The San Francisco call., 1903-01-01
TRAIN WRECK
IS CAUSED BY
OPEN SWITCH
LivermOreL Local Crashes
Into Gravel Cars on
Siding.
Attorney Thomas Scott Re-
ceives Very Serious
Injuries
Engineer Bradley Is Hurled From
His Cab anc the Conductor
anc Passenger Are
Bruised

The !d.erfnore local lin. composed =
five passenger "oache, 'ch runs BE
tween that town an 2 1nd. al
through AN open switch ..t at $3.50
o'rlnCk at LtveruOrc ami c..s .1tI-
rear end OF gravel train. 4Nf.l r'Hs
through the switch the ersiis re
rails and tore up :he ties fnr dis
"f twenty feet before 70 eapsizcd. "
Bradlcy. the engineer. ar.t his Hr.r
narrowly escaped lGsiU- the.E lives.
fireman, whose name could not hr as
tained, jumped i'm time 10 eScan" ysri.
injury. hut Bradley was not SO fortuna
He WAS hurled from his cab when the
gine struck the gravel cars and SustaIrla
severe injuries ON the shoulders.
All Of the passengers In the first coach
were thrown from their seats AMI two r'
them were seriously injured Attornr.
Thomas Scott. who was "a candidate fHf
Superior Judge Cn the Union Labor tiCkrt
at the last election, was badly bruised
and it is feared that he may have sus
tained internal injuries. Jay butcher.
blacksmith. who resides in l-tvCrmore. re-
Ceiyed painful cuts and bruises. and CON
ductOr Joseph MOf9itt was also slightly ina
iured. Nearly all the passengers iu tnr
first car received bruises when throw ri
from their seats, while the passengers in
the other cars were badly shaken 1p.
The Injured were carried intn the town
OF LivermOre, where their EUrt. Wcrr
attended TO. Engineer Bradley receives
praise from the train crew for The bra
very which he displayed I'm remainlng as
MS post until the last moment. Had he
rot shown unusual GOODNESS IN the mo
ment Of danger the wreck might have
been one OF very serious consequence.
The engine was almost = complt 81
wreck The front work vas ali torn
away by coming into contact with the
gravel car. How the switch came to b.
left open has not yet been explained Tha
LivermOre train had the right " sray a.
the switch should have been rlnsed for so
to pass. Engineer Bradley evidently di1
not notice the ODen switch until 10 WTe
too late to prevent the accident TIs
gravel cars were stsnding ON the sifrUE
waiting for the passenger train 20
through.
This is the third wreck which has f.
CURED within the last tWu TeeSs on f...
IAYermOre division Of the road. which fe
under the supervision of Superintendent
W. 8 Palmer.
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newspaper having a special correspond
Pnt at Caracas, prints "a Iispatch from
the Venezuelan capital relating the cor
re@DOPdent's eNpeVfence in interviewing
President Castro. He found him at Gen.
erai AlCantar1'5 estate at "a VictOrAa,
dancing st monday General Alcantara
Who vas Waitf1g with a bundle og dis&
patches. remarked to the correspondent
ihae r would not do TO interrupt the
Presidents pleasure, even with state bust
ness but the correspondent says he
spoke to the President between dances,
and after a conversational reconnais-
sance," inquired il he intended TO give
the powers satisfaction
Why. no replied the President. Il
am the one demanding satisfaction for In
suits
AT this remark" the correspondent
continues "a lady cIaDped the President
on the back and said, That's the way to
ak. old boy