Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
THREE INJURED
IN COLLISION
ITALIANS DRIVE IN FRONT OF
MOVING TRAIN
Men in Carriage Pay No Heed to
Warnings of BelI-one Dies
in the Receiving
Hospital

Dele Pietro of AL Court street was
fatally injured, Andrea Phillippi of 1414
Palmetto street seriously bruised and
his head cut and Antonio AliVerti of 1414
Palmetto street was hurled fifty feet
but escaped unscathed in n collision be-
tween a double buggy driven by the
men and a Santa Fe oil car at the rail-
road crossing on Avenue Twenty short
ly after 8 o'clock last evening.
Pietro died at midnight in the receiv-
ing hospital.
Needless of the warning clang of the
crossing gong and the cries of Brake
man Hawkins the men, who were driv-
ing south on Avenue Twenty, continued
on their course until squarely in front
of the oil car. None of the party real
lied the presence of danger until the
crash came, according to the state
ments of Phillippi and Aliverti after
the accident.
Hawkins, realizing that -the car was
about to crash into the buggy, leaped
to the right side of the track and con-
tipued to signal to the engineer to stop
AS he moved 10 a place of safety the
hurled about like bits of splintered
wood and the buggy was completely
demolished.
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Pietro was thrown beneath the oil car
and would not have been seriously hurt
had it not been for his position between
the rails. From the position in which
Petro was lying, witness . that visited
the scene of the accident believe that a
brakebeam struck the unfortunate man
on the head and fractured his skull.
Two cars, an oil car and a freight car,
passed over Pietro before the engineer
could stop his short train. From this
position he was removed and placed
aboard a University car. Later he was
transferred to an ambulance and re-
moved to the receiving hospital.
Phillippi was thrown from the front
seat, where he was sitting with Pietro,
sixty feet to the right, onto a high en-
bankment. He sustained a long cut on
the left temple and bruises about the
head and body. Aliverti was thrown
onto the embankment but escaped with
out any injuries.
In speaking of the collision, Brake
man Hawkins said: 1--WE were running
north at moderate rate of speed. The
engine was headed north and was push
ing three cars in front of It. AS we
neared the crossing ! saw that three
men We're approaching in a double
buggy.
Il heard the crossing gong giving its
signal and supposed that the men in the
buggy would look but they did not. l
began TO call to them and at the same
time signal the engineer to stop AS
we were very near the crossing knew
that they would have to stop to pre-
vent a catastrophe.
In another instant / realized that
my efforts to save them were of no
avail and l Immediately Withdrew TO
the side of the oil tank TO save myself
from the flying splinters which I knew
would come. Well, the crash came and
by the time We could stop we had
passed the crossing two car lengths"
To prove their statements, the train
men ran their train upon the block of
track and the gong began to clang its
warning loudly. All witnesses to the
accident. with the exception of those In
the vehicle, claim that the men care
lessly drove on the tracks.
With his friends crowded about him
at the city Jail hospital, Pietro died.
Before passing into a state of uncon-
sciousness he expressed a desire for n
priest, but while the padre was ON his
way Pietro died.