The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-31
PLUNGED INTO A CREEK.
ENGINEER DUNN DISREGARDED THE
DANGER SIGNAL At THE DRAM

| DANCER ETGKLI THE nRIH
-,
""" 9OOro Vt H@O'0 A"''enEe'- :" '"'
Var th"t went Down with Ell" Engine
Ahled-Mnny ofthe Victims Lost Their
| ILveH in Desperate Struggle Under
water-Nineteen Bodies Recovered.
OAKLAND. Cal. NAV 9n-The carelessness OF
| nm an,inoor to.dnv IN tho pnrrow opnoe
| road hero lad m tho plupce 81 an angina and
enigma and ono cor n,o n creor and tina loss Of
over n ecore NJ lives Al tbis time twentv
bodies have beon recovered and about an
| eonol n,mhor oro otin ,,iooino
! Tho nnrro,u gou,a train copnootsd with tba
| 1o.A5 trpin from, Snn Franciaco today and in
tho three cars were about I50 neonle As the
train near.d tho Webster street drawbridpe
| tho naasangara ybo loci, od ont ~ tho ,ripdova
| vers amazsd 70 see tho draw onon Tho
| train emma round sharn curve Mt
high sneed The Yacht Juniata had
| mat nassed through md tho hridge keener
| made n desnerate efTort 10 cIose tho draw hut
without succssa Inckilv tho weioht of tho
engine and the frat coach broke the train in
two, and the rest OF II yns saved The engineer
! WINS Sam Dunn tho 7reman Char,es O,Rrien
and the conductor. I'D Reratb. or this trio
Kerath esonped. through beinn at the rear end
of tbe train.
When the coach fall through Il want conn
| nletely under wnter for the tide VIVA we'll In at
tho time. numher Of pgssenRers. hoyeyer
got through the windows and escapod The
majority OF the Messengers in tho eonch
ware woman and chIidren. and these he-
inn cooned nm mat their dea,b be-
neath tbo yater From the broIen bnlf
Of tho train the nassenpers swarmed ont
- NV I, 80
women snrleKlhg cnliureh Crying anu men
half frantic There was no occasion for alarm,
.uouSn' Iof ai,nouHl Wv. INC ron p"tt VI .ne
coach was splintered the car was securely
70 T ,ne orlu ,'se ,.,,
Der Of water front men, and in few seconds a
dozen boats we're being nplled 10 the scene.
They had nlsnty Of the life saving worl, to do at
first. for some OF the passengers could not swim
Uall apou,,b % ,aoob tho shora mn ,hosa ,roro
"'' 'nouEi w i'"o'i 'n1 enoi9' Dus '"eso "oio
soon picked up. ana Then the rowers pulled
back to where thirty women and children lay
SUI, sunoea'ihe penea'h inc WAFER. ihey coula 10
iit'le or notninR as II LOOK several minutes TO
beat In with iron bars the roof of the coach.
which could BIO dimly seen below the surface.
by the time an opening was made 1t was too
late to be OF use
Tho scana m tbe br;dea urbor ,ba ,vork ~
lne scehe on 'ne oriuKe "nen inc WORK Oh
recovery was In progress was terrible in the
extreme people sYHrmed TO the spot wild with
a~oi,aront "a ~ r,os oil thot ,ho oc,oto,o 20
=, =, =, =,
the company ana the scanty police force could
do n manope tho crowd Tho rascuars vorta6
10 " il'a!imse 'ne ero"u' Inc Iescuers "orkeo
rapidly. All the bodies taken out were frothtng
Mt tho r,ortb ,n1 bora otbar oydonoas 30 /,
az 1ue tiioutu' auu polo otuoi o'iucheeS vi
dreadful struggle for life. Two OF the women
80. IL. -. ..i.L.,,. . it,, -, .,..l,- -
were almost without snreu OF elotnlnB, tpelr
garments having been torn com pletely off and
there were cuts and bruises that the mere fall
OF the car would not account Tor. 1t look ed AS
though the oocuDants OF the car had rushed
upon one another and while the water poured
IN upon Thorn fought to gain the doors and
windows. and made desperate effort to force
themselves through the shattered glass.
Men used to scenes OF disaster and
suffering were Visibly affected as the
corpSes oil the victims were extricR-
ted from the wreck. No such calamity
has happened here since the apron OF the Old
Oakland Bridge broke on July i. 1868. and
hurled scores or people into the water. But
even that scene lacked tne grim horror or the
present Tor the Dodles ala NOT snow Such signs
oil mortal agony
Conductor herath made this statement i'm
mediately alter the accident:
In all probability twenty-five women and
children have persisted. The car they were in
was q combination ear, and had gone through
it before We reached the bridge. 1t would
hold about forly-eEht people. After
1t went down II was as much !
IS could DO to attend TO the passengers OF the |
remaining two coaches. some OF whom were
frenZled with fright. | made my way through |
and looked down or the scene OF death. no
tlced at least nhil !! dozen men swim away !