Mohave County miner., 1910-07-09


 and Flagstaff, where they spent the 4th.
 Goulding & Sewers, of the Kingman Auto Company, are building an exten- sive addition to their garage, and have leased the two automobiles of NJ. G. Wagner in order to handle the rapidly increasing traffic between Kingman and the outlying mining camps.
 Tony G. Walter and Mrs. Ida Croz- fer were married July 8th, at Trux- ton, Rev. w. G. Blakely performing the ceremony. Mrs. Walter is one of the best known and most highly es- teemed of Mohave county's residents. Mir. Walter is said, by those who know him. to be an energetic and capable business man, and we voice the senti- ments of all who know the newly mar ried pair in wishing them all possible happiness and continued prosperity. The happy couple will leave today for a short outing in California.
 A special train, with diner, buffet, observation and sleeping cars, with l2l Elks. delegates from Los Angeles to the Grand lodge meeting at Detroit, passed through Kingman Thursday forenoon and many Kingman Elks were at the depot to greet friends on board as the train stopped. The party on board included many prominent busi- ness men of Los Angeles, and all were
 members of the "White Squadron, a local organization of Los Angeles Elks,
 which became famous at the last grand lodge meeting in that city, for their untiring zeal in entertaining their visiting brethren.
 It is reported that the railroad com
 papy will soon commence work on the
 building of an abutment in the middle
 of the Colorado river, to be erected as
 a support for the center of the long
 cantilever bridge below Needles, the war department having lat. ly granted ? permission for the work. It is estl- mated that the bed rock on which the
 buttress must rest is not less than 9O feet below the bottom of the river, and s the excavating for the bedrock foun- f dation and building up of the buttress
 will doubtless have to be done inside
 of a steel tube, to keep out the water and ouicksand. The undertaking Is a ! great one and many serious engineer t ing problems will need to be solved 7 before the completion of the work. Nc
 doubt is felt however, of the ultimate p success of the work and the continued F use of this bridge renders it necessary , to secure this central support before 9 the continued vibration shall have ren
 dered this long span too dangerous. ] Last Sunday at 4:3O a. m., at a point F two miles east of Powell siding, the @ boiler of one of the large engines be - longing to the Santa Fe company ex r ploded, instantly killing the engineer
 c. E. Denver, and injuring the fire man, Matthews so badly tha
 he died before nightfall. A spec n ial train was placed at the disposal O
 Coroner Smith, who empaneled jur! Q and left for the scence of the accident
 The wreck had been partially cleared away to allow the resumption of traf
 fic before the coroner arrived, and thu injured brakeman haG been taken tC
 Needles to receive medical attention
 but the terrible burns he had received
 resulted in his death about thret i o'clock that same afternoon. The Cor y oner's jury, after viewing the scene O t the wreck and examining the remain y of the engineer, proceeded to Powel IF station, where witnesses were exam n ined and the circumstances investi is gated as thoroughly as possible. Tn e jury returned verdict to the etfec that the deceased, C. E. Denver, wa IT a native of Kansas, 24 years of age
 that his death was caused by the eX -- plosion of the locomotive boiler, an, that the jury was unable to determin a the cause of the explosion. Old rail e road men and experienced engineer s say that the locomotive was the mos IS completely wrecked and nearest de e stroyed pieces of machinery they hay, r. ever seen caused by boiler explOs IS ion. Every seam and rivet through
 out the immense mass of metal beinI ; torn, broken, twisted and shatteret - until it bore not the least resemblanc o to anything but scrap heap, as in deed it was. The only theory is tha