The San Francisco call., 1901-12-20
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wrecked baggage car set fire to the splin-
tered woodwork and ia few minutes
lurid flames we're leaping high above the
torn and twisted cars and engines.
The screams Of women and chhdren
were heard on all sides and only the work
Of passengers and railroad men prevented
a terrible disaster. For but small frac-
tion of time did the accident seem TO par
alyze the brains of those who had escaped
injury then manhood asserted itself
Some men worked with viii TO prevent
the spread Of the flames to the sleeping
cars of the ill-fated nOrthbOund train,
while others assisted the train men to un-
couple the cars IN the rear ana push them
TO a safe distance from the scene OF nor
TOR.
Willing hands rescued the occupants of
the smoking and chair cars of the
wrecked nOrthbOund train and heroic
work was done by several physicians VINO
We're on the train. The accident occurred
half a mile from Uplands, between San
ArdO and San Lucas. One of the train
men walked five miles to San Lucas, the
nearest telegraph station, and word of
The collision was at once sent TO this city.
Wrecking Trains Hurry to Scene.
3. A Worthington, division superin-
tendent of the coast Iine, at once ordered
a special Wrecklng train TO leave this city
without delay ano number of doctors
were hastily summoned by telephone.
ayorthfngton and his party left San
Francisco under orders to run through
10 Uplands as speedily as possible, and
they reached the wreck at daylight.
Another Wrecking train Win doctors on
board was ordered TO proceed from San
Luis Obispo TO the scene Of the disaster,
and the injured were well cared for when
me Wrecklng trains arrived.
Those who were injured on the north
bound train We're occupants of the smOk-
ing and chair cars. Those in the sleepers
escaped with a shaking up The chair
ana smoking cars were Immediately be-
hind the baggage and express car and in
front Of a tourist car. The balance of the
train was made up Of five standard Pull
man sleeping cars.
The first reports of the wreck sent to
this city We're most alarming. 1t was
stated that between thirty and forty pas
sengers had been killed and that the in
JUred numbered more than one hundred.
According 10 statements made by some
train, the excitement following the colli-
sion lasted but a short time, but was
very intense during that period When
reason resumed its sway the work of
rescue proceeded rapidly.
On No. 9 was a party Of Southern Pa
CHIC officials, and they took charge of af-'
fairs until the wrecking train arrived.
The party consisted of Assistant Man
ager Agler; r. KOehler, manager of the
lines IN oregon; J. r. Laws, superin-
tendent Of the Carson and Colorado divi-
siOni w. s. Palmer, superintendent of the
Sacramento division, and J. H Wallace,
engineer Of the maintenance of ways de-
partment.
The first thought of the officials was
that Of rescuing those who were pinned
down by the burning Wreckage of the
smoking and chair cars. The cracking
Of the flames and the hiss of escaping
steam We're not loud enough to drown the
cries of the sufferers, and the darkness of
the night added to the weirdness of the
scene.
Passengers Work Heroically..
Some of the male passengers in the
Pullman sleeping cars had hastily donned
part Of their clothing and they worked
with ak and other implements regardless
Of their thin attire. There were many
women who also aided to alleviate the
Sunerings Of the wounded, and portions
Of feminine clothing We're used as ban
dages to stanch the flow of blood until
the proper appliances could be furnished
wreck
There was a sorry spectacle presented
when daylight broke and q survey could
be taken Of the scene of the disaster. The
engine and tender of the south-bound
train were lying on their sides in the ditch
twisted and bent beyond recognition The
cars of this train had been moved back
some distance by the passengers and train
men.
The wrecked locomotive and tender of
the north-bound train lay in a blackened
heap, while the remnants of the smoking.
chair and combination baggage car
burned fercely. The tourist and Pullman
cars Of the nOrth-bound train stood on
the track some distance from the scene
Of the collision.
The passengers Of the two trains did all
that was possible for those who had been
injured. Sleeping-berths were given up to
the men and women who had been cut
bruised, manned and scalded and stimu-
lants were handed over to the doctors
who were attending the injured.
When the Wrecking trains arrived from
San Francisco and San Luis Obispo the
work Of building a temporary track was
commenced Immediately. The relief phy-
sicians took care of the injured and re-
placed temporary dressings and bandages
while the suderings of many of the in
Jured were assuaged by the use Of opiates.
Trainmen Instructed Not to Talk.
The hour Of the disaster was LOS a.
m, and it was not until II a. m. that the
temporary track was finished and the
trains were able to proceed on their jour
ney.
The north-bound train was placed in
charge Of a new crew of men and the
start was made for this city. Engineer
Coffey was warned by his superiors in the
railroad service that he was not to make
any statement to the newspaper men, and
similar warnings were given to the re-
mainder Of the train hands who were in
the collision.
The bodies Of the killed were taken