Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-25
THOUSANDS SEE
WRECKED AUTO
INQUEST OVER MRS. C0D0RI
THIS MORNING
Chauffeur Henderson's Condition Is
Still criticaI-Some Trouble Ex-
perienced In Getting Admit
tance to Hospital

The scene of the fatal automobile
accident, just south of the Orange
Grove avenue and Colorado street cor
ner in Pasadena, was visited by thou
sands of curious people yesterday the
accident causing tremendous excite
ment as soon as 1t was generally
known.
The great cash in the Orange Grove
avenue macadam, where the rim of the
automobile wheel swerved in over
turning, and the pile of ashes and
SCARED iron were mute but awful evil
dence of the disaster.
Later in the day all that remained
of the once handsome automobile was
carted away.
The body of Mrs. Codori lies at the
undertaking rooms of Adams, Turner
&5 Stevens, where the inquest will be
held this morning at 10 o'clock.
Henderson; the chauffeur, is at the
Pasadena hospital and still fingers be-
tween life and death.
The other parties have been brought
to Los Angeles and their homes.
Patrolman Shultz, whose report of
the affair is on the official record of
automobile was going at the rate of
about thirty-five miles an hour when
it passed him on Colorado street, and
that according to all he could learn
the occupants had not been drinking
before the accident occurred.
Trouble at Hospital
One lesson from the affair depends
upon the difficulty experienced in find
ing room, even temporarily, for the
injured people at the Pasadena hos
pital.
The city officials will, it is thought,
now make some arrangement for the
care of emergency cases similar to
this one.
Not a week passes without the need
for place at which emergency cases
can be cared for. There are no suit
able arrangements at the police sta
tion, and the police are becoming des-
perate with the unnecessary burden
Thrust upon them.
When the authorities at the Pasa-
dena hospital refused to take care of
more than Henderson, the police had
to skirmish around and secure car
riages for the transportation at once
of the other victims to Los Angeles.
1t looked for astime as though the
man Henderson himself would not
be admitted to the hospital. in spite of
his admittedly serious condition.
Two of the private patrol belonging
to the agency of ex-Chief of Police W.
Wray Freeman were the first to render
assistance to the injured persons after
the accident One of them, e. A.
Blake, stood on the Orange Grove cor
ner when the machine turned turtle
almost in front of him. He rushed to
the side of the vehicle at once. but
there was little that could be done.
Mrs. Norris Story
The awful scenes which accompanied
the tragedy yesterday morning were
told graphically by Ella May Norris of
321 South Grand avenue yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Norris. who was also
one of the party, was thrown heavily
from the machine but escaped injury
ut all happened so quickly l hardly
know where to begin" said Mrs. Norris.
eve left Los Angeles about 11;SOI
o'clock for a ride to Baldwin's ranch
1--WE started back to the oity about 3
O'Clock It was one of my first ex-
periences with an automobile, so | cam
not say that we were travelling very
rapidly for an automobile, but it seemed
to me that we were going at pretty
high speed.
Automobile Turns Turtle
"As the chauffeur was about to turn
the automobile to the left at the corner
of Orange Grove and Pasadena avenues
the machine suddenly turned over on its
right side. If we slid long for any dis
tance at all l did not know it. To me
it seemed that we came to a sudden
halt
1T was not an instant betw cen the
time the machine turned over before
saw the flames leap from 1t. l saw
nothing more of Mrs. Codori. Mr.. Co
dori remember seeing going around
excitedly crying:
My God, my wife-my wife's in the
hames!'
Jack Henderson, the chauffeur, was
sitting on the curb near the street. His
clothes were burning and I rushed up
to him and commenced to remove them.
The laces in his shoes were burned and
/ pulled off the latter without effort.
Flesh Comes With Clothes
"His clothing from head to foot was
burned, and as l tried to remove them
they came off in pieces with parts of
the skin adhering to the pieces"
Mrs Norris is related to John Norris
Of Pueblo, Colo, where the latter con-
ducts a furniture store. She is said to
be we'll known both in Pueblo and
throughout the Centennial state through
her work as an artist there.
. Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Codori are
well known in Los Angeles. Mr. Codori
has for years been prominent as an
auctioneer and recently is said by Mrs
Norris to have conducted a moving
picture machine at 1856 South Spring
street Mrs. Codori is said to have
many friends in Los Angeles and was
noted for her beauty. Mr.. and Mrs
Codori lived at 1921 South Grand avenue.
Are oId-Time AneeIenos
other relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. Codori
live at 1919 West Fourth street. The
Codori family have resided in Los An
geles for more than eighteen years.
The machine 'yas q twenty-five horse
power. two cylinder Buick. 1t carried
license No. 5922 and was the property
of Michael j. Nolan of the Nolan &
Smith real estate company, located at
22s West Second .treet. Mr.. Nolan
loaned the Codor party his machine
last Saturday night
"They left LOS Angeles shortly after
II o'clock to go to Baldwin's ranch,
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