Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-05

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and l stood on the end o.
the car looking out, as l knew that No
"A was somewhere near us on the
road. We had got about one and
three-quarter miles south OF the
tunnel to point where there
is 10 degree curve, when
suddenly 1 saw puff OF smoke.
Engineer Westerfield saw it too, fol
he Immediately reversed his lever,
but this precaution was futile. Round
the curve came No. "a, her two en-
gines putting and groaning with the
effort of climbing the grade, and be-
fore you could say Jack Robinson
they dashed upon us. jumped Just
in time, alighting on my head severe
ly. cutting it, and also bruising my
body in several places. When Hooked
around l beheld sight that was sim
ply indescribable. The passenger
coach in which we travelled on the
work train was thrown right on to the
engine, and as watched it, the loco
motive gave quiver and then started
at full speed in the direction from
whence we had just proceeded-due
of course to the fact of the lever having
been reversed. The bottom was COM
| pletely out of the car, and could see
the workmen falling through on to the
track as the train sped on for the
north. l may as well tell you what
happened on the engine at and after
the time of the collision. Engineer
Westerfield was leaning out of the cab
when the cash came, and the car
which was forced over the engine
STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD,
Causing instantaneous death. Fire
man Dor nan was thrown against the
side OF the cab and had his thigh
broken in two places. When he re-
covered from the temporary shock, he
found himself speeding northward,
and remembering that passenger
train No. 10 was somewhere on the
track, he knew that the engine
must be stopped or another fright
full accident would occur. Dragging
his mangled limb after him he crawl
ed over the boiler head, then over the
body of his dead comrade, and reach
ing the throttle stopped The train.
Now as regards No. "a. 1t is said that
Engineer Macklin, who was on No.
1873, the head engine, was on the gang
way when the collision occurred, and
he was thrown to the ground and es-
capped with good shaking. His fire.
man, poor fellow, met with q worse
fate-he was thrown between the en-
gine and tank and his head literally
mashed into a jelly. Engineer Fea-
zele on the "hog" jumped, but fell in
a bad spot, as the box cars following
in the wake Of the tank, turned over
and piled up on him. His fireman, j.
L. Butts, saw the danger Mp time
enough to get away With a
whole skin, though he was,
of course, badly shaken. Brake
man Lewis of the work train
ran up the track and tagged down No.
10, or else in all probability that
would have been in on us and made
the calamity one Of the most tragic Cd
the history of the road. No. 10 then
came down to the tunnel, side
tracked, and ran back with one car to
Newhall, conveying Fireman Dorman
and a Mexican named Madacades
Luna, who was severely irjured inter-
nally."
J. L. Butts, the fireman on
Feazele'S engine, corr, borated the
facts stated by Mcdonald and added
"We were behind time but were not
running fast as it is scarcely part of
the road to do SO. doubt if we were
going more than t. or twelve miles
an hour. When Macklin on the head
engine, saw the work train he gave
warning whistle, SO Feazele and l
both hastened to get out OF the
way. l managed to get clear but
Feazele fell right at the spot
where the cars began to turn over
and as soon as I could l started to ex-
tricate him. 1t was hard task, but
after about an hour and forty minutes
with the aid of some others l man
aged to get him out. He was badly
bruised but had no bones broken. l |
then went to work helping the others
and we had hard night of it l can
assure you."
Several others who were in the ac-
cident were next interviewed, but the
made did not differ from
those already narrated, and it is evil
dent that these are the true facts OF
the case.
The HERALD man then viewed the
remains of the dead engineer and fire.
man and more ghastly sight can
scarce1v he cOncaivad
wEsTERFIELD's INJURIES
Were all to his head and he appeared
to have been struck terrific blow ON
the forehead as the crown of his skull
was pressed right back. His left
hand was terribly scalded. the skin
hanging from it in rags, and as this
is the hand which grasps the lever, it
shows that he died a brave man, at
the post of duty.
Brooks was almost unacceptable
even to his most intimate friends.
His skull was cleft in twain, and his
face, neck and chest had been scalded
in frightful manner He was all
begrimed with coal dust, having fallen
with his head among the fuel.
Along the track passed over by
Westerfeld's engine after it was re-
versed, were scattered seats, windows,
timbers and car trucks, and it is
how any Of the men on
the car escaped with their lives. The
fact is that the pilot of 1913 lifted it
right up in the air, throwing the in
mates in all directions, those left
clinging to the seats, falling through
after the car began to move. There
was great excitement at Newhall
when the news of the wreck first