Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-29


Bodies of four passengers and the
engineer were brought here by res
cue workers and it was feared the
raging waters of the stream had
taken additional lives.
The train plunged through a
bridge at Hargis switch which had
been washed out by sudden flood
in the usually dry arroyo.
c. j. Crost, Tucumcari, engineer,
was the only dead victim identified
Immediately.
James Randall, fireman, was miss
ing.
The engine was entirely submerg-
ed in the water.
BY $50 o'clock As survivors of the
wreck had been brought into Tu-
cumcari. Many were not seriously
injured and after receiving first
aid treatment were put to bed in
hotels, hospitals or private homes.
T. F. Wheelock, mail clerk, es-
capped without serious injuries. He
was unable to give any details of
the wreck.
The swollen Perta Creek had car
ned out the east approach to the
bridge and tore up track for d
length of three rails.
The engine plunged into the creek
bottom, and on top of it piled sew
EN- other cars including the bag
gage, mail car, day coach, tourist
pullman, club car and two stand
ard pullmans
Traffic over the Rock Island lines
between here and Dalhart was or
dered suspended today due to the
torrential rains which may have
endangered other trestles.
The Rock Island office at Dali
hart ordered a wrecking train to
speed to the scene of the crash.
The scene of the wreck was ap-
proXimately five miles west of Tu-
cumcari.
The Golden State Limited is op-
Grated jointly by the Southern Pa
cific and Rock Island railroads.
From Los Angeles to Tucumcari
it travels on tracks of the Southern
Pacific, and eastward from Tucum-
carl on those of the Rock Island.
At the time of the wreck the
train was on the tracks of the
Southern Pacific.
LOS ANGELES, Aug 30. WP)-
Reports that the Golden State Linn
tied had plunged into a mountain
stream near Tucumcari, were indi-
rectly confirmed at the Southern
Pacific offices.
After being advised by United
Press dispatches from Dalhart, the
dispatcher communicated with the
Yuma Ariz., dispatcher who said
the engine, mail car, baggage car
and two coaches had fallen into
the stream. The Yuma dispatcher
received the information from Tue
son.
The train left Los Angeles for the
east Sunday at 6:25 pm.
! HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 90 U.R =
Edward Kennicott, official of tht
Hollywood Southern Pacific office
is "auite sure no motion picture
celebrities were aboard the Colder
State Limited which was reported
to have fallen into a mountain
stream near Tucumcari, N. M.
Kennicott told the United Press
that no reservations from the film
colony cleared the Hollywood Of
flee.
81 am quite sure no stars or per-
sons of Hollywood prominence were
aboard.n he said. eff there hao
heen, their reservations undoubted-
ly would have cleared through the
Hollywood Office
Film celebrities are assigned berths
near the observation car at the real
of the train, Kennicott said.
Ell PASO, Tex. Aug. 20. W.R-
H. S. Fairbanks, Southern Pacific
Rio Grande division superintendent
left here today by airplane to take
charge of rescue work at the Iu'
cumcari, N. NJ, railroad crash.
He was preceded by wreckint
train which included bridge build
, ing crew.
Tucumcari is 3l5 miles northeast
of El Paso.