Arizona republican., 1910-01-03

too much headway for such remedy to be effective.
 Efforts were next oirectS1 70 the chair car. which also lay on it's side so it was necessary to take the passen-
 gers ~out through the windows. The fire was rapidly approaching from the
 wreckage of the baggage car and bucket line was formed from the ten- der to the chair car to keep back the
 fire while the passengers were being removed. one poor man with a crushed leg and an arm cut clear off. was in a pitable condition He direct ed that the women be cared for first. and his instructions were obeyed-
 Three bodies were taken from this car and Mir McArthur says two of them
 were women. He does not remember
 whether the third one was a man or woman. one man was taken out who later lost an army by amputatlon and the other occupants Of the car more or less injured were all removed
 except the heroic and most painfully | hurt man mentioned above. He could mot be liberated from the wreckage | until the arrival of the relief tram
 with wrecl<ing machinery for lftlns the weight from his limbs In the meantime he was as courageous as .
 human being could be. He gave his name and address and said he was a
 telegraph operator. His greatest worry
 seemed to be that his right arm was
 gone and he could never work at his | calling again. The fire kept crawling ! closer to him and he complained that
 his feet were terribly hot All efforts were directed toward keeping the
 flames back from him. and this was
 successfully done until the arrival of
 the relief train, when the wreckage
 was lifted from him and he was re-
 moved to the Pullman, where the wo-
 men dressed his wounds. But they
 were mortal and he died before he
 reached hospital
 There was one German woman in
 this car who had just come to this | country and her impressions were | quite novel She had recently in-
 herited a considerable sum of money
 and she must have been suspicious of
 some of her relatives. for she insisted that she had been urged to come against her will. and seemed to be pos
 sessed of the idea that the wreck was
 a planned affair for the purpose of getting her killed. Had there been
 foundation for her suspicious. the
 plan was a poor one for she was not severely hurt.
 Mrs Lyon and her 5-year- r-oid child. Villa Ernestine, of this city. were in the tourist car and arrived here yes terday on the same train with NIT. Me- Arthur. They had narrow escapes. but neither was severely hurt The little girl was thrown two seats ahead and under the third seat on the op- posite side of the car A mattress fell on top of her and the furniture piled on top of the mattress. the latter prob ably saving her life. Mrs. Lyon was held fast where she was with her clothing caught in the wreckage. Frank H. Barge, a gentleman from Michigan. . who was en route to Bisbee. helped to liberate Mrs. Lyon. after which the . little one was pulled out from under l the weight of the debris above. scared : and shaken up. but not badly hurt : The mail car burned with practical lv all of it's contents. except the mail clerk. who got out though pretty badly I hurt only a very little of the bag gage was saved. so nearly every passenger lost everything he had with him except what he had on or in some instances in grips that were saved. e One bride who had all her linens and l in fact about all her worldly effects s in the baggage car, was en route to Alamagorda, N NJ. to join her hus- band, who had preceded her there. She lost all except the clothes she had on but she was a brave girl and did much q to relieve those who were in a worse n condition When the survivors bound
 for further western points passed through AlamagordO. there was plat form demonstration that made them think the young couples honeymoon season had not been passed beyond re- 2 call. i< s MT McArthur says the railroad com O pany could not have treated the passengers better They sent reliei !, just as quickly as possible and provid- ed Pullman transportation and money I or whatever was required for those 2 who were left penniless or without ap- parel. and instructed all passengers who had lost personal effects to trans d init itemized lists and their value would be refunded in cash. In some instances | where it was possible to discover the value of the travellers effects. cash set t clement was made on the spot. As l. usual in such cases there was talk ir n some quarters of damage suits, but il a was quickly dissiDated after the r passengers saw how the company was d trying to do the right thing and there was added assurance when Kansas
 City was reached and the superintend-
 ent told them all that full settlement
 would be made as fast as the facts
 could be determined.
 One incident in the dining car is
 worth repeating as one of the many
 curious things that transpire in wrecks
 cyclones and other violent mixups. 4
 lady sat at table with little babe
 in her arms. When the shock came
 the edge of the table pinned the wo-
 man fast in the seat, but the same
 shock gave the baby an impetus that
 sent it flying through the air like a
 ball. and it landed in the arms of a
 waiter. who carefully protected it un-
 til the mother was released and agair
 took possession of the infant. who was n not even scratched.
 MT. McArthur says that the con- | cesus of opinion among the surviv-