Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-30
EYE-W WITNESS GIVE 4
 GRAPHIC PICTURE OF SCENE OF THE WRECK
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 First intimation of the five-fold tragedy which Tuesday afternoon stunned Prescott and fell like blow on the entire coast line section of the AtchiSon, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad and on families of railroad men in this city, Winslow, Wicken- burg and Los Angeles, was gained by crew of seven men coasting calm ly down toward Phoenix from Skull Valley on the afternoon of the fate ful accident, with no premonition of the startling apparition of death and disaster that was to burst on their eyes as they rounded a curve three miles north of Wickenburg.
 The crew, composed of Engineer Skinny" Howe, Fireman Guy Me Grew and Brakemen J. H. Jones and L. A. Hildreth was in charge of aA extra stock train chartered by the Burnt Ranch Cattle company, travel ing south. With the crew were Mar tin Gratz, boilermaker at the local shops, a man for 25 years in ihe service of the road; and an unnamed stockman in charge of the cattle shipment. Conductor J. E. Davis was also on the train.
 At 10:30 Tuesday, morning, the stock train stood on a siding at Skull Valley. Superintendent H. C. Storey's official motor inspection car sped i by, driven by Chauffeur Roy Stew enson and carrying on an inspection trip over the south end of the lines, the party of Coast Lines and Albu- querque division officials whose names yesterday were blazoned to an astonished public in newspaper head lines over the entire southwest.
 Shortly afterward, the stock train pulled out for the south, travelling not far behind the fated motor car which, a short time later, as a result of a broken axle, was to send five men to a sudden death.
 Three-quarters of mile north of the "Y" near Wickenburg, the train rounded a curve Engineer Howe, leaning out of the cab, suddenly shut off the throttle and slammed on the brakes. At the bottom of 20-foot embankment, rounding the curve, he had seen the smashed motor car, bodies buried under it, men sprawled on the ground as though slammed down the embankment by a giant hand, and lone figure Tagging the train. This was R. C. Kline, of Winslow, the only man able to stand.
 The men piled out of the train and rushed down the torn and plow- ed embankment. A quick inspection of the scene, few startled words, and the train, with the engine crew and Conductor Davis aboard sped to Wickenburg for doctor. The two brakemen, the stockman and Martin Gratz remained behind.
 Four of the injured men, J. E. Mo Neil Of Los Angeles, general track inspector Of the coast lines; T. D. | Kinnie of Winslow, assistant division engineer; w. F. Martens of Prescott, assistant general foreman; and Roy Stevenson of Prescott, chauffeur, sat | by bush close to the wrecked car, beneath which were pinned the dead | or unconscious bodies of four others. | Kline walked around. Engineer Jack Jaeger moaned a few feet from the car. The car itself stood upright on what wheels were left.
 The first man moved was Jack Jaeger. "He was moaning terribly hard, trying to talk but couldn't" said Martin Gratz last night. "The man with the cattle took care of him. We moved him 30 feet from the car No, he wasn't lost like they reported he was He was right there by the