Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-19
Silk Train Running as Special
Crashes Into Rear End of
Columbian Flyer on ST. Paul
Railroad.
IMPACT TELESCOPES
PULLMAN AND DINER
Victims Literally Are Cut to
Pieces So Complete Is De-
Struction; Blame Rests on
Employees,
' Morning lanrnal special leased wlre.I

IBy Morning JaurnaI special leased wlreI
Odessa, Mimi. Dec. lS.-TwelVe
are dead and nearly a score seriously
injured as the result Of silk train
on the Chicago Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad, which was running as
section number two of the "Colum-
bian" FLYER. crashing into the rear
sleeper of the flyer at the station here
early today The engine of the silk
special plowed five feet into the Pull
man, The last car OF the flyer. but the
greatest loss Of life was in the front
end Of the sleeper, which was teles-
coped by the dining car Just ahead.
Long after it was believed all the
dead had been taken from the debris,
wreckers late this afternoon found
two bodies In the crumpled sleeper, lit
orally cut to pieces, Identification of
these Is impossible.
Although both the diner and the
sleeper were of steel, the former
sheared the upper portion of the
sleeper. from the floor as IL II had
been cardboard In some manner the
diners floor became elevated slightly
above that of the sleeper by the Inn
pact with the force Of section number
twos engine behind the sleeper was
iammed along fully twenty-five feet
while the diner as "A gigantic knife cut
! away the upper structure.
The dead.
DIR r. r. W9ETsTONE. Mime
| apolis
MRS. r. +. WHETsTONE, Min
neapolis.
Mrs. G. Il. MYERS. Newcastle
| Indiana.
MRS. c. w. BARBER, Terry
| Montana
! MRS. ], F. RICHARDS, Mobridge
/ S, D.. wife OF superintendent Rich
ards of the Trans Missouri slope di.
vision Of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
| St Paul railway.
MISS VESSIE RICHARDS. daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richards.
MISS PETERSON, Green Bay
! Wisconsin.
NJ. KONT, Minneapolis sleeping
| car conductor.
THOMAS ALEXANDER, Newark
| n. j., cook in dining car.
Unidentified man about 81 or 81
| years old, a passenger.
Two unidentified men or women
The injured:
John Samuelson. Aberdeen, S. y.
| head cut: NJ. L. lie Blanc, Seattle
! back injured and face cut Alph Le-
| Blanc, Seattle. bruised and shaken
| T.. Leblanc. Seattle, hack wrenehed
| G. G, Craein, New York, body bruised
and left knee wrenched; w. Fl. Swain
! Toronto. Canada left knee bruised
/ j. Scanlon, Minneapolis. knee hurt
| John kock, Aberdeen S. D.. foot in
jured Joseph Sandell fireman sec
ond section, ankle broken; r. j
| Mather. Reeder, n. D.. shoulde
bruised ana left knee injured Mgs
/ f, J. Mather, Reeder, n. D., leg In
iured; s. Rapier, Seattle, baci
sprained f. J. Alexander. porter
| Chicago, head and face cut. left lel
! and shoulder bruised w. r. Perry
Vancouver, B. G., head, arm an,
shoulder injured; Mrs +. A. win
Jams, Lennon, $. D., back and heal
injured. Mrs l.. Revolt Three Forks
Mont. right side injured. Ralp'
Amy. Aberdeen, s. d. ankle sprainef
Responsibility for the wreck ha
not been determined definitely, but
said to rest between the operator a
! Ortonville Junction, who, 1t is assert
! ed should not have permitted tn
silk train to enter the block on whicl
there was train; the operator who
1t is said. failed to lit the stop sig
nal for the flyer. and the fiagman o
the flyer, who it is claimed. failed t
protect the rear of his train after
stopped at the block. OF all those /
TIE sleeper but two escaped injur,
ana in the forward part where tn
diner ground its way through tn
berths, the dead were numerous. 7
some eases one of those in a bert
was killed or seriously injured Will
the other suffered but slight hurt
This was the case Of two brother.
Alpha and NJ. T.. Leblanc, the forme
receiving slight injuries while tn
latter was hurt seriously
G. f, Schuster, a Jackie" Of tn
United States battleship West VII
ginia on his way to his home in To
ledo, O., on furlough, was conspiciou
in the work OF rescue, Nearly a
the injured were taken to MinneaT
oils and many of them continued
their destinations. The bodies al
being held here and will be sent
their destinations as soon rs wor
can be received from relatives.
Coroner Bosta empanelled a Jun
late this afternoon ana tonight wit
County Attorney kaircher, began a
inquest to place the responsibility fl
the wreck. The road was cleared {
the wreck late today and traffic r.
sumed.
CARELESSNFSS CAUSE