Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Walker, William 1909
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Arizona Republican-December 20, 1909
BENSON TRAIN DISASTER

Benson--The Golden State Limited, eastbound, was wrecked a 
mile west of this place at four o'clock this morning.  The 
engineer and fireman were killed and a number of others were 
badly hurt and about forty more or less injured.  Four cars 
were demolished, among them the mail car.  What is left of 
the train is now in the yards here.  The wrecked cars were 
thrown from the track and rolled down the grade, a splintered 
mass.  The cause of the wreck is not yet known.  Within a few 
minutes after news of the accident had been received, a relief 
train was on the way to the scene.

William W. Walker of Tucson, one of the oldest engineers in the 
service of the Southern Pacific in the southwest was killed as 
was his fireman,  P.W. Bauer, also of Tucson.  Thirteen 
passengers were seriously injured and thirty others cut and 
bruised.

The most seriously injured are Willard M. Knight , Los Angeles, 
mail clerk, may die; John Lawrence of Soldiers Home, Los 
Angeles, a fractured arm; W.R. Walker, mail clerk of Los 
Angeles, badly bruised; Mrs. L.A. Bellows of Boston, fractured 
rib; A.H. Foster, mail clerk of Los Angles, scalp wounds; Wm. 
Collins of Oakland, bruised; James A. Wilson, wounded in the 
face, Col. William Fife of Cananea, bruised, Helen Horton of 
Los Angeles, back injured; Miss Nellie Corbett, bruised,; 
Edward G. Edmunds, mail clerk of Los Angles, scalded, and 
Edward Tenn of El Paso, ribs broken.

William Walker, the dead engineer was well known in Phoenix. 
He was a brother of J. Elliott Walker, former sheriff of this 
county. He had been a resident of Tucson for thirty years and 
for almost twenty five years he had been in the service of the 
Southern Pacific, along with his brother, Wood Walker, who 
lives at Bowie and is also an engineer.  

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