Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-10

Hidue HO attempt 10 Apply his ar uIilI
he was within two car lengths of where
the tracks curve, and when he did turn
the lever the brakes were of no avail.
Grabs Hand Straps
Just before the car left the rails l
jumped to my feet and grabbed two
of the straps in order to protect my
wife with my body. was partly sue
cessful, for although she is painfully
injured we hope that nothing serious
will result"
1t was by strange turn of fate that
Mr.. Benz and his bride were passen-
gers on the Inflated car. They had
been visiting at the Ringaman home,
and when the time for departure ar
rived Mr.. Ringaman offered to take
them to the car in his automobile. His
intention was to meet the car at Syc-
amore avenue, some blocks below the
scene OF the accident, but when the
car line was reached no car was in
sight, and Mr.. Ringaman volunteered
to take mis- guests for a short spin up
the valley, so that they would be at
the end of the car line and above the
curve in plenty of time for the o'clock
car.
This was done, and a few minutes
after he had returned home, after put
ting Mr.. and Mrs. Benz on the car,
Mr. Ringaman was informed by phone
that an accident had occurred. He
hurried to the spot in his machine and
conveyed Mrs Benz to his home, where
she was later attended by physicians.
Dr. Hilliker, whose instant and able
aid did much to allay the sufferings OF
many of the injured, had been for
ride in his automobile with his brother
and others, and was just entering onto
Colorado avenue when the car left the
rails, the auto being less than forty
feet away from the Inflated curve.
Jumps Into Rescue. Work
| He Immediately swung into the work
of rescue and after helping to raise the
| car SO that those pinned underneath
could be removed ne devoted his at
tention to the injured DR.. Htlliker
! in an interview given Immediately after
the accident, said:
"I was just turning into Colorado
avenue when the car left the rails and
was nrobably the first outsider to reach
the scene. At one end Of the car lay
Miss Burroughs, pinned down into the
earth, and with her body nearly sew
cred at the waist. At the other end
| Law Vent, and he was gasplng Tor
breath when we endeavored to extrlcate
him.
1.-THE car was undoubtedly going at
an unusual rate of speed at Whlcn 10
take a curve. / did not have time TO
notice the actions of the motorman,
and so could not state as to the manner
| in which he was running the car"
John Harris the motorman who was
! IN control of the car and whose num-
| ber In the lists of the Los Angeles
railway is 414 has been working at
his trade for over three years. He is
not familiar with the Eagle ROCK rum
as most of his time has been spent on
the University line and was handling
the valley car only as an extra to
meet the increased Sunday traffic.
Did Not Know Danger
The fact that he did not know the
dangers of the curve is in his favor
| as it is the custom on many of the
local lines to take all curves at any
old speed. Harris was five minutes
late when he left the end of the Eagle
Rock line at Townsend and Colorado
avenues, and was endeavoring to catch
I'D with his schedule by making all the
| speed possible.
AS soon as the calamity became
known the people of Eagle Rock gen
erously opened their homes to the IN
| iured. but in only a single instance
was their hospitality and open heart
i edness availed of by the passengers on
the wrecked car. Railway officials i'm
mediately pressed into service one OF
J their cars, and using 1T as hospital
conveyance gathered together all they
could of the injured and transported
them to the Pacific Electric hospltai
in Los Angeles.
1 Miss Gwendolyn Burroughs suffered
almost instant death. When the cleo
trio toppled over her head protruded
and the car in it's mad slide along the
ground terribly lacerated the beaut1ful
face and fractured the nose of the
| young woman.
Her escort, w. E. Sayre, who sat
| beside her and nearest the aisle, was
practically uninjured.
1--WE had just left the single track
near the start of the line headed for
Los Angeles when, as we turned to
enter the double tracks, I remarked
that we were going pretty fast" said
Sayre last night.
"Then came a bump and over the car
went. skidding along the ground. The
neonle in the open section seemed to
| suffer worst, as they were spilled out
and crushed by the weight Of the big
| car.
GAS soon as we righted the car and
lifted Miss Burroughs UP she gave one
gasp and was dead without saying a
word
"Those who were inquired were nui :
ried away in automobiles by people
who passed, but 1 could learn nothing
more. 1t was all so terrible.
at want to hurry to the house to
break the terrible news to her mother"
Miss Burroughs had only recently
come here from Grass Valley, Cal.
She was the second youngest OF seven
children, three of them married. she
had made her home recently with her
widowed mother in apartments on
Flower street, between Fourth and
Fifth.
She worked for a time in Bullock's s
department store, it is said, but later
went to another department store.
Because of her good looks and per,
feet physique a number of theatr1cal
| managers asked her mother to permit
Miss Burroughs to go on the stage,
but the mother resolutely refused
tempting offers.
Taught Sunday Class
|. Mrs. Burroughs yesterday paid a
visit to a married daughter at S29 East
Forty-sixth street; some of the family
went to Long Beach, while Miss Gwen
dolyn, escorted by w. e. Sayre OF 4SO
East Forty eighth street a FORMER
ra iiroad man. took ride out to Eagle