The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-18


study music and there met and married
a German army officer named Lsphne.
Four children we're born to her, when her
husband died. Last summer she met
Prof. Charles Clements and the two be-
came engaged. Prof. Clements was
but he obtained an offer OF posit on in
this city. He came TO Cleveland ana
Mrs. Lephne followed MIN here. arriving
only last month with her ohilier,. They
were married suon afserward. Curt, who
was Ia years old, was her eldest son.
Augusta Sarinski's body was picked
out Of the unidentified at the morgue by
her EN- ployer. The list of the killed and
missing IS as follows:
Killed:
James Mclaughlin, baseball player. II
Trow bri1e avenue.
Henry W. .Necklenberg, merchant tailor,
So Mar street.
Edward Hoffman, conductor, l21 East
End avenue.
Mrs. John A. sauerheimer, IS Professor
street.
Miss Bessie Davis, 1n7 Moves street.
Harry ". Foster. 81 Mentor avenue.
Mrs. Minnie y. Brown, 10 Thurman
street.
G. Lephne, &c Jennings avenue.
Mrs. A. W. Hoffman. Iu5S Peah street.
Harvey Hoffman, 10aS Pearl street.
Mrs. Martha Palmer, 165 Kenilworth
avenue.
Mary Mitchen, domestic. Bell avenue.
Augusta Sarinski. n01 Central avenue.
G,rtie H Hoffman, 1858 Pearl street.
Louis F. Il ulstz. 3S Bevier street.
Missing:
Miss Martha Sauerheimer. 154 Merchant
| avenue.
= Looney. 3711 Clinton street.
b. c. Page. reslgence unknown.
| Matthew Callahan. Hamilton street.
| Augu Rogers, the motto man, IS still
| l.t toi nnI = tnn al 1utg tio, ,,vt, n
| is only held as witness befors the coro-
ner. He talked out the acc dent today.
''It was my setond trip. Jus. after
leaving the market house I looked into
the car and from what l can rsmem ber
there we're ABOUT twenty or twenty-five
| rass ngers. They were mostly women
and children, think. When my motor
reached the switch at the approach uf
the draw n the viaduct, shut off my
current and then applied the brake. The
car came to full stop and the con-
ductor ran ahead and threw the switch.
He motioned mo ahead with wave of
his arm. put my lever at the first
notch, and l passed the conductor, who
always stands at the switch lever until
the car assed, which was running at the
rate of possibly four miles an hour.
looked oack. as l always do, and saw him
get on the rear platform. Looking anead
l thousht saw the gates at the draw
closed over the track, bnt as my lights we're
burning and han current. the thought
occurred to me that my eyes must have
eivi g. and possibly did give, the lever
slight push forward, when 1 was
startled by the gates just in front OF me
and l heard some ono yell jump
don't know whether l reversed the cur
rent or not, for rsalizsd the danger and
thought woIld plunge headlong down
into the river, but as the car struck the
gate fell on it and caught the ircn
frame and saved myself. The car went
down with an awful crash, but never
hoar murmur or anything that re-
| sembled u scream"
| Here Ro. ers buried his face in is hanas
and cried: My God, it's an awful
thing
His wifa. who stood by his side, con-
/ soled him by saving: Certainly it was
| no fault OF yours"
"No" he replied. 'but think of it. Oh.
my God, just think of it.
Rogers then buried his head deeper in
his hands and began e. sob, moaning:
"My God, my Gud; ite too bad, too
bad.''
When he had recovered himself some.
what Rogers continued: "Whsn / was
| freed from the iron crate l scarcely knew
what to do. l WAS dazed. finally con.
| cluded to run back to the market house
and tell the police. did this and then
ran back to The scene of the accident. I
| hurried down the EN- bal K IN ent and be.
gan to,pull the bodies out from the wreck.
/ worked there for fully an hour, maybe
an hour and hall, then grew sick and
| went homs."
"When you first saw the gates of the
| draw were your lights burning and did
you have current?
~ did have current and my lights
| were burning. That is the reason why
l thought vf no danger. When the draw
10 open the lights usually go out, but it
was not tie case at the time OF the acci-
surprised when l saw the gates and
knew / had botn lights and current,
| which had never heen the case When the
gates have been closed, as the swinging
| Of tie brio ge cuts off the current and of
course where this Is done the lights go
out"
How do you account for the strange
fact?''
| 81 cannot account for it. but ear
| that it was so. | have never had an nc.
cident of any kind until this one and l
believe this one will Kill me-"
| The diver at wurk on the wreck today
brougnt up handful of bair from the
head of a woman whose body was wsdged
under the motor trucks. The body is be-
| lieved to NC that OF Miss Martha Sauer-
| heimer of 154 Merchant avenue, who was
| erroneousiy reported among the list of
| lde ltifis bodies last night. Miss Salsr-
heimer went to market last evening with
her sister-in.law, Mrs. john Sauerheimer,
| and ths two were returning home togeth-
er on the car that went into the river.
Mrs. Sausrheimer's body has been recov-
| cred. The friends and relatives OF Miss
| Sauerheimer have walked up and down
the dock under the bridge all day, wiring
ing their hands and crying. The girls
father became So desperate that it was
found necessary to take MIN away to pre-
| vent him Jump ng into the river.
| The coroner will begin to investigate
| the matter tomorrow.
| The people on the South Side, where
most of the victims lived, suffered the
! greatest shocks. This morning the regu-
lar services at Pil.rim Congregational
| ch urch, the largest in this section of the
| city. were abandoned and the sermon and
remarks Of The pastor were devoted to the
| calamity.
The divers succeeded this evening in
| fastening chain to the trucks of the
motor, and they were raised from the
river. The bed of the stream was then
| dragged, but no bodies were found. Two
| persons are still missing, however, and it
is probable their bodies have tioated
| down the river. They are those OF Miss
sauerheimer and Matthew Callahan. The