
injured. three In a serious condition
with little chance Of recovery. All
arrived here last night and this morn
ing. The dead: Ray Hanson, Bsileys
John Dougherty. Baileys. The injured;
Willie Most, East St. Louis Mrs.
Miles. Denver; Frank Nahring, Fair
view; Mrs. C. l.. Kenney, Denver; Ed
ward Nahring, Fairview; A. Dwyer
residence unknown: Mrs. Marshall
Omaha; C. Lamberich,, Fort I-upton
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