The Coconino sun., 1920-07-16
NEVIS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 HERE AND THERE IN THE STATE
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
 SOUTH OF KIRKLAND

Two people were killed and IA werd injured, four of them seriously, in a head-on collision last Friday morning of a southbound passenger train of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix rail road and northbound train of can teloupes drawn by two engines. The trains met<at 6:S0 o'clock between Kirkland and Hillside, about 30 miles south of Prescott ATelief train from Kirkland carried the injured to hos pital in Prescott.
 The shock of the collision was ter rife one, the wreckage piling up on the demolished track for rods. The wooden smoking car was entirely tele- scoped and absorbed the shock for the chair car and Pullman. There were many marvellous escapes from death, as passengers in the smoker were thrown through the roof, clear of the wreck and will live. Hardly a piece of timber foot long was left of this car.
 Governor Campbell was passenger on this train, returning from Flagstaff where he attended the joint conven- tion of the Cattle Growers and Wool Growers, as were also c. NJ. Zander, chairman of the state tax commission, and E. w. Stephens, secretary life stock sanitary commission. The latter nevertheless, worked heroically, assist ing the injured until he collapsed and was taken to the governors stateroom.
 The cause of the wreck was given in a statement by w. A. Drake, superin- tendent of that division of the Santa Fe, to have been the failure of the young woman operator at Skull Valley to deliver an order to the passenger train to meet the cantalonpe train at a given point.
 The wreck is said to have been one of the worst in the history of the state, The three engines were completely de- molished and the roof of the smoker was hurled 100 feet. The Santa Fe early had an investigation under way.
 The passenger train left Ashfork at TAO a. m., and had reached Kirk land, few miles north of WickeD burg, at $40. With no orders to re- main for the arrival of another train. the passenger pulled out, the engineer unaware that the heavy cantaloupe t,,;,a, train was, was rushing north only a few
 Killed.
 R. J. Shomber, freight brakeman, Prescott.
 Marion c. Moore, carpenter, Pres colt.
 Seriously Injured.
 R. Johnson, brakeman, Phoenix, in- ternal injuries, may die.
 J. C. Gates, brakeman, internal in- juries.
 F. Barnum, fireman, internal injur- ies and head cut.
 Wilmot Pentland, Prescott, engineer on passenger train.
 Glen Sanders, Glendale, compound fracture of both legs.
 Slightly Injured.
 F. J. Dignan, conductor passenger train, 814 North Fifth Ave, Phoenix; broken shoulder, internal injuries, cuts on head and face.
 F.. w. Stephens, secretary live stock sanitary commission, 1514 West Mon roe street, Phoenix.
 Walter c. Busse, 6O9 North Fifth avenue, Phoenix.
 C. B. Wood, Mesa.
 Lecales Lesayer, Jerome Junction.
 F. M. Walker, Mayer, Arizona.
 L. F. Clark, engineer freight train. l.. G. Stimson, brakeman.
 With the woman telegraph operator who failed to deliver the order to the freight train that would have prevent ed the accident, lying at the point of death and in a semi-demented condi- tion at hospital at Prescott, investi- gation into the cause of the accident will be delayed, officials say, although coroner's jury was to convene at Prescott Monday. According to Fred P. Cruise, general freight and passenger agent of. the Santa Fe railroad for this district, the material damage in dollars and cents from the collision will amount to ap- 'proximately $60,000. This amount is only rough estimate and may be more or less. Damage to the canta- loupes was light, he says. = s As soon as the operator is in con dition to talk thorough investigation will be made by both the railroad and the Arizona corporation commission. To date the operator has not been in. formed that two persons were killed in the wreck.