The herald., 1897-09-11

fabulous richness Of the diggings, but
repeat the warnings given against
going in before next spring; food is
scarce and growing scarcer and the
starvation Of many is certain.
which was inscribed, From mother to
Mamie"
kilograms from all parts Of the coun-
| try inQuiring for friends and relatives
are pouring in.
Frank P. Mannix, newspaper man OF
Victor. Col. who was in the smoker and
escaped with some painful bruises and
burns, asid today:
"Words cannot express the horror OF
the scene. The crash came unexpectedly.
Suddenly all was darkness. The air was
filed with cinders, splinters and heated
gases. Then the flames darted up on
either side. The scene was simply in
describable. The flames were, In sense
a godsend, for with their aid the windows
were located, even though passengers
had to jump through burning flames"
Charred fragments Of limbs and bodies
Of number of persons have been taken
out Of the ruins, but it is not likely that
any more bodies will be positively iden-
titled, and it seems certain that the num-
ber killed will always remain in doubt.
The coroner found shaving mug with
the name wv. Nicholson upon it. also
gold watch with the name Of "F. c.
Potter" engraved upon the outside.
The first man to arrive at the wreck
was E. H. Strouse, who resides on his
ranch about 300 feet from the track. Mr..
Strouse was awakened by the collision.
He hurried to the scene and assisted in
rescuing the passengers in the smoker
and day coach.
When he reached the wreck within
few minutes after the collision four Of
the cars were all ablaze and the heat
was so terrific that it was impossible
for any one to get near them. In few
minutes, he thinks, at least fifteen or
| twenty were cremated.
| ]. G. Young, one of the survivors, says
he was in the smoker at the rear end
when the collision took place. The front
end Of the car and part of the roof was
thrown on him, pinning him down in his
seat. He succeeded in freeing himself
and escaped through a window with a
few slight cuts on his head. There were
smoker, and he does not think more than
eight got out alive, all the remainder
being cremated. As to the day coach,
Immediately behind the smoker. he
thinks there were from thirty to thirty
five in it, and to his best knowledge only
two succeeded in making their escape.
he says All who were in the chair car
got out safely before the fire reached it,
to- ktAD Dy111v
oner Clark says that only ten dead bodies
have been taken from the burning
wreck. These, with Keenen, Holland,
Hines and Gordon, make fourteen in all,
but there is no doubt there as many more
in the wreck. The most conservative list
places the dead at from twenty-five to
thirty. The remains of what are sup
posed to be ten persons are confined in
two caskets, nothing to identify them,
and it is to be buried here tomorrow or
Sunday.
STREET CAR COLLISION
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1O.-Seven
persons were injured in a collision OF
electric cars on Mission street last night.
A car of the Bryant-street line, return
ing from Inglesde, had reached the top
of College Hill, when the fuse or connec-
tion which carries the electricity to the
motors for the overhead wires suddenly
burned out leaving nothing with which
to control the car except the brakes, and
they were of little use. The lights went
out and the passengers were panic
stricken. The car continued its flight
until at Mission and Seventeenth streets
it ran into a car ahead OF 1t. The pas
sengers in the car that was run into es-
capped with a rough shaking up and a
bad scare. Both cars were damaged
The conductor Of the runaway jumped
off before the collision occurred and es-
capped with few bruises. The motor
man remained at his post and was not
hurt. The Following persons were in
jured:
MRS. M'NUTT, severe cut on right
side of head.
MRS. JOSIE TRESCH, Is Benicia
on the arms and side.
NJ TRESCH, years old, cut and
bruised on right side Of face.
MRS. THERESA CARROLL, 229 Sew
enth street. cut on right temple
WILLIAM MANNING, 1928 Marke:
street, cut on left arm and bruised on the
r1Snt SlQe.
HENRY PETERS, San Francisco
stock broker, hips bruised.
FRED O'NEIL, 14S Jessie street, &C.
we're cut on right temple.
AN EMPORIA VICTIM
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 10.-Wm. Fris-
bic, engineer of the fast mail, injured in
the collision near Emporia Wednesday
night, died at o'clock this afternoon.
The German Army
HAMBURG, Sept. 10.-Emperor Will
| lam today personally commanded the
attacking force in the army maneuvers,
all the troops being engaged against an
imaginary army.
An Austrian Disaster
VIENNA, Sept. 10-By the explosion