Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-16
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
A Horrible CoIIisi0n-Severai Per-
sons Killed and wounded

SONS hAkkltu dlAfu w OnAhtACes
SAN FRAECIsco, Nov 14-At 10 minutes
past o'clock A. NJ, the eastward bound
| train on the Western Pacific Railroad, COM
posed of eight cars, including one sleeping
/ car, collded with the Alameda Ferry train
of four cars near San Leandro. Both trains
were going at the rate of 20 miles per hour.
The engines are a perfect wreck, and the
cars completely demolished.
| The Western Pacific train left at the
prompt time; but the morning was SO fog
gy the engineer had difficulty to see ahead.
On arriving at the switch where the West
/ ern Pacific connects with the Alameda
road, the train slowed, and the switch
tender was questioned whether the Alamo
da train had passed, and answered "All
right go ahead Soon after the trains
came together with terrific crash The
first passenger car on the Western Pacific
train was driven through the smoking car.
Other cars were badly damaged
The killed and wounded are variously
estimated at from 80 to so persons 1t is
| impossible TO obtain correct list at pres
ent. The following are known to have
been killed or wounded:
Killed-Alex. W. Baldwin, u. S. District
Judge, Virginia City, Nevada; Edward An
NOASOl, CAAS5lAScE h6SttIu dCtuC IlhllTOdO,
- Mcdonald, roadmaster California
Pacific Railroad; Mr.. Boutel, the principal
of the young ladies seminary at Oakland;
Charles Martin, firemen of the Alameda
train; George Thompson, fireman of the
Western Pacific train; David Ward, mer-
chant, San Francisco, Joseph Connolly,
Carroll Station; Max Herman, merchant,
San Jose; B. b. Fox Supposed, from pa
pers found ON the body.
Wounded-J. NJ Perkins, railroad en-
plOye, badly jammed; ]. l.. Bland, mer-
chant, San Jose, slightly hurt; Judge VIM
Campbell, U. S. District Attorney for Ne
vada, left leg broken; Sam1 B. Haley, San
Francisco, leg twisted; Polk Matson, Oak
land, both legs broken; j. G. Knapp,
Pleasonton, left leg smashed and other
wise injured (three men killed alongside;)
j. 2. Peters, San Francisco, badly bruised;
n. Lambert, carpenter, Western Pacific
railroad, both legs broken; NJ. L. Taylor,
Chicago, bruised across the stomach; Silt
Bromley, Sacramento, leg broken, and
otherwise badly jammed; Geo. Cadwaller
Sacramento, badly bruised, Thos. McNulty,
San Francisco, right leg broken and foot
bruised; - Bontos, leg badly smashed;
two Cinnamon, very badly hurt. The
killed and wounded were mostly on the
Western Pacific train.
When the trains collided the passengers
were driven together and crushed among
the ruins, and it was with great difficulty
that many could be extricated The legs
of one man were amputated before he
could be released from the cars. A sleep
ing car was filed with the badly wounded
and sent to Alameda.
Great excitement prevailed during the
day. The catastrophe cast a gloom over
the entire people of the city. The an
nouncement of the accident was read from
the pulpits during the morning service.
SAN Francisco, Nov. I4-LATEsr Sew
enteen dead bodies have been recovered
from the wrecked cars. Eleven were
brought to the dead-house at Oakland. |
1t is estimated that 20 more were wounded. |
The scene of disaster is described as heart |
rending in the extreme, the separating of |
the telescoped cars revealing crushed hu- |
mainly There are different statements as
to the cause of the accident. 1t is alleged |
that the Western Pacific train was ahead of |
time, and should have waited at Diamond |
station the passage of the Alameda train. |
Again the fault is attributed to the Station |
Master where the Alameda and Western |
Pacific roads connect, who said the Ala |
media was behind time, and said he would /
be id he would wait for it, and went into /
the house for breakfast While there, the /
gravel train passed down, which he sup |
posed was the Alameda. When the West
ern Pacific train came, inquiry was made
whether the Alameda train had passed, and |
he said, All right, go ahead.