The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
THIRTY-oNE DIE IN THE CRASH
Others Are So Badly Wounded That
They Will Probably Die.
DEFECTIVE SWITCH rs THE CAUSE
Winds Up Masonic Merry Making
with a Deadful Tragedy-Scene
of Terror and Turmoil
Names OF the VIC
tins.

Santa Barbara, Cal, May 14.--While
hurrTing nOrthwald over the coast line
Of the Southern Pacific railroad, home
ard-bonnd after a week Of fraternlz
ing and fiesta in Los Angeles 40
Shriners Of Ismalia temple, Of Buffalo,
and Rajah temple, of leading. with
their families and friends. were hurled
into the midst of death when their spe-
cial train, running fifty miles an hour.
struck defective switch ut Honda,
4 lonely station on the sand wastes OF
the Pacific beach, derailing the train.
smashing the coaches into flinders.
killing thirty-One almost instantly, ana
injuring many others. OF the injured.
many are terribly hurt and will prOba
bly, die.
List of the Thirty One Dead.
Following is revised list of the
dead and injured: Dead. at Santa Bar
bara-J. Douglas Hipple. III. X. Gittl'
man. A. L. Roth and Gilbert Steele.
Reading, Pa; w. d. WATSON, Buffalo,
n. Y; J. W. Cutter, BnghamtOn, y.
Y; Charles NJ. Lowing. Pullman con
ductor. Buffalo; n. Y; c. w. Austin.
New York; John Lacey and r. w.
Sweeney. negro dining car walters:
Mrs. William w. Essick. Reading:
Mrs. John W. Cutter, BinghamptOn,
n. Y: Mrs. Henry J. Fisher and Miss
Cora Young, Steveland; Mrs. Brumach.
George y. Hagerman, Benjamin StoltZ
Harrison K. Hendel, Oliver T.. Kauff
man and Harry G.. Miller, Reading. At
San Luis Obispo-S. S. Snyder, Mrs. s.
Snyder Richard Essick Thos. J. Brum-
bach and Miss Stoltz. Reading; L. n.
Ellenbogcn, Allentown, Pa: Howard
Meyer, Hazleton, Pa; AlonZo 3. Rog-
prs, st. Paul, Pullman conductor; I'm,
identified woman, probably Mrs. Mary
Z. WINS, of Reading, Pa; Mrs L. n.
EilenbOgen. Allentown, Pa.
Terribly Hurt i'm the Wreck.
Injured. at San Luis Obispo-S. A.
Bickford, brakeman, of San Franc SEQ
fatally; L. FH'ntain, brakeman, back
injured and tNser part of body paral-
wed W. HI. Boyd, Of Reading, Pa.
badly scalded; Martin l.. Henry
vcrely scalded; III. r. Lee, Orwigs
burg. Pa, face lacerated, both lips cut
and fractured leg; J. Logan. Buffalo,
\. Y, leg fractured and three ribs
broken: FL. A. Hartsel Easton. Pa. Sc
verely saclded and fractured leg: CEaS
Mckinney, BinGhampton, \. T.. back
injured; Mrs. Mckinney, severely
bruised about the body: Mrs. Fred
Grummond. Binghamton, n. Y. ankle
broken: A. w. Roppole, Dennis Point.
n. Y, severely bruised about neck. FL
Sinecr Champlain. badly scalded: Fire
man Glenn Thompson, face, arms and
Internal injuries; Mrs. HenGel and
daughter Helen, Reading Pa, not ser-
Gus; J. Calvin Hoffeditg. Reading. Pa.
left leg fractured scalp wounds.
Due to- Defective Switch
The wreck occurred at 2:35 D. M,
me hour and fOrty-five minutes after
the conclave visitors, forming a merry
party, had spent all the morning sight
seeing ut Santa Barbara. The special
plunged upon the defective switch. and
in an instant the big locomotive. bag
gage car. diner and Pullman coupled
with it were hurled together in Il huge
heap of wreckage. The engine shot
forward on the broken track, tearing
up the rails and ties and twisting the
huge iron spans into fishhooks.
The dining car, in which were thirty
two persons eating their noon day
meal, leaped into the air and was
thrown directly on top of the demo-
ished locomotive. Nearly every persou
in this coach was instantly '>tlled. The
terror and turmoil of tire scene was
indcscribable. Many Of those who es
capped instant death by the first impacT
were crushed by the. rear coaches
hurled upon the wreckage. Others. pin
ioned in the debris, were roasted alive
Engineer Is a Hero.
Engineer Frank Cnamplain was
pitched with his cab twenty-five fce
beyond the engine, and got up and RAJ
three-uuarters of mile seeking help
before ha discovered that his arm was
broken and that he.was severely scald
ed. man standing behind his wifi,
in the baggage car was hurled through
4 huge rent in the roof and aiightet
in soft and yielding sand almost unin
i1red. The woman was forced through
the floors, and wreckers had to iif
tons of baggage to get her body out
But the unfortunates who occupie,
every seat in the dining car wer
caught in veritable death trap.
last call for luncheon had just soande
few minutes before.
The car was filled almost entirel
with Reading people when the wrec
occurred.