Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-12
PASSENGERS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Light Engine Crashes Into Passenger Train on Curve, Just Below Upper Lowell Crossing; Number Injured

What might have been a serious wreck was narrowly averted last even ing when the eastbound passenger train was run into by a light engine on the curve just beyond the Upper Lowell road crossing. only the prompt action of Engineer Bob Brooker saved the many passengers from serious in juries. He saw the light engine con- ing and realizing that the accident could not be avoided put on the air and had his train about stopped when the light engine hit the rear end of his engine, by doing this he stopped the force of the two trains. He and his fireman jumped just as the two engines hit.
 The eastbound train left here as us- ual with quite a number of passengers aboard and had proceeded as far as Lowell and picked up the passengers there and was on the way to Don Luis and had just passed over the Lowell road crossing when Engineer Bob Brooker looked ahead and saw the engine from the work train coming around the curve, as stated he imme- diately brought his train to stop and jumped just as the two engines came head on.
 The force of the engines striking was of such force that the passengers were thrown from their seats and of the seats torn loose and thrown in all directions. Passengers as soon as they could get on their feet made a rush for the doorways while a went out of the windows. The water cooler in one of the coaches was torn loose and thrown over several seats and struck T. A. Madden, of the Brunswick Drug company of Los An geles, on the head, cutting him over the right eye.
 Conductor Harris of the passenger train, was taking up the tickets and was knocked down by a seat that came loose and was trampled on by num- Der of passengers before he could get I'D. He sustained a cut on his hip.
 w. H. Higgins, one of the express had his hip and back in- iured by having a trunk fall on him. He was taken to the hospital.
 Hazel Adams, new express messen- ger, had his hand wrenched and his head bruised. He was also treated at -he hospital.
 Dr. NJ. L. Downs of Douglas, the eye and ear specialist, was cut over the ear by a seat arm.
 A number of others suffered slight cuts and bruises but none of them were of such a serious nature that they had 70 be dressed or taken to the hospital. One woman claimed to have several .eeth knocked loose but ne- name could not be learned.
 As soon as an examination was made to see that the coaches had not been injured, a switch engine was secured and the train taken around the War ren Loop and on to Osborn.
 Both engines were somewhat dam aged The tank of the passenger eng he was badly damaged and the front end of the engine from the work train iisfigured Engineer George Newman was the engineer on the light engine He and his fireman escaped without in- jury.
 From what could be learned the block signals failed to work as they should and the light engine passed the block before the signal came up that the passenger train was in the block.
 An investigation committee of rail- way officials will be here today to make a thorough investigation of the accident and file a report as is re- quired. It is extremely fortunate that no lives were lost and one particular of the accident was the fact that none of the windows in the passenger coaches were broken and as a consequence there was no flying glass which might have cut the many