The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11

ing in the smash-up, had been kindly sup
piled with coats by the more fortunate
male members Of the party and they cut
rather rahsh appearance in the gar
ments of masculinity, which, in several
cases, were too large for their wearers.
The baggage, of which there was a large
quantity laid out on the office door,
bore plenty of testimony to the force of
the collision and the flood of water that
had been poured in upon the still sleeping
passengers after the coming together of
the trains.
Miss Harris, who were killed and Mrs.
f. A. Abbott, who remained behind, made
up the twenty-five occupants of the first
car of the special, which was telescoped
by the force of the collision. Their
names are: Edwin NJ. Luckey, Miss Par
selle, Miss Calvert, Miss Annie English,
Miss Edna English Mrs. Adams, Miss
May oliver, Miss Florence Jessup, Miss
Sadie Jessup, Miss Rosenberg St. Louis,
Mo; Mrs. Morehouse, Battle Creek, Mich;
Porter G. Atwood, Katherine e. Atwood,
Sarah E. Evans. Philadelphia: Julia g.
l.. Morse, Winthrop, Mass: Maria Wa
dell Cora C. Harlow. Boston. Mass; Miss
Wehmiller St. Louis; Miss White, New
York; Mrs Abbott, Richard A. Bolt, Miss
Sallie Smith. St. Louis; Miss Sadie Shat
ter, Miss Bertha Baker, Hampton, Iowa;
Miss Ida Bartlemay, Burlington, Ind.
| The injured among this party, none of
them seriously, are: Miss Edna English,
who has a bad cash on her forehead; Miss
! oliver, Mrs. Morehouse, Miss White,
daughter of Mrs. Thomas, and Robert B.
! Mills a banker of Lake Preston, S. D.
who joined the Ill fated special at Salt
| Lake City. All Of them told the same
story of the wreck, that threw them out
or jammed them In their berths, eXtin-
guished the lights in the cars and flooded
the floors with water from the tender.
They were all occupants of berths on the
first car of the nine that made up the
special which had not the usual baggage
car buffer between it and the engine. The
officials of the Southern Pacific Company
profess to believe that the absence of this
baggage car made no difference as to the
results of the wreck. but they will have a
hard time convincing the passengers of
that fact They believe firmly, and it
seems to stand to reason, that had there
been a baggage car between the first
coach and the engine Mrs Thomas and
Miss Harris would not have been killed.
Mrs Thomas occupied the berth num-
bered lower IA on the first coach. In up
per IA was her daughter, Miss White. In
lower 13, just opposite, were Miss Addie
Harris and Miss oliver. The berth above
them was unoccupied. These berths were
in the front end of the car, next to the
locomotive tender, and how any of the
occupants escaped with their lives is little
short of a miracle. The neck of Mrs.
Thomas was broken and her death must
nave been instantaneous. Miss Harris
body when taken out of the wreck showed
no wounds, and it was supposed for a
time in the excitement that she had died
of the shock The other occupants of the
car are positive now that she was asphyx-
lated from the smoke that rolled into the
car from the burning coaches and engine
ahead Her features were badly distorted
and it is certain that she must have died
an awful and lingering death.
The escape of Miss White and Miss
Oliver is nothing short of wonderful and
cannot be accounted for. AS it was Miss
White was unable to extricate herself
when help arrived and the lights were lit,
and 1t was necessary to use axes to get