Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-06-05
TWENTY-FIVE ARE DROVyF0
A Passenger Train Goes Thropob
Open Draw Bridge.
impossible for the Bridge.Tepda,
Avert the Disaster.
A Number of Bodies Have Been Rseor
cred From the Water.

Gan IhANNISCO, MdN OU.-One of tr-
most horrible railway accident, ay..
known in California occurred gt La
O'Clock this afternoon when the local tr.i,
connecting at Oakland with The iarrr
beats from San Francisco ran thr510b ~
open draw bridge oven San Antonio crass
at Webster street, Oakland. A Yacht had
just passed through the draw when II.
train appeared going in the direction n
Alameda The draw bridge keeper m.
deavored to close the brj5,s
but was too late and the engine
with the tender and first car which Was
filed with passengers plunged H. IN
gineer Sam Dunn and Fireman O'Br.v
went down with the engine. The former
when he saw that the bridge did not close
reversed the lever, but the momentum Of
the engine was too great to be stopped in
time. The weight Of the engine and tb+
first car broke the couplings and left tie
other two ears of the train standing an
the track The second car ran about
third of the way across the bridge
but stopped. The jar was sufficient ia
break open the front of the ear and
many of the passengers We're thrown into
the water. The first car, which bad fallen
with the engine to the bottom of the
muddy estuary, soon rose, and such Of the
passengers as had escaped therefrom were
picked up by the yachts and small boats
which gathered at the scene. The train
men and the rest of the passengers lent
their aid to the work of rescue
and when the wrecking train arrived
from Oakland the car was drawn into the
shallow water and small boats began drag
ging the creek for bodies The top of the
passenger car was cut open as soon as it
was raised above the water and the work
Of removing bodies was commenced
thirteen being taken out in quick success
sion. At the morgue the bodies were
laid out as soon as received, to await iden
tifcation, and heartrending scenes were
witnessed as friends came forward toclaim
their dead. The list Of the identified is
follows:
Martin Kelly, Oakland.
A. r. Austin. San Francisco.
Miss Florence Austin.
Mrs. Bryan O'Connor, San Francisco
j. B. Irwin, Oakland.
+. h. Robinson, San Francisco
Luigi Malesta. San Francisco.
Capt. John Dwyer, Sacramento.
Mr.. Williams, San Francisco.
II. w. Aule, (colored) Honolulu
The two Misses Keenan,, San Francisco
A Japanese boy, supposed to be II. Ma
lerta, San Francisco.
The engineer and fireman both escaped
George T. Hawley. of Oakland said
there were about forty people, including
children, in the car. Conductor Berath
said the first car was combination
When the disaster occurred he was in the
rear car and had as much as he could do
for a few moments to attend to passengers
in the car. some of whom were in state
of frenzy. He then went forward and
looked down on the scene of death tie
noticed at least half dozen men swim
out but not any women or children. He
is not sure about the number of people in
the coach
Jas. Dunlap, the bridge tender had
nothing to say further than that he had
opened the bridge fora yacht and was jus
closing it as the train came. Severa. 81
the passengers who went down, but were
rescued, sustained painful injuries lae
frame of the car had been raised, and TIE
bed of the creek thoroughly explored. ana
it is believed there are no more bodies id
the wreck. Conservative estimates tins
evening place the number of people in tle
car at about thirty, and it Is believed the
thirteen bodies recovered comprise the 'ls'
Of the dead.