Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-27
PASSENGER TFIas STORY
or LAST NIGHTS DISASTER.

Particulars regarding the wreck re-
ferred 10 In the foregoing Associated
Press dispatch. were brought 90 Aibu-
querquo today by n. =. Hooper, q
merchandise broker Of Denver, who
has been making trips through the
southwest for tho last twenty-five
years Mr.. Hooper says the wreck
was much more serious than one.
would imagine. and was an experiences
he will not care TO repeat
I'VE left santa Fe az $3.50 last
night. with engine 49," said Mr..
Hooper today. The train crew con-
sisted OF J. A. Qnigley. conductor. G.
AZ. Robinson, brakeman. Thomas Col
Her, engineer. and william Huffman,
nrcnan. There wcro stvchf pasaen-
gers On tho train, three IN thes snOk-
o. and four IN the coach. AZ mile
post no, we struck n defective raii
while crossing a culvert. whether
the engine went on tho track as
quickly as Il struck tho broken rail,
or whether Il skiddod along for some
distance. do not know. But Just on
the other side OF the culyert tho en-
gine left tho track and turned COM
pletely over. It's drivers being directly
IN the air. The tender broke loose
from the engine and rolled over on rs
side, Huffman. the fireman. being on
the left hand side, never knew what
happened, In my opinion. He didn't
have a chance Ia the world 10 escape.
and I believe was killed instantly.
Engineer Collier was thrown through
the cab window and hoisted thirty
feet over on the right OF way. Col
Her had previously turned OH the
steam and put on the brakes. He
didn't jump. and was so stunned by
tho accident that he couldn't salts
factoriiy explain how he got out OF
the engine. Collier was burned by
escaping steam. his left ear was split,
ana his face bruised. Ho also sus-
tanned Internal injuries. The baggage
car was on les trucks and was piled
up In heap with many ties sur
rounding Il. Conductor QuigIey, who
Was In the baggage car al the time Of
the smaakup. escaped being injured
In some miraculous manner. In the
smoker we're ". y. Potter Of 81. Jo-
seph. Mo-, Mr.. Jensen, car inspec,
tor for the santa he. and myself Tho
smoking car was on Sse track q few
seconds after sha crash came, rest
Ing on the edge Of the culvert az an
angle Of 20 20 30 degrees, A hundred
pounds weight on tho car would have
Overbatanced Il. AIR. Potter aua-
tanned spralned ankle. and was
struck ON the right arm ana badly
shaken up. The noise OF the escap-
lns steam and the excitement follow
Ing the wreck reaulted In considerable
/ confusion, although the santa Pc en-
! pioyeA behaved with great credit "a
j themselves and to the railroad com
/ pany. IA quickly as possible after
the wreck. Conductor ouigley secured
n horse and wagon. and later an au.
| tomObilO aud took tho lnjur.
ed engineer 60 tho hospital IL
! Santa Fe. Herman n. smith, car In
spector from 1.aBiy. was the hero ol
TIE hour. smith arrived ON the scene
soon after the deraiiment. Re work
"a siko a tiger 20 e<ivicate s'irefaai
Thurman from under the engine an'
finally reached the body at about 6ise
o'clock smithl wQFked With fpperhu-
mar energy. ana hoped Until liie last
that he would md Huffman stIil alive
when he reached him.
after remaining az the wreck until
9 o'clock. an engine and coach were
backed up from Lamy and the pas
aengers were taken 20 the junction.
Tho hotel was allied. however. and We
remained In the coach until this
morning. A wrecker from Las Vegas
arrived at 8 o'clock and began the
work OF removing the debris and re-
II unirlnn tina srasf 4"
In telling the story OF tho wreck
Ar. Hooper referred several times q
the courage and goodness Of the santa
no employees. ana sn,d that the road
IL indeo fortunate 10 have such men
working for it-men who forget
themselves and any danger tina
might exist In protecting tho con-
pany's property and the lives Of III
passengers
Mr., Hooper reached here today q
A o'clock on santa W train No. 3
and will remain NJ the Alvavado hote
until tomorrow in the hope OF resting
up and recovering from tho shock h
suatalned as tho result OF the wreck
SIR. Hooper goes from her' to cvii
fornla. r.a