Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Mrs. Alice 1909
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Arizona Republican-December 17, 1909
Flagstaff--A terrible rear end collision occurred this forenoon 
near Winona, a flag station fifteen miles east of Flagstaff 
when No. 4, the eastbound flyer ran into No. 8, an eastbound 
passenger train killing one person and injuring eighteen others.

The dead is Mrs. Alice D. Bennett of Hartford, Conn.  The 
injured are Mrs. M.E. Hart of Albuquerque, N.M., a broken 
nose and badly bruised face; Alolph Rettig of St .Joseph Mo. 
injured in the chest and a gash in the right arm, J.W. Hill 
of Lillian Texas, a contusion o the right chest, Mrs. E.F. 
Purchase of Milwaukee, contusion of the body, Dr. D.L. Parker 
of El Paso, a scalp wound, Mrs. Walter Scizer of Mishcatt, 
Wis, contusions in both arms and chest, Mrs. M. Margaret 
Lincoln of Kansas, scalp wound and bruises about the body; 
H.F. Donohue of Oakland, Cal, inured on the arm was en route 
to Ireland; Miss L.B. Chumar of Elizabeth NJ was bruised 
about the face and left arm; Mrs. Eliza Mitchell of Fruitvale, 
Cal. nervous shock; Miss Florence Moore of Elizabeth NJ, a 
wrenched back; T.R. Escals of Chicago; colored porter, 
contusion of the right arm; Mrs. S.E. Frank of Media Pa. 
a scalp wound, Bryon Redhart of Lillian Texas, injured in 
the right leg; W.H. Thorpe, general manager of the Arizona 
Overland Telephone Company, contusion of the right leg, 
not serious; W.M. Tiller, of Los Angeles, contusion of 
the right arm; M. Jorit, chef, contusion on back and arm; 
Mrs. J.H. Hazel of Chicago, bruised body and right arm 
and Charles Herngartner of Chicago, dining car conductor, 
contusion of left knee.

The body of Mrs. Bennett will be brought to Flagstaff tonight 
and taken in charge by Undertaker Whipple who will await 
advices form her relatives in Connecticut. J.O. Harrington, 
justice of the peace at Flagstaff left this afternoon with 
the coroner's jury for the scene of the wreck where he held 
an inquest over the body of Mrs. Bennett.

A rigid investigation has begun to place responsibility for 
the wreck.  There are various rumors as to the cause but the 
report which has most credence here is that the flagman on 
No. 8 failed to go back far enough to warn No. 4.

The local Santa Fe physician hurried to the scene of the 
collision on a special train where he found Dr. Parker, 
the injured physician working heroically to alleviate the 
sufferings of the wounded.  The wounded were taken to the 
Santa Fe Hospital at Albuquerque.  None of them will die.

Coroner's Inquest
December 21, 1909

Flagstaff--In the matter of the inquest of Mrs. Alice Bennett, 
who was killed in the Santa Fe wreck at Winona last week, the 
coroner's jury did not complete its investigation until this 
afternoon when the following verdict was rendered, "We, the 
jury find the resident of East Hartford, Conn. came to her 
death on the sixteenth day of December through criminal 
carelessness on the part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa 
Fe Railway Company.  Furthermore we recommend that the 
coroner take the necessary steps to bring to the notice 
of the grand jury at the next session of the district 
court, the fact that the railroad company or its employees 
caused the body to be removed from the scene of the wreck, 
thereby interfering materially with the coroner's jury in 
its investigation of the matter and preventing them from 
securing promptly the effects on or about the deceased."

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