Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-27

! street, Los Angeles 4
\ THE INJURED +
I Sherman Pease Of 1909 South /.
i Hope street, Los Angeles; scalp +
& decorations, slight concussion, !;
bruises and shock. viii recover. Z
Mrs. D. e. Welcome, 1921 Bush /
I street; several ribs broken, I.
/ bruises, abraslons and shock. I
9 Will recover. /
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With the reverse brake failing to
work in the mass of sand and dust, and
with a slight decline in the road as
an added momentum, a large touring
car owned and driven by Sherman
Pease, manager of the Niles Pease fur
niture interests in Los Angeles. swept
down the road from the Miller canyon,
east of Hollywood, yesterday afternoon,
directly in the path of a car of the
Laurel Canyon division of the Los An
geles-Pacific Railroad company, and
was crushed into hundreds of pieces,
it's occupants thrown beneath the
grinding wheels, and Mrs. Sherman
Pease, member of the party, in
stantly killed.
According to the statements of wit
nesses, the accident was unavoidable.
Mr.. Pease and his wife and ID. e. We'll
come and wife composed the party.
They were returning to Los Angeles
from a trip in the country when the
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new model of the Tourist a ma
chine manufactured by a Los Angeles
firm. The party turned just south of
the Miller house, late yesterday after
noon, after a trip to the canyon, into
private road and started toward
Prospect boulevard. The road lay
straight for nearly a mile, and the
great machine responded with a burst
of speed on the level stretch. To the
left clear view for some distance
could be obtained, but a grove of
lemon trees on the right obstructed
view of the track from Hollywood
to the canyon.
Collision Unavoidable
Failing to appreciate the nearness of
the tracks, which lay directly in front
of him, and unable to hear the sound
of the approaching car. Mr.. Pease did
not slacken speed until the auto was
almost on the tracks.
AS the machine leaped clear of the
lemon trees the suburban car was al
most upon it, going at a fast rate of
speed on the right-of-way. The mo-
torman threw on the brakes and made
every effort to stop his car, but the
machine leaped the ranch road and
rolled onto the track just in time to
be caught squarely by the car and
crushed.
Mrs. Pease was in the tonneau and
had no chance to escape. She was
seated on the side toward the car, and
was hurled directly beneath the front
trucks. Her body was carried down
the tracks for nearly fifty feet. Her
left limb was severed from the body,
and every bone in the body was
crushed and mutilated.
Mrs. Welcome was in the seat with
Mrs. Pease, and narrowly escaped the
same fate. She was partly protected
by the side of the automobile, and
was caught In the fender of the car.
She was rendered unconscious, but her
life was saved by the prompt action
of the motorman in stopping the car.
Mr.. Pease, as driver, stuck to his
post until the steering wheel was torn
from his hands by the collision, and
his unconscious body was thrown part
ly beneath the wreckage of the ma
chine.
Jumped for His Life
d. e. Welcome of the Welcome Real
Estate company, with offices in the
Bradbury building, was in the front
seat with Mr.. Pease, and escaped in
jury in an almost miraculous manner.
He is a good athlete. and probably
owes his life and that of his wife to
his physical training. AS the car
leaped on the track and he saw the
accident was inevitable, Mr.. Welcome
leaped from the tearing machine into
the sand of the road, alighting on his
feet and escaping without a scratch
He turned as he landed and dashed
toward his wife. She was lying be-
meath the front end of the car, and
he quickly carried her to a place of
safety.
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