Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-16
TRAINS COLLIDE.
A Serious Accident Reported
at Tehachepi.
The San Francisco Express Run
Into and Wrecked.
No Particulars Obtainable as to the
Loss of Life.
The Accident Occurred Between Girard
and Keene, Near Tehachepi, EARLY
Last Evening-The Cause of
the Wreck Unknown.
Associated Press Dispatches.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 15.-Early this
morning it was reported here that
collision had occurred at Tehaehepi be-
tween freight and passenger train.
Owing to the lateness of the hour, no
particulars are obtainable.
The collision took place west of Cir
rard. 1t was between the Los Angeles
express and freight train. The con-
,lductor sends the following dispatch to
Fillmore, general agent;
81 stopped at the east end Of tunnel
No. ID. There was slide at the west
end. / sent brakeman back to
flag any trains approaching. While
standing there with the engine on the
train it started, and before could have
it stopped, ran into the slide and pushed
into tunnel No. II. The engine ex-
hausted all it's steam and water in doing
this. We had to get water and refill,
and before we could start No. % ran
into us. My fagman had not been
called in"
Colonel William Harvey, manager of
the Golden Gate Woolen mills, was
standing on the platform between the
two sleepers and was killed. A. G.
Baldman. OF Los Angeles, had his head
slightly cut; Mrs. Healey, OF Los An.
geles, had her back hurt, and Miss
Spring, of Illinois, had her back bruised
slightly.
A wrecking train and three doctors
have gone to the scene of the accident.
The express was coming toward San
Francisco from Los Angeles, and near
Girard was notified of a small land
slide which blocked the track. The
slide proved to be of not much impor-
tance, but the train was brought to
standstill on steep down grade. The
air brakes refused to work, and the train
went down the grade through tunnels
Nos. 15, IA and 13 into tunnel number
II, where it finally stopped. A
freight train was sent along after
the passenger to clear up the landslide.
The fagman who was sent back to
flag the freight, evidently did not do
his duty, for the heavy train
went ON and crashed into the
rear of the passenger train. The ex-
press would have gotten out of the way
had not the steam in the engine become
exhausted. The track was blocked af-
ter the collision, but about 2:30 a. m.
the passengers were sent ahead.
Inquiry at the local offices of the
Southern Pacific at 2 O'Clock this morn
ing developed the fact that wreck oc-
Cured between Girard and Keene, near
the LOOP" some time between and 10
O'Clock last evening. The passenger
train which left this city at
1: :35 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
for San Francisco was run into
and wrecked by freight between
the above-named stations. No particu-
lars had reached this city at late hour
this morning in regard to the wreck,
and it is not known whether it resulted
in any fatalities or not. From
the fact that General Super
intendent Pratt, who is now at Santa
Monica, has not been notified of the ac-
cident, it is surmised that it was not
very serious affair.
The wreck occurred on the division of
the road of which Mojave is the head
quarters, and no particulars could be
obtained from that point owing to the
lateness of the hour.