The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13

OF JOY ana praise, mercy ana peace iuFc
met together and Righteousness utd truth
have Kissed each Other
THIRTY 0NE PERISH
I'm PACIFIC WRECK.
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Santa Barbara to Honda In 100 minutes.
Tie locomotive In leaving tho rails
tore UP tho track, twisting tho huge
steel rails into fisll-hooks.
'rhe baggage chr hulf-buricd itself In
tho sand OIL the right side of the ocon1-
Tive. II was smashed almost to kind
ling wood.
Dining Car Death Trap.
rho dining car. IN which thirty-two
persons were eating luhchcon, lenped in
tic air and fell directly on the demolished
locomotives. Nearly every person In the
dining car was almost instantly killed
Scores were scalded By steam escaping
from disconnected pipes. Tho rear
Goa ies rushed on the first wrcckage
thtnining 1t on those who might other
wise have escaped. Several, pnioncd IN
tho debris, were roasted alive.
Engineer Frank Champlain was pitched
twenty five feet beyond the engine. lie
came up and ran mile, seeking hcp
before he discovered that his arm was
broken and that he wns severely scalded,
Only two OF the nine men Of the
dininE-car crew are numbered amor $
tho dead. rho remainder. thoa7;h
cooped up in the narrow Kitchen and
pantry. sustained only cuts ard
bruises A last call for luncheon had
lust sounded h few minutes before the
disaster.
Many Reading Victims.
Rnjah Temple. Of Reading, Pa, oc
cupied tho last car OF tho train, and
laajnh shriners were the last ones TO
go forward to the dining-chr. The
dining-car was thus filled almost CHI
tirely with Reading people when tho
wreck occurred.
An instant after the smash those who
were not incapacitated by the terri
bio impact jumped from the train II
render aid, but they We're unable to
do much beside extinguish tho fl,e,
and they had to walt long hours be-
foro relief arrived.
Frightened women, peering through the
windows OF the unchanged sleeping cars.
tainted when they saw the bodies Of their
friends strewn along the roadside, blood
from the wounds staining the sand drifts
al about. Men who toiled hard at the
task OF rescue collapsed.
Woman's Awful Fate.
Mrs. John W. Cutler, OF Binghamton,
N. Y, was in the baggage car ut the
time of the crash to rearrange her trunk.
Her body was driven through the floor.
and the wrecked cur had to be lacked
up before the body could be released.
Mrs. Fred Greenwood, OF Binghnmton,
was with Mrs. Cutler, and also went
down under the tons OF baggage and
debris, but she was covered by an
aroh OF trunks. When rescuers burrowed
their way to where the two women lay,
Mrs. Greenwood reached out and graspcd
the foot OF ono OF the men and shouted
"I'll not let go until you get me out"
Then scalding steam enveloped her
ana she was terribly burned. She was
rescued alive, however. and was among
those taken to San Luis Obispo.
Following is the list of dead and in
jured at San Luis Obispo:
Dead: N A. WATSON, Buffalo; J. CUT
Ter and wife, Binghamton, N. y: Mrs.
ElSncr,a lClcVeIdHtt. SI1llcs 4hioo A<Vh6
Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Lowing, Buffalo.
N. y; Mr. Austin. tourist agent, OF Buff
ralo, Shriner party; Mrs. L. N. Ellen
! bogen, Allentown, Pa; J. ". Nipple.
Gilbert Steffel Richard Eastick, Harry
FIendle, Mr.. Pfounbar. Olivia Kaufman.
Miss Stoltz, George Hagerman. Miss
Snyder. Berry Stoltz Harry Miller, A.
r. Roth. all OF Reading. Pa; Mr.. Henry.
Lebanon, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Ellenbogen,
Allentown. Pa; Allison Il. ROBBERS,
Pullman cuncodort- (,t;Mh m m mmm
Pullman conductor. from ST. Paul. MINI.
Engineer Champlain. badly skinned
Brnk emnn Bickford, back broken; Fire.
man Glen Thompson, face, arms and In
tcrnal injuries: eX-Mnyor Howard A
Hartsel Of Easton, Pa, injuries not
scrious: Mrs. Hentele and daughter
Helene, of Reading, not serious; Mr.
Hofeditg. fracture In leg and scalp
A. r. Rafael, Bernespoint. Ore, scalr
wounds, right hand and loft leg hurt
his wife was unin1ured: K. Calvir
uoff editg, OF Reading, left leg frnc
turcd, scalp wound; Mr.. Meyer, Halle
| ION. Pa, scalded Martin Henry
sha1nolin, scalded; Mr.. Boyd. Reading
Pa. leg broken; Mr.. Fred. Gremond o.
Bin ghamton. N. X, leg broken.
| Holding an Inquest.
Coroner Ruiz began an Inquest tl',s
afternoon on the bodies OF the victinls
Joel II. Prescott, OF Buffalo, testl!'e'
that the train was running at hisi
rate OF speed.
Eo snid tho relief train from santf
barbara reached the wreck shor J.
after S o'clock Tho accident occurred
at 2:35. The train carrying the deut
started back att O'Clock, and dc
not reach Santa Barbara until 1880 y
NJ, or six and half hours after leav,
ing tho wreck. taking that long tt
cover distance Of skye ne miles
Tho relief train was held on sidint
fourteen miles north OF Santa Bar
bara for two hours with its freight o.
dead Prescott said he examined the
ground In the vicinity Of the swit.s
and discovered that point Of Il switch
rail- was broken off. evidently by til,
wrecked train, The piece of broker
rail was produced. This caused thu
train to leave tho track. no .housl,t
An examination OF the switch showed
that 1t was not closed. The nquNs
Will be continued tomorrow.
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