Weekly journal-miner., 1915-09-01
SLIGHTLY INJURED


 .f. Okla, back hurt. 4 I. F. A. Robinson, Jerome, Ari- ] I. zona, back hurt. ! sh H. w. Pemberton. Phoenix, I .f- Arizona, cut and bruised on I I. body. T j. Mrs. A. Mackay Vulture i .i. mines, Wickenburg, Arizona, .. .i. arm bruised. I !. Joe Andres. Prescott, cut :. .I< over eye. 4 S- w. P. Merritt. Prescott, knee # ai. and hand bruised. 4 .I. Mrs. L. B. Clawson, Califor- 4 .I. mia, wrist cut. 4 I. + j. !. + T. !. !. T. i. i. !. <
 Four dead and Y injured is the tol of the accident which took place or the Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoeni2 railroad near Date creek Thursday night The four met their death by drowning while pinned in the smok CT, while the majority of those in jured also were riding in the smoker which was reduced to a mass o kindling wood.
 It had been noticed early in the evening that a tremendous storm wa: raging in the mountains, but little was thought of 1t, for such are com mon at this time of the year anC never before had one proved very serious in the way of railroad acci dents.
 According to the different stories as Piedmont was left in the distance the rain started to come down heavi CT and heavier. The engineer anC fireman of the train had noticed but little water in the creeks before reach inp the fatal trestle and were taker off their guard as much as the rest Of the train crew and passengers.
 The en0ine started out on the l50- foot trestle, which is IS feet hioh and reached the center before the slightest intimation of danger wa; given. Then the cracking of timber; was heard and the engine fell into the creek, which was then running nearly 10 feet of water, due to g cloudburst further back in the noun tains, it is said. The baggage cai followed after the engine, which had turned on its side. the front end or ~art of the treStle and the rear or the creek bed. The baggage turned on its side. upstream, and the smoker crashed into and under part of the baooage. telescoping and catching the four men who were killed. The next car, the day coach, crashed into the rear end of the smoker with its rear trucks still upon the first few feet of the trestle. while the sleeper held to the track and sustained only a slioht jar.
 The smoker bore the brunt of the wreck. and was smashed into pieces The trucks of some of the cars were washed down stream for number oi wards, the current being that strong It is estimated by those who were in the water that the stream was run ming between 20 and 30 miles an hour.
 Those caught in the smoker and held underneath the baggage car were. Charles Dollack. negro named Hilliard. Dr. D. c. Durfee and Grady Beck. According to Dr. McNally two of them were killed by cuts and the other two were drowned. At any rate the men were held so they could not escape and were drowned if they were not killed outright.
 The smoker was really the only ca. in which anyone was hurt seriously In the chair car, which was tilted at an angle of more than 45 degrees only the front end was in the water and few people were scratched and bruised as a result of the jar. Few Of the windows were broken.
 Engineer A. w, Pentland, after es- caping from the cab in which he had been imprisoned under the water, and after assisting in rescuing nine men from the smoker, in which it is said there were about 20, started to notify the Prescott Santa Fe offices. He