Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
IFrom wsdne.day'e Daily MinsrI


 the California Limited, was wrecked about 2 o'clock this morning while rounding the curve on the Santa Fe railroad about a half mile east of Kingman. The engine and tender, buff fet-baggage car, dining car and one Pullman sleeper left the tracks, rolling down the embankment.
 Engineer GOldsOn of Needles, Cal, was apparently instantly killed. His body was found jammed in between the top of the boiler and the roof of the cab.
 Fireman Mickey Osborne of Needles, Cal, is missing. He is believed to be buried beneath the wreckage.
 Mrs. George Overmyer of Topeka, Kan, who was on her way to Cali fOrnia, was the only one of ten pas sengers in the sleeper to sustain an injury. Her left elbow is believed to have been slightly fractured, as she was unable to move it after being res eued from the overturned car. All other passengers in the Pullman, in- cluding Mrs. Overmyer's small son, es- eaped injury.
 The barber-baggageman of the train, whose name could not be learned, sus- tained a broken leg and arm and severe cut in the head.
 The third cook and other members of the dining car crew were badly scalded by escaping steam from the engine and some of them were other wise severely injured. The exact na- ture of their injuries and their names could not be ascertained.
 The locomotive, after leaving the track and slipping down the embank- ment of the curve, rested almost up- side down.
 The buffet-baggage car was badly demolished. Passengers trunks and other baggage were strewn over the ground for a radius of 50 feet. This ear remained upright after leaving the track and was damaged in striking the locomotive.
 The dining car and Pullman sleeper rested on their sides after leaving the track and the occupants were rescued through the windows.
 R. J. Muncy of WinslOw, head-end brakeman, had a miraculous escape from death. He was sitting on trunk in the baggage section of the buffet baggage car when the crash came. He was shot through the opening torn in the front section of the car and landed in the middle of the county road, alongside of the track about 20 feet from the car. His only injury was a badly wrenched left shoulder.
 The train was in charge of COnduc- tor Carl Wilkins of WinslOw, who 'es- capped without injury.
 Only a few passengers in cars in the rear of those that left the track knew of the wreck until considerable time after it had occurred, being awakened them by the cOmmOtiOn caused by rescue parties that soon ar- rived at the scene from Kingman.
 News of the wreck was brought to the station in Kingman by Conductor Wilkins, who ran as fast as he could to summon aid. Drs. Hilton and White, together with Mrs. Hilton and other local ladies, who acted as nurses, re- spOnded quickly and were soon admin istering to the injured.
 The cause of the wreck was a mys- tery to the trainmen, who said that the train was not running at an un- usually high rate of speed. Some of them gave it as their opinion that the pony trucks of the locomotive jumped from the track and caused the big drive-wheels to follow, derailing the engine and cars named. For a con- siderable distance the wooden ties were badly gOuged.