Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-20
Pasadena Gar DaShes
Into Building After
Taking Switch
Express Company EN-
ployes Crushed in a
Twinkling
Short Line Motorman Falls to AppIy
Air Brake, but Sticks to Platform,
Thus Avoiding lnlury-Four
Men Hurt
THE KILLED


E. B. IIEYMAN, assistant shipping
clerk Of the Pasad dena Electric Express
company. Resides at the corner Of
Summit avenue and Mountain street
Aged 35 years. Leaves a wife but no
children. Died instantly and was fright
fully ma angled
THE INJURED
F. NJ. Downer, a ged 2S years and mar
ried. Resides at 1896 South Fair Oaks
avenue. Assistant stable boss of the
Pasadena Electric Express company
Body twisted Badly bruised and
skinned about the left shoulder blade.
w. r. Downer, aged 20 years and sim
gle. Lives at COL North Marengo ave-
nue.. Teamster for Pasadena Electric
Express company. Badly cut about both
shins. Left elbow bruised and injured.
L. C. Moulton, aged 70 years and sin
gle. Teamster for Pasadena Electric
Express company, residing at 433 North
Pasadena avenue. Left leg twisted and
bruised.
James Roberts, motornlan for Pasa-
dena Electric Express car No. 10O1.
Lives at 955 South Fair Oaks avenue
Cut by flying glass and shaken up.
One instantly killed and three badly
injured last night is the net result Of
| one of the most peculiar accidents on
record in Pasadena.
Running at a terrific speed, Short
| Line car No. 311, in charge of Motor
man S. P. Shearer of 10 West Walnut
| street and Conductor H. G. Taylor of
| 30S Grove street, took the switch in
| front of the Pasadena Electric Express
| building, at the corner of Fair Oaks
avenue and Bellevue drive, dashing
madly through the train arch into the
building itself and striking Pasadena
Electric Express car No 1001
| Assistant Shipping Clerk E. B Hey
| man was standing between the rails
| helping to unload three-inch pipe from
| the freight car. He was caught square
| ly between the two cars and frightfully
mangled, his head being nearly torn
| from his body.
| In the car were F. M. and w.
| R. Downer, brothers working for the
Pasadena Electric Express company
and another employe, L. c. Moulton
These men were near the end Of the car
where the collision occurred. Strange
to relat tie, F. M. Downer, who was hand
ing the pipes to Heyman, was the least
injured of the three.
| James Roberts, motorInan of the eX-
press car, was at the other end and
suffered the least of any Of the four
men in the car. He was cut by flying
glass and thrown to the floor of the
car with great violence.
Acts as Buffer
The lighter express car acted as a
buffer for the heavy 400-horse-power
Short Line motor In the slight frac-
! tion of a second 1t was driven over fifty
feet, from the place where it was stand
ing along the track, demolishing the
small obstruction al the end of the rails
and up a small bank at the rear of the
building The express car had been
standing midway down the platform
upon which goods are unloaded. and it
was showed so far that the end was
way beyond the rails.
| Those who examined the Short Line
car Immediately after the accident
state that Motor:nan Shearer had not
applied the air at all in an endeaVor to
stop his Short Line car. The lever OF
the air brake was found just as 1t is
when cars are running without brakes
set. However, Shearer stuck to his
post and made no effort to jump. Had
he attempted to leave the car he would
proba bly, have been ground to death
between the sides of his own car and
tn heavy freight platform.
Motorman Escapes
All the glass in the front of the Short
Line car was broken, and while 1t fell
in showers about Shearer, he escaped
absolutely without injury. 1t was the
lighter car which suffered the most Sc
verely from the shock, and while the
vestibule glass Of the passenger vehi-
Gle was smashed and the fender was
broken to bits, the damage was as
nothing to that inflicted on the
freighter
With the body of Heyman between
the two cars, the Short Line motor lit
orally ran up and partly over the other,
smashing in it's entire front and leaving
but mass of wreckaSe. How the men
working at the end of the express car
which was struck esca ped death is al
most unaccountable
To add to the confusion, the ligths in
the Pasadena Electric Express building
COntIu ued ON page two.
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