The San Francisco call., 1904-09-13
Two Men Are Killed
by Accident in
Nevada.
Overland and Special Meet
Head On and Many
Are Injured
Engines Are Smashed Into Scrap Iron
and Fireman and COalpaSSer
Are ScSlded to Death.
Special Dispatch to The call.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 1.-TWO pas
senger rains, one an eastbound knights
Templar special, the other a westbound
overland, met in a head-on collision one
mile west Of Lawton, New, at 1855
o'clock this morning. A fireman on the
Westbound train, A L. Hicks, and Har-
~ C. Davies. a coal passer, were killed.
Several trainmen and a number Of pas
sengers were injured.
The wesrbound train was the second
section of No. 3. Ii was under orders
10 meet the Knights Templar train at
Lawton. The train crew overlooked the
orders and sped past LawtOn at the
rate Of thirty miles an hour. The
knights TemDlar train was also run
ming AT the rate Of thirty miles an
houH The engines of the two trains
net on a curve, and neither was aware
of the others approach until they were
close upon each other.
The impact was fearful as the en-
Eines struck. Both were lifted in the
air. and when they settled down they
were one mass of wreckage. Fireman
Hicks Of the westbound train and Coal
pssser Davies of the same train were
caught in the wreck and scalded to
death. Engineer j. Isoard of the west
bound train was badly Injured. Z. NJ.
Parker, who was associate fireman with
lLE UILDIiulElt f1ltkSs Was severely
bruised bur his injuries are not of a
serfoos character Hicks lived With his
mother al 1874 Grove street. San Fran
cisco The home Of Davies, the dead
coslpssser, was Sharon, Pa
Following are those who were in
Jured. James Hall. Sierraville. contu-
sion of right arm and left side
Of head. confusion over hips. sent
10 Sacramento hospital for treatment;
r. Ridley Morgan, Ridgeway. Pa,
bound for San Francisco. confusion of
right arm; Sam When, Chinaman, Den
Yer. cut on left hand; Miss Nellie
NOyes, Kingsville, Ohio, bound for Oak
Park, Sacramento County, cut on left
leg and back Of head; Mrs. Allen L.
Waddell. Rock Rapids. Iowa. bound for
Santa Ana, cut on back and top OF
head. Mrs. II. II. Hale. Rockford, ILL.,.
bound for Los Angeles, strain of leg
and thigh: Mrs. Mary Gresham, Desh-
ler. Neb.. bound for Los Angeles. in
jured probably internally by being
thrown against a table: Mrs. Jessie
Gait. ogden. Utah. slightly hurt in alb
donaen. Others injured were: A. Jones
OF St Louis, Mrs. A. G. Read Of Los
Angeles George Summerfield of Cleve-
land, Ohio; H II. Kumler of Cleveland.
Ohio. Miss ROsina Smith of Brighton,
England. Mrs. John Swan of Gales
burg. Ohio. c. 9. Barker, I. Diggs, r.
" air, O. X. Halliday and +. j. Craft,
al Of Oakland; Engineer Boyd and
Fireman F. N. Tanlkar Of Rocklin.
Division superintendent r. J. Laws
left Sacramento on a special train at
once. taking with him DR.. @. A. White
and DR.. A. N. Henderson. with surgical
appliances A special wrecking crew
left this city at 2:30 p. m. while light
engines carrying physicians and sur
geOns hurried TO the scene Of the colli-
sion from Truckee, Verdi and Reno.
The surgeons reported that the passen-
gers were not injured seriously enough
10 cause them 10 be detained, and they
were allowed TO remain on the cars.
The westbOund passengers will arrive
at 3:z5 a. m. tomorrow, and IL is prob
able that some Of them will go TO the
local hospitals for further treatment
Both engines were lifted from the
track by the collision. The baggage car
Of each train and the chair car Of the
westbound train also were thrown from
the track and shattered to splinters.
The force Of the collision was terrific.
and the injuries received by the passen-
gers were caused by their being thrown
against the seats or the tables in the
dining cars.