Williams news. [microfilm reel], November 23, 1901, Page 8, Image 8

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THE WILLIAMS NEWS
TERRIBLE COLLISION.
East and West-bound Limited Meet
Near Needles.
Two limited trains on the Santa
Fe collided two miles east of Fran
conia Wednesday morning, caus
ing eight fatalities. The trains
were No. 3 and No. 4. The west
bound limited was two hours late,
making up time between Albuquer
que and Needles. The crew on the
east-bound limited, for reasons yet
unknown, disregarded orders bjj
five or six minutes, and two miles
east of Franconia the trains crashed
into each other without warning.
All the passengers were in their
berths. Both trains carried only
Pullman palace car equipments.
Three cars were burned. The en
gines of both trains were smashed
beyond repairs. The fault attaches
to the crew of No. 3 according to
the statement given out at Santa
Fe headquarters.
Division Superintendent Denair
equipped a special and hastened to
the scene with surgeons and appli
ances necessary to meet the emerg
ency. The mail on both trains
was destroyed by fire.
The following is a list of the
dead and injured:
Dead P. McEUigott, engineer,
train No. 4; W. L. Case, fireman,
No. 4; II. F. Goldsmith, 6reman,
train No. 3; II. E. Barnhardt, bar
ber, train No. 3; Walter Davorage,
waiter, train No. 3; W. II. Armi
tage, fireman, train No. 4; Sam
Brown, waiter, train No. 3; R. R.
Iliggins, conductor, train No. 3.
Bodies of W. L. Chase, W. II.
Armitage and Sam Brown are
missing.
Injured Joe Morse, conductor,
No. 4, badly cut and scalded; J. R.
Williams, engineer, No. 3, cut and
bruised; L. Holmes, engineer, train
No. 4, badly cut and bruised; L. W.
Fair, waiter, train No. 3, bruised;
II. II. Webb, porter, train No. 4,
scalded; Tony Larson, second cook,
train No. 3, head and legs badly
burned; Monte Morton, waiter,
train No. 3, badly cut about head,
body and legs; Harry Letcher, por
ter, train No. 3, badly hurt, cut
and bruised; F. Williams, waiter,
train No. 4, badly scalded; Thomas
II. Owen, waiter, train No. 4, hands,
face and feet cut and scalded; J. II.
Arnold, waiter,train No. 4, slightly
scalded; J. W. Bryant, waiter, train
No. 4, hands and face scalded.
Passengers injured P. J. S teen
sen, right shoulder, left ankle and
wrist strained and bruised; Passa
dena, CaL W. L. Franklin, left
shin skinned; San Francisco. Mrs.
II. II. Gibben, slightly injured;
Oakland.
LOCALS.
Gus Riemer, the sheepman, is
visiting in Prescou.
B. F. Sweetwood returned the first
oTthe week with a deer as a trophy
of the hunt.
Don't forget the turkey shoot
Thanksgiving afternoon by Geo.
W. Martin.
Mrs. Joe Reilley, of Seligman,
has been spending the week visiting
relatives in the city.
Miss Barber, sister of Mrs. N. J.
Hudson, left Tuesday for her home
at Corona, California.
Mr. Ellington left Sunday for
Redlands, Cal., seeking the benefits
of the winter climate there.
Will Mentx, representing the
Albuquerque Citizen, was rustling
business in town yesterday.
Turkey shoot, Sunday, Nov. 24,
by J. C. Phelan.
Mrs. Robert Postle was a passen
ger on last Saturday's No. 7 for
Seligman where she went to visit
her sister.
Rev. Dr. S. A. Thomson, after
several days' visit in our city, left
Wednesday for Jerome and other
points south.
Miss Roe, sister-in-law of Fore
man Miller, of the lumber mill, re
turned to her home in Pennsylvania
last Sunday.
Call on J. T. Cone for Egyptian
crystal photos on convex glass and
cabinet photos. Button work a spec
ialty from now until January 1.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Omar,
Ramey, Saturday, November 16,
1901, a boy. At last reports
mother and son were doing nicely.
We prophesied last week that
Dr. Waite would take a pull, and
he appears to have done so, bag
ging two deer while the others
got .
Torrivio Corvyun, a Pueblo In
dian employed by the railroad
company at this point, was so un
fortunate as to have his foot crush
ed Thursday. Dr. Tyroler dressed
the injury.
W Mesdames aite, Barney Gi-
rand, 1'yle, and .Miss 1'helan, ac
companied by the dentist, returned
Wednesday from the hunt, the
ladies having changed their minds
and gone out after the gentlemen
had established camp.
New Time Card.
According to the change from the
old schedule, trains now leave Will
iams as follows:
No. 1 west-bound, 1 :30 p. m.
No. 3 west-bound, 10:55 p. m.
No. 7 west-bound, 1 p. m.
No. 2 east-bound, 6:58 p. m.
No. 4 east-bound, 12:12 p. m.
No. 8 east-bound, 5:40 a. m.
All trains now run daily. The
time card on this page has not as
vet been changed as no folders have
been received at the local office.
The canyon time remains the
same.
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S. H. REA
BUILDING
CONTRACTOR
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
WILLIAMS, ARIZ.
The Palace
MEAT MARKET
a. W. MARTIN. Prop.
Beef, Veal, Mutton and
Sausage
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Bell Spring Butter. Oysters and
Fish in Season
WILLIAMS, ARIZONA
The Grand Canyon Railway Co.
TIME TABLE No. 2
Effective Tuesday. October I. 1 901
MO. 10 MILKS
STATIONS
KO. 11
7:00 pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
8 :20 pm
8:40 pm
8:68 pm
9:30 pm
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90
45
Lr Williams Ar
Red Lake
Prmdo
Valle
Willaha
Anita,
Apex
Coconino
9:38 pm 59
10M) pm 65 Ar Grand Canyon Lt
11:50 am
1123 am
10:53 am
10:33 am
10:13 am
9:55 am
9:85 am
9:20 am
9:00 am
J.J.
Brave, G. P. A., N.J.Hmox, AV,
Los Angeles, Cal. Williams. Aria.
SANTA FE ROUTE
Time Table Effective June 16, 1 901
READ DOWN READ UP
No-7 Unfiled No-1 STATIONS. No. 2 LUi'tid No. 8
2 43 am 1 00 pm 10 00 pm Lr Chicago .Ar 7 40 am 2 IS pm 9 00 pm
235pm 114 am 1100am .... Kansas City .... 6 OA pm 2 40 am 7 15 am
8S0am 8 00 pm Denrer 10 00 am 6 00 pm 00 pm
7 05 am 3 20 pm 7 15 am La Junta 10 20 pm 1147 am 8 65 am
lOOOpm 410am 10 40 pm ....Albuquerque..... 805am 1145 pm 8 45 pm
8 22 am 4 02 am Wing-ate 8 20 am 147 pm
4 00 am 9 25 am 4 35 am Gallup 2 66 am 6 53 pm 125 pm
6 85 am 7 12 am Hnlbrook 1122 pm 9 50 am
7 65 am 12 35 pm 8 SO am Wlnnlow 10 25 pm 8 10 pm 8 65 am
10 SO am 1 Oft pin 1125 am Flagstaff 8 25 pm 125 pm 6 40 am
12 06 pin 4 25 pm lUpm Williams 8 AO pm 12 10 pm 615 am
106pm 625pm 2 05pm Ar...Ash Fork Lr 625pm 1065am 3 5 am
600pm Lr. ...Ash Pork Ar 104Oam
8X5 pm Ar.... Preecott ....Lr 8 00 am
2 40 am Ar.... Phoenix ....Lr 1130 pm
1 80 pra 625pm 2 30 pm Lr.. ..Ash Fork... .Ar 600pm 1065am
2 85 pm 6 35 pm S8Spm Seligman 4 00 pm 10 00 am 2 50 am
8 69 pm ....Peach Springs... 12 60 pm 12 20 am
4 15 pm 805pm 6 47 pm Kingman 10 40 am 615 am 10 16 pm
6 00 pm 140 pm 7 65 pm Ar.. Need lea ....Lr 7 45 am 4 00am 7 25 pm
6 25 pra AO pm 8 20 pm Lt Needles Ar 7 20 am 3 50 am 7 00 pm
8 oo pm 11 oo pm 9 47 pm ...Blake 6 25 am SOOam 6 00 pm
9 30 pm 12 80 am 11 25 pm Bagdad 4 08 am 12 30 am 8 85 pm
2 25 am ldelt 1 80 am 1 44 pra
12 85 am 4 60 am 8 00 am Barstow 1 10 am 10 40 pm 1 25 pm
125 am Kramer 12 04 pm
2 25 am 6 40 am Ar Mojave Lr 11 10 am
700am 880am 820am Ar.. Lne Angeiea ..Lr 7 IS pm 6 00 pm
12 45 pm 12 45 pm 12 45 pm Ar.. 8n llirgo ...Lr 185 pm 185 pm
6 66 pm 6 65 pm Ar. San Francisco .Lr 9 00 am 8 00 pm
Meal stations.
Noa. s and 4 run twice a week between Chicago. Ban Francisco and Los Angeles.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars daily through between Chicago and San Francieoo
and Chicago and Los Angeiea.
Pullman Tourist bleeping Cars daily through between Chicago and San Francisco
and Chicago and Los Angeiea.
The Grand C anyon of the Colorado can be reached only by this line.
The California Limited carries the following new equipment:
Buffet smoking ear. Harvey dining car. and observation sleeping car, between
Chicago and Los Angeles; double drawing room sleeping ear. bet een Chicago and
Ban I'lego; double drawing room sleeping ear, between Kansas City and Loa Angeiea.
Connections at La Junta from Denrer and at Los Angeiea for Ban Diego and banta
Barbara. Fastest train to Southern California and orer the shortest line.
Limited to six cars, wide restlbuled. electric liahted. No finer train snswhera-
The observation car contains ten sections and a handsomely finished observation
ra. The buffet smoking ear contains a SDacious smokins and read in- mom with
buffet. Both these cars are supplied with current periodicals and stationery.
All meals en route will be served in the dining car. under the direction of Mr.
Fred Harvey.
No extra fare charged on the California Limited. Regular first-class tickets only
are required.
JOHN J. BYRNE. O. P. A.. N. J. HUDSON. Agent.
Loa Angeiea. California. Williams, Arizona.