Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-13
WRECK HORROR GROWS:
MORE. ARE FATALLY INJURED
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wreckage a stream of boiling water
poured over her. soaring her body ter
ribly.
Woman passengers sought to remove
her upper garments, but tainted when
the flesh came off with them. She ex-
pired in few minutes after being car
ried out on the sand, and Deabald was
forced back into the sleepers, unable
longer to endure the narrowing scenes
on every hand.
Sight Is Horrible
"It was the most horrible sight I ever
laid eyes on" he said. wherever I
touched her the print of the fingers re-
manned in the almost fluid flesh"
Henry J. Fisher of Cleveland went
under protest with his wife and her
daughter, Mrs. Cora Young, and Mrs.
John W. Cutler to the baggage car. The
three women were killed and he escaped
almost unharmed from the wreck Of the
baggage coach. Today, wandering
dazedly about the streets, Fisher asks
mournfully:
How did I escape? Why should they
die and I live?"
A. D. wasson of Buffalo was eating
at corner table. He was within six
inches of the hot water tanks. When
the rescuers neared him he smiled en-
couragingly. Dragged from out the
range of the scalding steam he muir
INJURED "Thank God" and died. His
wife and their 3-year-old baby were
with him on the train and escaped in
| jury.
Charles M. Tyson of Buffalo Is Ill at
| the Potter hotel here, completely un-
nerved by his experiences. He faced
death many times, dragging from the
debris the bodies of friends. He finally
collapsed under the strain.
It was some time after the wreck
had occurred before word of 1t reached
the outside world.
AS soon as one Of the uninjured
trainmen could make his way to the
station, word of the wreck was flashed
to railroad headquarters here and at
San Luis Obispo.
Special Trains Sent
Immediately special trains were ar
ranged for and corps of physicians
and nurses gathered hurriedly to-
gether, and were quickly on their way
to the station.
At o'clock the relief special left
this city It made the run to Honda
station, sixty-five miles, in an hour and
half.
simultaneously another special left
san LUIS ODlSpO dlSO SQuipPOu "ASAA
nurses and doctors 1t arrived after
run of about the same distance as the
Santa Barbara train, 3nd shortly be-
fore the one that left this city.
Already the work Of rescue had been
nearly completed by those who had es-
capped the disaster unhurt.
Twenty-Five bodies lay in rows on
the sand beside the track The in
jured, many of them unconscious and
dying, were scattered about the VI
cinity on piles of bedding and plush
seats brought from the Pullmans.
The more fortunate ones were at
tempting to give succor to the sufferers.
1t was determined at once to remove
the injured to San Luis Obispo and
bring the dead to this city. The work
of placing them upon the two trains
was quickly accomplished.
Before the special bearing the in
jured had reached San Luis Obispo five
more had succumbed to their terrible
wounds. Physicians and nurses worked
over the survivors incessantly.
Arriving at its destination, the train
was met by a score of ambulances and
automobiles and the injured were
quickly carried to the two local sani-
tariums.
The dead were removed in undertake
ers' wagons to a morgue.
In the meanwhile the train returning
to this city with its load of dead was
sidetracked at a lonely switch for the
passage of other trains. Far out on
the sandy desert, miles from any habi-
tation or from any wire communication
with the outside world, the special