Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-18
SHRINERS DIE
IN TRAIN WRECK
Thirty-one Killed in Disaster in
Lower California
SEVENTEEN FROM READING, PA

1hlrty-One dead and score injured /
comprise the casualties of the wreck /
at Honda of the Ismaela special train /
OF New York and Pennsylvania MOBILES /
OF the Mystic Shrine. who were return |
ing home from the annual meeting Of !
the Imperial Council OF the Ancient
Arabic Order OF the Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine al Los Angeles.
The train. carrying las Shriners and
friends from Ismaelia Temple. Buffalo.
Rajah Temple Reading Pa. and
neighboring cities was rushing north
ward 90 miles an hour on the South.
ern Pacific coast line when the
locomotive struck a defective switch
at the saud-swept scacoast siding of
Honda, near the waters OF the Pacific |
ocean, along which the railroad runs
for 100 miles north of Santa Barbara.
The locomotive turned a s0mersault !
into the yielding sands The cars
swirlcd through the air and landed on 1
the fiery mass Of wrecked steel Thel
coaches were crushed 10 debris and /
took FIRE. The flames were soon exc
unguished by uniniured persons from I
the two rear coaches. The bodies OF
20 victims now lie in santa Barbara /
and five more are at san Luis Oblspo !
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Obispo.
The Dead.
Following Is the list Of the dead at |
Santa Barbara:
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