Arizona republican., 1920-07-11
WOMANOPERATOR. NEAR DEATH AND
 MAY BE INSANE
Realization of Terrible Con- sequences of Failure to Deliver Train Order Near ly Shatters Mind

Almost insane and not expected to live, the young woman telegraph op- orator at Skull Valley, to whose fail ure to deliver a train passing order was due the wreck and the death of two persons and injury to IA, is in terrible mental condition, according to word from Prescott, where she has been taken in care of friends.
 Realizing. too late, when the passen- ger train rushed past her station, that she had failed to deliver an order for that train to meet the heavy canta- loupe train at Kirkland, the next sta tion south, and crowding before her minds eye pictures of the terrible re- suits that were to ensue, she wired incoherently to the officials at Pres colt:
 They did not stop at the tank"
 This being unintelligible to the of- ficials. they wired back and learned of the failure to deliver the order They knew then that the passenger train was rushing on to crash into the to make preparations for the relief train for the wreck they were certain would follow.
 At a late hour yesterday morning the young woman operator had not been told of the death of any in the collision. She has been operator at Skull Valley for two years.
 No More Deaths Likely
 That there would probably be no further deaths as result of the wreck was the word brought from the hos pitaI at Prescott last night by John nix Indian school, who reached home at 1o:25 o'clock after an extended eastern trip.
 This was the second wreck which Mir. Brown experienced since he left Phoenix, June 13. the first one being on the morning of June Is near La Junta, Colo.
 T am beginning to be a little ap- prehensive when the brakes begin to grind" said MT. Brown last night.
 "All the injured in the hospital at Prescott are doing welI.' said Mr. Brown. "G1en Sanders of Glendale is considered by the physicians to be the most seriously injured of any" said Mir. Brown 'This young man was pinned in the wreckage. Both legs were broken"
 How anyone escaped with their lives from the smoker is more than could see. This car was telescoped so that it occupied not more than 12 feet between the two other cars. The roof of this car was thrown off intact and about 50 feet away. One man was caught under the roof. He was able to call out and was rescued.''
 Mail Clerks Long Vigil
 The mail clerk on the train, after an all-day and all-night vigil finally was taken with his registered mail to Pres colt and secured much needed rest. Following the accident, the clerk re- fused to abandon his mail, declaring he had valuable registered mail in his custody and he would not be taken away until relieved by an inspector. He stayed all day and all night in his car And it was not until yesterday morning that an inspector relieved him.
 According to MT. Brown, the crash closely followed the sound of the brakes on the passenger train. T was in my berth. but not asleep at the time. The first thing I saw that led me to believe something serious had oc- cured was the sight of the engineer with bloody head and with a flag in his hand hurrying toward the rear of the train to flag a freight that was only six minutes behind us. Had he not sufficient presence of mind to do that. we would have has this freight billing up on our rear"
 Army Nurse Gives Aid
 An army nurse, Miss Bailey, was on the passenger train and rendered eff ficient service assisting the injured. This nurse arrived in Phoenix last