The morning call., 1894-03-11

Mount Shasta is first visible. the post
master at Angels Camp shook his head
Ominously.
THAT thar driver III spill his load" be
muttered. Thar amt but the two nigh
wheels on the ground now. Great eracky,
tbar-they go over, surep
The gay dancers on The overloaded coach
had been singing 1.-Two Little Girls in
Blue" as they passed through the camp.
The chorus tloated out on the still evening
air:
Two little girls IN blue. lads,
Two little girls in blue.
One was your mother. mar
The coach passed Its equilibrium, it
overbalanced, its weight snapped the king
bolt, the front wheels parted from the box.
crash, breaking glass. an overturned
coach, shrieks, groans, curses.
Billy West. the driver, want headfOre-
most over the dashboard So did Rufus
Lane, the manager Of the fandango, and
Ebbe Berg. The outside passengers were
pitched headlong. The inside travellers
were cut by broken glass. Those ON the
boot were thrown off. On the road was
pile of bruised, wounded, bleeding hu-
mainly. Girls whose voices a moment
earlier had sung the concert-hall melody
now gasped with pain. Their faces and
necks were covered with blood. Those
who did not scream with pain tainted at
sight of the injuries to their companions.
1t was horrible sight that pile of
dancers heaped up under the overturned
coach. Those severely hurt could not
move for pain. The uninjured kicked and
screamed In vain effort to extricate them
selves. The bleeding girls moaned pite-
ously. The men cursed Billy Wood, the
driver. In the confusion the charioteer
slipped away and disappeared in the
gathering darkness.
Every one in the camp seemed to lose
bis head. Men and women ran helplessly
about wringing their hands and asking
what they could do. Then somebody
thought CT the emergency hospital. He
ran TO the nearest box to summon the
ambulance. In his nervous excitement he
rang the fire alarm instead. A minute
Iater the fire engine dashed along the Gold
Gulch Canyon, followed by the hosecart
and the department.
Ten minutes elapsed before the hospital
authorities understood the mistake. Then
the ambulance was dispatched to the
camp and dashed back at full speed to the
little building covered with big red crosses.
The wagon returned again and again,
until thirteen eX-passengers had been
carried into the hospital and all the wards
were full. Fortunately the medical di-
rector and his assistants had not left the
building, so there we're plenty of physi-
clans to bind up WOUNDS and allay pain.
Several of the injured dancers suffered
principally from species of injury termed
by ayoung doctor "shock to the nerves."
So they we're discharged after an examina-
ton. When the Dlood-stai ned faces of the
genuine wounded were washed it was
found that few of the injuries were seri-
Gus. Clashes on the scalp, neck, or FORE
head were the most common. Some were
bruised from head to foot and two sus-
tanned internal Injuries, the outcome of
which cannot be predicted until to-day.
The following were treated at the hospi-
tai and all but four were put In cots for the
night:
Tom Western. internal injuries causing
hem0rrhage OF the kidneys.
Frank Galvey. also injured internally
and suffering from hemorrhage.
Fred Alday. bruised leg.
NJ. E. Robes. musician, bruised wrist.
Theodore Lorier, lacerated scalp.
Ethel Curtis, Iacerated forehead.
Ros allie de Witt, badly bruised.
A. w. Bingham, bruised spine and head.
Amelia Manroy, scalp wound.
Carmen Martinez. sprained arm.
Elsie HerD, bruised.
Ebbe Berg, confused leg.
Harry Burtis. bruised and lacerated fore-
head.
The hospital was soon surrounded nv
anxious and sympathizing friends. They
shuddered when they saw their sweat.
hearts disfgured by geometric designs in
black cOurtplaster covering the evidences
of the coaching trip. After a time the
building was cleared OF these interested
visitors. The physicians at a late bour
stated that the only patients dangerously
injured are Western and Galyey. The
others will all recover, but the fate of the
two men il still uuperfain