The San Francisco call., 1906-09-11
THREE CARS ROLL
DOWN HIGH BANK
To BEACH.
Travellers Suffer Broken
Limbs and Painful Hurts,
but None Are Killed
THREE DEATHS MAY
FOLLOW DISASTER
Accident Occurs as Train
Is Speeding at Rate of
Fifty Miles an Hour

Fifty Miles an Hour
VENTURA. Sept. 1o.-The second sec
ton OF Southern Pacific train No. 10.
the Sunset Express. was wrecked at
Sea Cliff. an isolated siding eight miles
from Ventura, at $50 O'Clock this
morning. and nearly fifty passengers
were more or less seriously injured
The train was running an hour and a
half late and was making from forty
five 10 fifty miles an hour at the time
OF the accident. 1t was in charge of
Conductor Bob Sturgeon and was of
the usual equipment-Mogul engine,
tank and baggage car. express car.
smoker and two chair cars. The wreck
was caused by the big driving wheels
Of the locomotive leaving the rails
through some cause unexplained. and
though Engineer Lowry at once ap-
piled the emergency brakes the engine
was going at such speed that it was
not stopped for forty-five car lengths
The big drivers cut off the bolts and
spikes of the rails for the entire dis
tance
The trucks of the engine did not
leave the rails. neither did the tank
car nor baggage car. The smoker went
through small trestle. and with the
two chair cars was thrown down the
bank to the ocean beach below.
SIXTY TRAVELLERS ON BOARD.
There were sixty persons in the
three coaches. and with but few exS
oeptions ali were more or less injured
The track is built along the bluffs.
twenty feet above the ocean, and the
coaches were landed upside down on
the beach below. The passengers were
piled in a heap in each car. Broken
glass and detached seats caused many
serious injuries. The passengers in
the upper side Of the cars were thrown
violently to the lower side. and these
were injured the most. It is miracle
that none met death.
4 message was dispatched to Ven
turs for assistance and Doctors Cut-
aneen, Bynum and Huning with nurses
from the Bard Hospital were sent at
once TO the wreck. BY the time they
from the wreck and made as comfort
able as possible.
About an hour after the arrival of
the Ventura doctors and nurses a spe-
cisl arrived from Santa Barbara with
other physicians.
At ? o'clock a special arrived from
Los Angeles with Division superin-
Southern Pacific surgeon. and other
physicians. The injured were placed
on board this special and sent to the
hospitals in Los Angeles
LIST OF THE INJURED.
The following persons were seriously
injured:
MRS. MARY f. PETRAN, Spokane,
wife Of II E. Petran. building contrac-
tor Of san Francisco; ribs broken, head
cut. cash in left breast penetrating the
lung: may die.
MRS. NELLIE F. LONG, San Fran
cisco. shoulders dislocated and arms
injured; internal injuries.
JULIUS MARTIN, Arkansas; internal
injuries; may die.
The following others were injured,
not seriously:
Gertrude Petran. Spokane. daughter
OF Mrs. Mary Petran. back sprained,
shoulder cut. Miss Edith Petran. spo-
kane. head cut; E. o. Meyer. Lorraine,
O.. back badly sprained. hips injured;
Clara Lawlor. Los Angeles shoulder
fractured, internal Inquiries; A K Mil
Ter. Los Angeles. hips sprained; w. F.
Los Angeles. right knee and left thigh
injured. bad scalp wound: Charles
Franklin. vaudeville actor head in
5ured. leg sprained: J. D. Gibbs, back
wrenched: Conductor R. E. Sturgeon.
leg injured: Phillip Baker, Huntington.
Ind. scalp wound. hand broken; DR..
Huffman, surgeon. Lorraine. O., scalp
wounds Gordon Huffman, son of w. w
Huffman. shoulder broken; Mrs. Sadie
Davis Los Angeles, left side injured:
". h. Collins. Quincy. Ill, right leg
broken. contusions about head; Mrs. w
Il. Collins. bruised; W. II. r. Montgom-
cry, Coneyville. Kan. head cut. leg in
Jured. finger broken; II. L. Montgom-
cry. son Of W H. r. Montgomery, head
badly cut; Ora l. Latta, Seattle, right
arm broken. internal injuries; Mrs A
Gaskill. Los Angeles. right shoulder
broken; Walter n. Gorham. Los Ange-
les. right leg broken in two places:
George Wilson, Oxnard. express mes