The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-08-15

Jones, Oropesa, Rico, Mascucco and
Cardoccia were found and identified
and carried up the steep grade of the
incline and their bodies laid upon the
tracks. The bodies were found
within a hundred yards of each other
on the same side of the incline track
where the battered cars lay. The
body of Schaeffer was found farthest
down the incline, and the other eight
bodies along the right of way above
4 at intervals of a fen feet Of each
other. All the bodies were aorn,
mangled; some portions ground al
most to pulp; legs missing, eyes
, knocked out, covered with a mass of
CRIME, dirt and blood Two bodies
were on fire when the first rescuers
arrived. One of these was the young
man Jones, of Clifton. Every stitch
of clothing was burned from his body
except a small patch under the right
arm which was still smouldcring.
After all the bodies had been recov-
cred volunteers carried them to the
foot of the incline.
Coroner's Jury View Bodies.
At the first report of the accident
Justice of the Peace Burns, of Net
posed of o. A. Risdon, Hippollito
Cascarelli, NJ Manheimer, H Tiff,
C. E. Stevens and C. H. Farnsworth
who climbed the incline where the
dead bodies lay, viewed the remains,
and identified each body and then
adjourned until the next morning at
$3.50.
The Injured.
The injured, who jumped OR fell
off of the two cars, just as they
started down their wild plunge down
the incline, escaped with slight in
juries with the exception of the little
Mexican boy, Ventura Guerrero, who
suffered a broken leg and Mark
Rumetrett, an electrician of Morenci,
who sustained a broken rib. A. w.
Liddell has a broken thumb, c.. w.
Mclean, bruised foot J. w.
Downey, cuts and bruises about the
face, head and body and Supt. Scott,
bruised about the body. Those who
rolled and jumped as the cars started
assisted each other up over the in
cline and, after a superficial dressing
of their wounds, made their way
painfully down the incline trail where
special train was waiting to bring
them to Clifton.
Doctors Hurry To Scene.
Special train carried DR.. Smith of
the A. C. medical staff to the scene
of the accident from Clifton where
with the assistance of the corps at
Metcalf prompt relief was given to
the injured. At nine p. m. the
special returned to Clifton bearing
the dead bodies and the injured.
Coroner's Inquest.
The Coroner's jury met in Metcalf
Thursday morning at nine o'clock to
inquire into the cause of the acci-
dent. Headed by Coroner Burns,
the Jury, District Attorney Horton
and a representative of the Ella, the
incline was carefully inspected from
the bottom to the top. An hour and
half was required for the climb.
The overturned cars lay on the right
of the track going up. The body of
the cars lay in one place and the
wheels and trucks far removed. 1t
was explained that in the wild de-
scent the trucks and wheels flew out
from underneath the bed of the cars
and went one direction while the
bed of the cars continued to skid and
roll down the incline tracks until
they toppled over on the right of
way fully two thousand feet below
the point from which they started.
The two cars were still coupled to-
gether, the draw heads, links and
pins all in place except the front
draw head (Which had been attached
to the cable) of car No..24 A close
examination revealed the cause of