The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-09-24
CANDIDATE UNHURT AS FOUR CARS
 ARE UPSET
Democratic Special Leaves Rails
 While Travelling at High Rate of Speed Fourteen Miles. North of Ari- zona Capital; Itinerary is Changed
ENGINEER BREAKS LEG
 IN JUMPING FROM CAB
One Locomotive of Double-Header Topples Over Embankment And Is Demolished; Governor Is Thrown
 Against Steel Wall of Private Coach

Against Steel Wall of Private Coach
 Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. Ex-Governor Cox's presidential campaign train was wrecked about 4:30 o'clock today IA miles north of here, while en route to Prescott Ariz
 The Democratic presidential can didate and his party were badly shaken up when an engine and four cars of the special train were ditched, but all escaped injury. The most seriously injured was Charles A. Nj chols, engineer of Prescott, who had a leg broken in jumping from his cab when his engine toppled over.
 Spreading rails were assigned by railroad men as the cause of the wreck which compelled the governor and his party to return here tonS,ht and cancel his evening address at Prescott. His itinerary also was upset
 Train Running Fast
 The accident occurred a half mile out . of Peoria, a village on the Santa Fe railroad IA miles north of Phoenix After delivering several speeches here, the train, consisting of six cars and drawn by two heavy engines, needed for the upgrade to Prescott, left here at 4 o'clock. About half hour later while running at speed estimated at between 35 and 40 miles an hour, the train jared suddenly as if in collision, and then the application of the emer- gency bralfas, pumping over broken rails and ties and careening of cars told passengers their story.
 The four forward cars were ditched, the governors private car, the Feder- al, at the rear and the adjoing com pertinent car of newspaper men, ex- cept for it's forward truck, only re- maining on the rails.
 Cars Fall on Side
 A baggage coach jumped the track about 15 feet and turned over on it's side. Two passenger aches and an- ether compartment car behind also slowed ter feet or less fl om the track end partly topple1 over
 The first engine of the doble head CT. Engineer F. c. Sutton, of Prescott, said, left the rails first and then jump ed on again, but the second engine toppled over amid cloud of escap- ing steam. The tender of the for ward engine also fell over, while the first passeneer coach ran the full length of tho overturned baggage car and rammed its forward end irto the trucks.
 Passengers Suffer Cut
 All of the passengers on all cars swere thrown topsy turyy. Some suf- fered cuts and bruises from flying glass. In the rush for exits several women passengers in the coaches were put through broken windows.
 Governor Cox was in the dining room of his private car going over papers with Dr. Robert c. Goldsmith, his assistant on the League of Ma tion squestions, when. the clash oc- cured
 - . Candidate Is Shaken ...
 Whats that he shouted, rising to his feet, to be thrown eeavily across the car into steel wall. He was sE:Lk en up, but rushed out to assist the injured and soon was nonchalant1y viewing the wreckage, smoking his pipe. and waiting for train to take him back to Phoenix.
 Of the passengers, including sever al of the local reception committee of Prescott and Phoenix, Judge E. E.. Bollinger, Kingman, Ariz., of the Mo . jave county court, suffered bruised leg. Several others had cuts and bruises and torn clothing. Personal effects of all members of the train were scattered and broken.
 Engineer Taken to Hospital
 Charles Nichols, the engineer, was taken to Phoenix in passing auto mobile, and first aid was given to several others. Philip Alton, Pres colt, the train brakeman, who was alone in the baggage car when it turned over, suffered scalp lacera- tions The fireman on the second engine was unable to jump and crawl ed out from the wreckage without scratch
 That Governor Cox escaped injury was due, it was said, to delay in a conference with the Prescott recep- tion committee. J.J. Sinnott, repre- senting the Democratic national com mittee on the campaign trip, and Chairman Norris of the Prescott com mittee, were enroute to the private car to get the governor to go forward to the first coach, where the reception committee was riding when the crash came. Most of those bruised or cut