The morning call., 1894-10-03
ONE BODY FOUND.
Serious Train Accident in
Alameda.
ONE CAR JUMPS THE TRACK
And Topples Into the Mud of
the Estuary.
ONE CAR JUMPS THE TRACK
CROWDED WITH PASSENGERS
Many Narrow Escapes-A Prema'
tureIy Thrown Switch-RaiI-
road Lethargy.

That a carload of people, as we'll as the
car itself, were not dumped into the
estuary last night at the WeDster-strcet
bridge, Alameda, and all drowned like
rats in trap is surely great piece OF
good fortune.
AS it was, there was at least one fatality.
besides a number of narrow escapes, some
slight injuries from jumping and mishaps
to a passenger or two under the upturned
smoker, which lies partly buried at the
Alameda side of the creek in the mud and
water.
The enc body recovered up to late
hour was that of Thomas j. kiley, we'll
known railroad agent in this city.
The narrow-gauge boat which leaves
the city at 5:45 P. n. brings over
big load of people, and the local trains on
tho Alameda side at that hour are heavy
ones. There are seven or eight cars on the
Oakland narrow-gauge local from that
boat and the cars are all loaded. The train
carries smoker on each end, and it was
the rear-eud smoker that plunged into the
water, but it is supposed that all of its
sixty-five passengers jumped before the car
toppled over.
The train was approaching the bridge
and had somewhat slowed down, as was
usual since the terrible accident at that
point three years ago, and the engine had
reached the bridge before the last car had
passed the safety, or deraiing, switch
back 100 PAGES from the bridge. Before
the smoker fairly reached this switch it
was thrown open by the man in the First
street tower, who regulates this part of
the road, and the smoker LEFT the rails
through the open switch.
The car trailed along after the train,
humping over the ties In wild sort of way
which scared the passengers out of the
D.. coach. They saw the condition of things
after their first fright and began jumping
right and left as the webbing car drew
nearer the danger point on the bridge,
and some of them. those out last. had TO
Jump right into the water. The tide was
out, fortunately.
Just as the car got fairly onto the
bridge it gave swaving lurch aud went
over the side of the bridge and struck
fairly on its side in the muck and shallow
water. and then turned upside down.
again settling back Oh its side, where 1T
rested.
From the moment the car began bump
lug on the rails the passengers began jump
ing, but the last of them were not out
until the car was almost ready to break
away from the train, and some eye-wit-
nesses are certain they saw three men at
least who jumped with the car and who
were buried under it in the mud fourteen
.. feet below.
These latterreports are denied by others,
who say that the last passenger got out
safely.
When the smoker broke loose and top
pied off the bridge it pulled the rear trucks
of the car ahead of it off the track, and
this additional weight stopped the train.
Then everything was excitement as the
passengers came pouring out of the for
ward cars and saw the state of affsrs.
Darkness had settled over the scene by
this time, and but little could be seen
through the windows of the car, which
was lying in the mud below, and
the car could not well be reached from
the land.
At last boats were pressed into servi ce
from the ferry steamer at the foot of
Broadway and put into use.
The story of young man named Reon-
bel Borein, who lives at 226 Eleventh
street, and who was on the car and the last
one 10 leave it. is very dramatic, and Mr..
Borein says that he IS certain he saw a
man throw up his hands and fall under
the car as it struck the bottom of the estu-
airy. The young man said:
81 was sitting in the rear of the car
Every seat of the twenty-four was occu-
pied, and there were six or seven men in
the rear compartment. besides several
bicycles.
1--WE were going along at lively rate
when the car began jumping just as though
: there were rocks on the track. Then there
was excitement when somebody shouted
the Car was off the track. This proved
true. The rear trucks were jumping along
tue ties, and the crowd in the car made TO,
both doors. men running against eacf
other in the aisle and shouting in thei
eagerness to get out
''Some tried to raise windows. Most o.
the men hastened to the rear platform
and Jumped straight back, because Their,
was high fence close one side and tn,
constantly deepening treste on the other
Some jumped ont in front.
81 think I was the last man ont on tn,
rear platform. / would have got on
. sooner. but got tangled in the wheels O
30 the bicycles, which seemed to me to b.
. everywhere. AS / reached the platform
= the car was high up on the trestle an,
jumping as though it would fall an
moment
81 still held on, because / did not care f
risk my limbs by jumping on the trestle
c Then L heard great crash, as the car be
gan topping and pulling the trucks of tn
forward car loose, and as the car swup
out into space l SWING with 1t. but let o
the handlail in tine to jump little wa
from it. We struck the mud together
with myself about four feet from the rea
end of the car.
81 struck on all fours and went dow
into the o0ze face first. | thought | wa
gone, but clambered out after while.
81 believe there is man under the ca
l don't know where he came from, b,
cause | thought was the last to leave i
Perhaps he was on the front platform an
rushed back into the car and in his excit,
ment raised window and got out. l al
certain. though. that l saw man thro
MP bis hands as the car went down wit
me. and be must have fallen under it"
The injuries generally were slight-Wi
liam Friend. an insurance man living
900 Eleventh street had some sligl