Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-12
FLAMES AND ESCAPING
STEAM THREATEN LIVES
OF MANY PASSENGERS
THREE CABS PILED ON TOP OF ENGINE
Los Angeles Citizens Order Special Train and
Are Now on Their Way to Scene of
Catastrophe Victims Include
Prominent Eastern Men

Filled to its full capacity with sriners their from
various parts the special San Francisco
from Los Angeles wrecked Honda yesterday after
noon Twenyeght persons either instantly killed
Of their wounds while fifty seriously injured
While the and who made the party laugh
ing and talking reviewing the eventfu incidents happy
passed at Los Angeles while of the Southern
ropols the crash No warning greeted
before knew what had happened
in confusion twisted kinding wood
From lips which uttered only words of
happiness piercing hks of pain agonzng excla
nations denoting fear that filled heart
Other lips sted Sentences spoken in lest or
Bodies were aneed so that
ogntion impossible limb fathers
die or suffer the pains Of death
while in other instances the and daughters compelled
witness the suffering or dying struggle of their parents
i FIRST NEWS OF WRECK ARRIVES
I "The La Fiesta special has wreckedr
before had gone to the depot to
bid their loved ones good BY cannot be put in words
knew at that time The telegraph clicked
ported that forty had pehed Then bulletin sv AZ ss bs
less than twenty dead.
News of the wreck passed down the street srners who were
struck s spss ss s men Of various eastern cities were
Eagerly newspaper office city applied
tdngs Of the catastrophe Others rushed the telegraph
in effort to obtain anything that the
Twenty dead and than that number injured"
next message
and announced the of of the victims groan
standing nearby followed by exclamation that per-
The of another victim given and
He dear friend or relative, perhaps
ERRONEOUS BULLETINS RECEIVED
And it throughout the night. women made
hurried the places where information
concerning wreck AS usually the
received which proved be
brought sghs of relief from the lips of
while in instances the to bring
send pangs of sorrow to brave hearts
bedecked awnings and bright flags and bunting
the principal vvidly recalling before
of those who death in the wreck through
the thorougares in the most magnificent parade ever the
Pacific coast.
inspiring of the various replaced by either
silence sobs of grief The city mourningn
before been witnessed Angeles
flashed San
shaken earthquake and that flames destroying
the CITY,
extended brother
kindness fail in Had it
where aid of any would avail
Angeles would offered it, nothing
that could be await the full particulars and make
for special train Srners and friends
of injured to the of the wreck.
at o'clock coaches filled grief
left the the and nights
followed April Is, 1906, recalled all too vvdy.
BELIEVED THAT BOULDER CAUSED WRECK
believed that boulder rolled the from
enbankmen caused the wreck reported
drive wheel threw the engine from the track but
boulder theory advanced.
the fact that several piled
engine impossible make investigation had there
time do following the catastrophe for the inued
together with the train time
aid of the injured and rescuing the bodies of the dead
Several OF the injured died while being taken San
Obspo and others declared be in dying condition.
their death being only matter of minutes hours
San Luis Obspo Masons organized relief corps before the
arrival OF the special train carrying the dead and injured The latter