The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-13

Bobbie Buchtel. Omaha, nose broken.
Lizzie Byies Omaha, arm broken.
Jack Kinney, Omaha, internally injured.
- Hurley. badly hurt.
Oliver Colvin, Omaha, scalp wounds.
Annie Colvin. his sister, back nurt
Eva Nelson, Omaha. limbs crushed.
Fred Kinsey, Omaha, shoulders crushed,
ace cut
William Christensen, Omaha, legs and
back injured.
H. NJ. McMichael, Dayton, Ohio, head
cut, hurt internally.
+. Messerschmidt, Omaha, legs crushed.
Miss Maggie Scully, arm broken and
body crushed.
j. J. oHearn, Council Bluffs, breast
crushed
Mrs. ]. J. o. Hearn, head badly cut and
| internal injuries.
Elsie Kahler, Council Bluffs, years
old. face badly cut. hurt internally.
Patsy Carroll, Omaha, wrist broken,
chest crushed
Mary Tracy. head badly cut and body
horribly bruised, lives in Omaha.
! G. w. Johnson, Omaha, head cut and
| legs bruised.
John SCHNEIDER, Omaha. chest crushed.
n. c. Kenna, Omaha, chest and arm
hurt.
J The dead were taken in charge by the
| local undertakes. preparatory Tor burial,
| when they reached this city.
| 1t is generally conceded among railroad
| men as well as others conversant with the
| facts that the blame for the accident lay
with the conductor and engineer OF the ex-
cursion train. Engineer Montgomery re-
| fused to talk and to-day went to Boone,
where he lives The story is current, how
| ever. that Conductor Reed of the excur-
| sion train gave the signal TO go ahead
| without waiting for orders from the oper-
ator at Logan. The excursion train was to
/ - No hof oc nj md
| No. SO, the fast freight, to pass before leav-
ing for Council Bluffs. When the limited
mail had passed he forgot about the
freight which is a regular train, so the
story goes, and gave the signal to pull
| out.
s :43 o'clock and the excursion started at
GAO. After leaving the switch it stopped
and the switch was reset, and the excur-
! sion train was Just getting well under way
when the collision occurred.
Members of the picnic party state that
the train was not going faster than four
or five miles an hour. When Engineer
Montgomery saw the other train he set
the air brakes on all the coaches in hi:
train and the brakes we're set when the
| collision occurred. Railroad men on the
train say the fast freight was going about
fifty miles per hour. The engine of the
fast freight was forced through and Over
/ TIC cuRlHS vi bnc tACuISlOn lIdlu dnN
lifted itself almost clear of the rails.
The baggage-car was forced bach
through the first coach, the left-hand side
of the baggage-car passing outside of the
left side of the passenger coach and the
right side cutting through the passengel
coach in line with the right row of seats
1t was on this side that most of the fatall
| ties occurred.
According to the rules of operating
| trains Engineer Montgomery must, from
! statements of railroad men, share in tn,
blame. The rules require engineers t.
wait for Geographic orders before starting
They are not allowed to assume that the
conductor has received orders, but mus
insist on getting orders which are sup
posed to be duplicate of those given tn,
conductor. If Montgomery assumed tina
the conductor had received the orders Il
leave and pulled his train out on the sig
nal under this assumption, that fact doe
not excuse him.
Montgomery is almost crazed with grief
and the rumor was current yesterday tina
he had tried to commit suicide, but hat
been prevented. An effort to verify thi
report was made, but it was denied by hi
friends.