Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-14
East Bound Orange Train
Crashes Into Rear End of
Work Extra During Binding
SnoWStorln,
GANG FOREMAN AND
WIFE AMONG VICTIMS
Accident Occurred Early Yes
terday Afternooni Dead and
Injured Brought Here on
Special Trains.

Because of snow storm al Mccar-
ty's station yesterday afternoon,
which blinded railroad men so that
they either could not see signals or
could not properly set them, four lit
tie children are orphans, three persons
have lost their lives. and fourteen are
injured, moro or less seriously.
The dead.
j. w. WARD. extra gang foreman.
MRS. WARD. wife of foreman.
MIKE WARD sub-foreman.
The injured:
EMILIO RENTERIA, laborer, cuts
and bruises
n. A. BEAVER, assistant foreman,
Commissions.
EMILIANo sILBA, laborer, ribs
broken.
JUAN BARDoGA. laborer. dislo-
Gated shoulder.
w. E, MORROW. sub-foreman.
crushed fingers, cuts and bruises
WILLIE WARD. aged nine years,
cuts and bruises
ALA WARD, aged seven, cuts and
bruises.
LILLE WARD, aged six, cuts and
bruises
PEARL WARD. aged four, cuts and
bruises
Unknown native laborer. scalp
wounds.
Four native laberers. slightly in
Jured.
The wreck was one OF the worst the
Santa Re has had in years. II was u
collision and beside the loss
In life, cost u considerable sum In
damaged rolling stock and destroyed
freight. II occurred at 2.04 p. m. Me-
Carty Is a small station on the Albu-
puerque division of the coast lines,
sixty-hve miles west of this city.
According TO all the facts available
last night, the work extra, which
has been engaged In tho double track
work near McCarty's. ran down to
hat station to get In the clear for
No. g the fast eastern mail train. II
was standing at the end of the siding,
to back In, when the wreck
occurred
While yet on the main line. extra
freight No. S26, east bound, train
,f fifty ears. mostly oranges. collided
with II, blowing through the work
'ars and smashing these into kindling
wood. The heavy freight train, running
ast TO get into the. siding before the
nail train passed that point smashed
he flmsy outfit cars as though they
we're matchwood. Just how badly the
'ngine aud freight of the heavy train
we're damaged is not known at pres
mt. Seven cars of the work extra were
demolished completely. and Others
we're more or less damaged.
Hut for the fact that the head brake
nan of the fruit train saw the COM
ng danger and jumped. and that the
reman saw him jump and called to
he engineer so that they had an op-
,ortunity to leave the cab before the
ctual moment of the collision. the
oss of life would have been much
reater Whether the work train
rev was aware that the freight was
ollowng them or not is not known.
The work extra was In charge OF
CONDUCTOR John II. stokes and Engi-
eer e. y. Nevin, with engine No. III.
he brakemen were j. NJ. Hunt and
V. ~. Anderson. Anderson was miss
lg for many hours after the wreck
nd II was at first thought he was
nfted bencatn the ucbFls. Inc ffe-
nan was G.. A. Fleckner. Both he and
he engineer were uninjured. except
pr slight bruises and cuts. The train
rev escaped unhurt.
The fruit train was in charge OF
ngineer Fouts and Conductor $. y.
Iiller. II was pulled by engine No.
26.
According to the story told by rail-
BAD men who were In the wreck.
nderson went back to flag for the
EAR end of his train. Ia protect II
gainst the following mail trnin. From
le time he started To- flag, nothing
as seen Of him until he arrived In
lbuquerque. at . IS O'Clock last night
ith the second relief train. He de-
tined TO say anything. EXCEPT thai he
ad not been found because he was
orklng az the wreck. Railroad peo-
e kept the wires hot Tor good
hiie during the afternoon, tryins L.
nd him. as his statement Is re@ardea
the keynote Of the reason for the
,cident.