The morning call., 1894-10-04
ANOTHER VICTIM.
The Wreck Yields Up Its
Dead.
FINDING SIMMONDS' BODY.
Charges Against Firemen to Be
Investigated.
FINDING SIMMONDS' BODY.
SMYTHE TO BE TAKEN TO CHICAGO
q" Pacing Billy" Says the Courts
and Lawyers Are Shaving
Off His Trial.

VII tBdis
| OAKLAND.-Great crowds of people came
| and went all day yesterday 10 aud from the
| scene OF the wreck on the narrow gauge at
! the Websier-street bridge, and there were
many who stayed at the spot from early
morning until darkness bad settled down
over the scene.
Then the work of raising the car was ac-
complished. The car looked as though it
had passed through a cyclone. 1t was
plastered inside and out with slime from
the estuary, and every pane of glass but
one was smashed. There were many
articles sirewn about the floor; such as
baskets. pipes, books. fruit, etc.
The injured were all faring well at last
accounts. The one who seemed most
severely hurt was Captain j. c. Wilson,
the coal merchant. Captain Wilson sus-
taiued cuts on the head and hands, and
also had several ribs bruised, and vester-
day was in rather dazed condition all
day. His physicians prescribed perfect
quiet for him.
For the friends of the dead words of
sympathy were beard on all sides.
! The family OF NJ. G. Simmonds, the
missing man, was in state of ter
rihle anxiety all day. Simmonds lived at
400 Twenty-first street. and was wagon
| painter by trade, having business at Ala
! Broadway. San Francisco.
After the car was hauled ashore men In boats
Immediately began dragging for whatever may
have been beneath the wreck. After short
search body was drawn 10 the surface and
hauled onto the beach in front of the California
| Yacht Clubs house.
The body was conveyed to the Morgue
where 1t was Identified as the remains OF Nj. q.
Slmm0ndS by his brother.
10 IN Sras hod1 tr hrnio n
were somewhat marreG by the crusta-
ceans that dwell on the bottom of the estuary
put 1t was evident that death had come not
from any blow but from suffocatIon in the
Shiny mud In which the body was imDedded.
| Coroner Evers Will hold inquests on the re.
mains OF both nnfortunates 1T O'Clock this
morning.
A broken hange or loose wheel are two
theories assigned for the fatai disaster.
Railway officials are retcenI In assigning
any definite reason for the disaster. but there
Is report current that the operator In The sig
nal tower threw the switch by mistake, which
caused the car 10 leave the track. This report
VIII undoubtedly De investigated, and there Is
SAID 10 be much circumstanIlal evidence to
support ii.
Officials OF the company declare that the
rules regulating the operation OF the switches
are iron clad, and think that II the switch was
thrown II was done in direct violation of one of
the most stringent rules made for the safety OF
tie trains running on the narrow gauge.
To Improve Transportafion
ADOuL Dali HuUQTeO DuDllc-SDlf1ted citizens
again met I'D the council chamber last evening
TO discuss ways and means of making great
municipal improvements.
oJ. NJ. Basseit read voumin0us paper, In
Wnicn lie attack ed L. Nj. Smith and his OppOsi-
lion project. He referred TO the exciting days
when be with John l.. Davie Ben Morgan and
others fought the giant octopus with the Frank
silva, Rosalie, Alvira and 5-cent fare. The
railroad. he said, fought them In every way and
drove them back aud back, until with the sink
! ing OF $4,000 they reached the last ditch aud
had to give I'D the tight.
| He claimed that while he and his partners
were fighting, Smith diverted the public mind
win bis plans for the great ferry he was going
10 buid from Emeryvilie, and he asserted that
the fact that the railroad mas never opposed
Smith or his ferry scheme in any way IS proof
positive that the railroad lion and the Smith
lamb have lain down together.
+. NJ. Smith was valiantly cbampioned by
Councilman Barnard, one OF the sturdest advo-
Gates of the Emeryyille ferry. He held that
this would be competing ferry in every sense
OF the word. and In eulogizing Mr.. Smith he
said man who had b-autifed the city by tile
creation OF 100000 mansion deserved more
consideration from his fellow-citiZens.
j. W. Dutton supported Mr.. BaS sett. He
| said that Mr. Smith deserved no especial cred il
for housing himself in 100000 mansion,
and merited some dlscredit because the labor.
! ers that produced the bulk OF his wealth were
Cinnamon and Indians.
| f. r. Porter spoke in favor OF creating the
! city and county OF Oakland and making Hay
wards the seat of Alameda County, and COM
m!ttee was appointed 10 confer with the citi-
| ZcnS Oh hdyWaFQs IN the project.
Another committee was appointed TO inter-
view the Traffic Association TO the end that he
CITIZENS OF Oakland may be made aware OF how
they can AID the realization and construction of
the san Joaquin valley Railroad.
Charges of Drunkenness.
Councilman Manuel is hitting back at the
Fire Department for alleging that he had
stood In the way OF the purchase OF new hose
and ascrlbng their inefficiency to fight the fire
at ST. Mary's College TO that alleged fact
] DuIlnQ the fire IL u0isrd about no
spectators that the fremen had discovered the
wine.celtar. and some there were who said that
the discovery did much TO impair the efficiency
OF at least eight tiremen and TWO foremen.
Councilman Manuel heard The rumor and so
at the meeting OF the Council on Tuesday even
ing Mr.. Manuel secured the passage unapi-
mously of very omDous resolution, which
reads as follows:
| WHEREAS. 1t has been stated that a number of
| the members OF the Fire Department were intox-
icated on the evening OF the burning OF ST. Mary's
| College; therefore, be IL
| Reso red. That the CHIEF of the Fire Depart.
ment be aud is hereby directed to report to the
Council at its next meeting the names ofsaH men
under his charge who under the infiuen nee OF
liquor on The evening above mentioned
Teaching Teachers.
The Teachers Institute. which opened In
! This city yesterday, Is proving highly sue.
| cessful, and that young teachers will carry
! away with them many points important to
them In Their profession is beyond doubt. Yes
| terGay morning the Institute divided into sec
| tions; Miss Julia Colby and S. &. q. Dunbar
over that of the third, fourth and fifth grade
teachers, l. .. Crawford at the meeting OF the
teachers OF the sixth, seventh, eighth aud mini
grades, and w. F. B. Lynch at that of the high
| school section.
A Young Athletes Misfortune.
wallace I. Ayers, son Of DIR. Ayers OF
| TwrDty-third avenue, met with a mIshap YES.
! terday morning which may cost him his left
foot. He is employed by Redington s. Co. of
! San Francisco and on his way 10 work he at
| tempted 10 board the Niles local as il dashed
| by tie station at Twenty-thrd avenue. He
missed his footing. and as he fell he threw his
| body away from the track. One wheel, how
| ever passed over his left fooI, crushing IL at
| the instep.
The Good TsmpIars.
| One hundred OF the Good Templars left this
] city al O'Clock yesterday morning on an ex-
cnrsion 10 the Good Tempsars' Orphans
| Home at Vallejo
In tho evening all the people Interested in
The work OF the order gathered Ia Hamilton
| Hail 10 take part In the festivities attendant
| upon 'Orphans Home right"
VIII Be- Taken to Chfc,po