Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-20
CAR CRUSHES MAN
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were put out in some manner by the
collision. There, with tail lamps and
hand lamps furnishing a Pickering glow
in which 1t was next to impossible to
see anything, the men on the car and
the freighters labored to free the man
caught in the mass of Wreckage.
The wrecking car was hurried down
from the Pasadena car barns. 1t was
run directly into the building and
coupled with the Short Line car. 1t
took all it's power to pull the two cars
apart, and with grinding and spinning
wheels it struggled for several minutes
before the effect of it's efforts were ap-
parent.
AS soon as the cars were pulled apart
il was Immediately seem that Heyman
had been killed instantly. The waiting
ambulance took his dead body to the
undertaking establishment of Reynolds
G. Van Nuys and a messenger was dis
patched to notify Mrs. Heyman OF the
death of her husband.
All this time little attention had been
paid to the wounds of the other in
iured. Now, however, they were taken
to 1886 Fair Oaks avenue, just to the
north of the express building, for treat
ment. Pacific Electric Surgeon f. F.
Rowland treated their wounds and In
juries.
It is impossible to tell as yet just how
badly the there men are hurt.
Switch at Fault
The accident was occa STONED by the
failure to work properly of the auto
matte switch which allows cars from
the main line to run into the Pasadena
Electric Express building. This switch
is of the variety which works by the
milling of a chain. When the chain is
dropper the switch is supposed to fall
back into place. Immediately after the
accident the switch was found to WORK
all right.
The express car had run into the
building at 6:55, about twenty minutes
before the accident. The theory was
advanced that the switch had remained
omen. but this cannot be true, as an
other. Short Line car had gone north
over the main tracks just five minutes
before the collision.
II is possible that the switch was
slightly caught by a small stone anc
that the car which passed just before
the collision was running so slowly tha'
It crossed over all right, whereas the
next car, which was running very fast
| caught on the slightly opened switch.
president Edwin T. Off of the Pasa-
dena Electric Express company was
upon the scene shortly after the coils
ion. He took active charge Of the work
of clearing away the wreckage but was
greatly hindered by the lack of lights
Mr.. Off states that he can see no reason
why the Short Line car should have
followed the rails into the express
building.
Cars running into Pasadena from Los
Angeles usually run east on Calitornia
street, which is two blocks south of the
Pasadena Electric Express building
and then north on Raymond avenue
one block over. Last evening, however
the car schedule was slightly disar
ranged and the cars were run straigh
north on Fair Oaks to save time.
The north bound track on Fair Oaks
Is not used very much and the switcf
has more service running cars into th'
freight house than directly through tC
the car barns. This fact may accoun
for the failure of the switch to worl
properly.
The Short Line car was we'll filled
with passengers, but aside from sligh
shaking up and being badly frightened
all on this car escaped entirely withou
| hurt.