The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-02
HURLED TO: DEATH.
Fatal. Accident TO Two
San. Jose. Women. i.
ONE. IS INSTANT. ~. KILLED..
While. Driving Near. the Garden City +
IS: S: Their Vehicle Is Struck by. a =. :.
| s: T.. i i. = = Passenger Train. :: - ': E. &:
! Special. 10 TIE .MoRNiNd" CALL,

(. Jos FL May i : A.. terrible accident
oceutIed liefe I'd isIa ftefToen by Whtchone
.woiAan:1y as &instantfy|kiiled and: another
pf6bably Fatally (: =i4jared. MRS. Minnie
*AY :*>AYhee}eck ard Mrs. NJ Redfeld were drix-
ing n:a:pha eton 4ot the.Gish: road, between
the Mtpitas aflii::1A Iyi6o roads, W hen they
Were;s truck by: the en- gins Of the passenger
train; due. at 4:55.Via=:Nie ies.:The train was
goi1 g:at tuli:s peed, and lie two unfortunate
eceupants of I lie pAaet6n were hurleda great
distance lone Geo Int.says ffly feet) through
the mir Mrs. W heeI6ckI was instantly
:lliiled:and Nrs# Redfeld had lie scalp torn
from: one .sde Of her head and received
other. injuries whch:will probably prove
: fatal -.
s. Az the spot where the accident occurred
: there are orchard trees on either side OF
the road and the railroad makes a sharp
curve, so itis:probnble that the ladies did
not see the approaching train. The epgin-
:eer and fireman did not see the danger
until they were close upon the vehicle and
there was mo time to. even slacken the
. train speed The train was running about
forty miles AN hour at the time.
/: As soon rs the train could be stopped the
bedfes: were picked up and taken to San
|. jose in baggage-car. Drs. j. S. Potts and
j. II Harris. were quickly summone1. Mrs.
.WheeiQck was Instantly killed. Mrs. Red
field had everything gpossible done to alle-
yiate> her :siftferfigs:: She was ken atOnce
to;tllo :Eend6ine Hotel, :, while. Mrs. Nv hee-
/ lock iis REMAIN s we've ken to the morgue.
| The: eIolli hing " was=snearly stripped from her
body By =terr ite' accis " :. z: Il ...
+ & a Coroner j tryF ;cOnsiSting go f W Whit
ten. J.i g. Ftnfieg9n, joseph Foxworthy, S.
: Bal keT, Louis J.=Cliinfmlis, H: Malone, t. B.
M9IarFa1id. 4. 1a:: Il. IS {aglt,IS. @Camilio and
Iss Il9s ss3onlay a&a aS oned.. z. .< r..
# 4 FiEenIsn Fred. Hack ems testified substan-
tiall8 as:fnil lows Just folshed filling
The fire. box w heil;I Z tanced GUITAR the
2pllaeton oilly alb out Ten feet away. Iyelied.,
Step en- ''' 5 .y. @ 8 q
M ackers g6t.iio. 4 ttaftii i, the recollection
@of sig rthe:ll fi wi ssed caused
him ;tD faint &: efreco Yertng he was
reea ed5anG q a sketl tit was fs dutyto watch
Or s{fe [Ip jllstz .rea chi g:acf ossJn &:
He ere 3: :: tySwas te attend
tom j fire; dkntft2 wa a. Sec
oIidary uty.i III Il 1ad* been loo king put OF
ttfe.eab vii ow q at nlaiflen Il plightpos-
sfbty have seen: the pbee ton and & yef.warn-
in Z in Il TO stop The train nd prevent the
ancfden T. =, 49, S=i L: II;
= .EngInPer$I Iank lytner. testified as fol-
/ sNilesand were abort #thir:y.tiYe to
forty miles an YVhen: we struck the
/ rig / :S,gs loo King ont tile fright window
and Tier 3haefgn ;bglfg ohSzthe left did not
see e4t.@ ASS 0onza tfe fireman yelled stop
.her,I itls Ia nit Applied airbrakes and
put my Ira nd:5 tile lever to shnt off steam,
| when we $ trucktlie vehicle. The bell had
Ibeen ringtn e for!a.guarter of a mile before
| Me"reached the crossing. The horse Just
! cleared iii e aeksandour engine stluck the
E.pliae tQn.s stQpped .the train in about
seven car LEM gths. or:459 feet. " &; q ~. +:
/ The. CDroneI,s Jury then adjourned to 9
1 A. NJ. 10: M row, In order to give time to.
i =haxe.*an- :aUtQpsy. held. 81. ". More
E::hbuse epre s9lftea the railroad and S, f.
|. EleB tile frenGs*of Mrs. Wheelock. lis
/ uhd dersto0I to: b83the purpose of. the rail-
l. srGad.pe6ple> to- have the brain Of deceased
lseXanli3ed:by am xpert IN order TO deter.
mine wtietber:6r nGt:death<was caused by
| fright: bef01ethe. moment of the collision.
\ The horse. escaped sfBjniured. while the
/ plaeton was. smashed to spiinters. - 4 z :, :,
Il: Mrs. WE eel9ck# formerly lived In CHI.
/ cago, Her husband died:here four months
/ ago. Sire was wealthy woman and was
/ sister of itey:: E.TzDelo3 Mansfield, rector OF
+ Clrristts Church, in this city. Mrs. Red
/ field ! her: sister, a resident of New York
+ State was here on a. visit. Both the un-
i fortunate victims moved in the best society
| in. Santa Ulara County and had numerous
@infuentfQlfriea here. '.-s:s s. =
+ At%midnight Mrs. Redfield had not re-;
+ covered consciousness and her recovery is
considered very doubtful The scalp: was
partly torn from one side OF her. head aud
she was probably injured internally. ..'