Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-20 | Page 9 | Southern Pacific Train is Wrecked

c SOUTHERN PACIFIC v TRAIN ThAIN IS REED i 1 Engineer Tom Walker and Fire Fireman Fireman man P W Bauer Were Both Killed f THIRTEEN BADLY INJURED r Others Cut Curt and 1011 Bruised d Striking Curve Curc at Too Speed Cause Canse of or Accident Tucson Ariz Dec Deo 17 Engineer Tom rom Walker and Fireman P W VI Bauer both bothof bothof of ot Tucson were killed 13 persons parsons hero seriously Injured and 39 others cut and bruised when Southern Pacific train No Noi 4 i formerly known as ns tho the Golden uto limited was wrecked three miles west westor of or Benson Bonson at this morning rn Tho The most seriously injured were brought in a n hospital train to St Marys hospital at Tucson They are arc Willard M I Knight Los Angeles mall Clerk lerk may ma diG die r John Lawrence Soldiers home Los Angeles W H Walker mail mall clerk Los An Angeles Angeles n geles Mrs I A Bellows Boston Mos Is MosA M IsA s sA A H n roster oster mall clerk IM An Angeles ulea William Collins Oakland James A Wilson tail al Mrs Irs James A Wilson Willson Col William Fife Fifo Cananea Mexico Mrs Irs Helen Holen Morton Los Loa Angeles Miss Nellie Corbett Edward G Edmunds mall mail clerk Los Angeles Conductor C Edward Tenn El Paso At the time of the tho accident the tho train wa was WIlS running 30 miles an hour South Southern ern officials ascribe the wreck to striking a QUITO curve at too high speed sped The engine baggage car cm mall car and two tourist sleepers toppled from the I rails the engine and the mail mall car roll rolling ing lug 10 40 feet teet down dorm Into a culvert The Theother Theother other cars turned over ovel as M they the cleared the rails but did not go Into Inlo the ditch Two Pullmans and an un observation mar remained on the tails rails and the mo me momentum momentum carried carlie 1 them PlO feet beyond the wreckage wred e Engineer Walker and Fireman Bauer Bauor met Instant death In the cab of or their engine Tho The injured were nearly nearl all in inthe Inthe Inthe the tourist sleepers and und the mall car carTho carThe carTho Tho The grit great difficulty difficult was experienced In getting two of or the injured mall clerks out of at their car while only prompt work on tho the part of or the train trait crew prevented fire breaking out In n the wreckage Engineer Walker who was killed today to today tolly day lly was vas In an accident at tho the same curve three years ago when ho he was seriously Injured Injure l