Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
COLLEGE STUDENTS
KILLED AND HURT
OVERLAND AND SPECIAL IN
COLLISION
Victims Of Wreck Who Escaped with
Their Lives Tell Stories OF
How It Seemed TO
Them
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from men famed in ell parts OF the
world in college athletics,
) ]. c. Gail, $500 Pasadena avenue,
whose body was the first to be located.
) was found face down on the bank of
the river fully twenty yards from
) where the collision had occurred. The
young man had been pitched from the
front end of the smoker by the force
of the collision. His face was crushed
and It was almost impossible TO recog-
nize the gay, happy student of a minute
before.
The body OF A. II. Edwards was
found pinned beneath a seat and
crushed and mangled in such a manner
it was almost impossible TO tell it was
human.
Two Die Together
Frank Hodgson and c. G. Franklin,
the closest companions in school life,
were found huddled together, with
arms entertwined and clasped to breast,
both dead.
They were carried from the car by
companions who had served with them
during the years they have spent in
school and college, and were laid to-
gether side by side near the rails.
Word was sent to the Salt Lake sta
ton by residents in the neighborhood
and soon a special car arrived which
had been sent by the Salt Lake rail-
road. The dead bodies were placed in
it and were taken to the Salt Lake sta
ton, where they were kept until ambu-
lances arrived, when they were re-
moved to Bresee Brothers undertaking
esta blishment.
In the meantime the injured had
been taken to the different hospitals.
! T. j. Cutting, conductor of the spe-
cial, was removed to the receiving hos
pital, where it was found that his in
juries would probably prove fatal.
| Word was at once sent to his home in
Boyle Heights and soon his wife ar
rived at the place.
Asks About wreck.
ooh, where am I?' moaned the in
jured man, as he lay on the operating
table at the hospital. How did it hap
pen? How many are killed?" and toss
ing in pain, with mind wrecked by the |
fearful experience through which he T
had just passed, the trainman begged |
for knowledge of the accident. Before |
he lapsed into unconsciousness he was
asked for an explanation of how the |
wreck occurred, but he was unable to |
give any information which would |
throw any light on it.
L know we had a clear track, accord |
ing to ORDERS" he said, "and 1 do not |
understand how it could have hap
pened."
Superintendent I. L. Hibbard of the
Santa Fe, accompanied by his secre-
tary, James rBarrett, were passengers
on the Overland and both We're slightly |
injured in the accident. When ap-
preached and asked for an explanation |
of how the wreck could have occurred |
Mr.. Hibbard refused to make any |
statement, saying he had not seen any
report from the conductor and would |
be unable to explain until after he had |
investigated.
Il was told by the operator at the
last station we passed that we had the |
right of way over everything said
Clarence Jones, one of the passengers
on the special, and who was also
slightly injured in the wreck. al
stepped off the train there and the
operator was outside the depot II
asked him how the track was, and he
! laughed and said it was all clear for
our train. He said the Overland would
lie at the town near where the accident
occurred until after we passed.
Seats Torn Up
when the accident occurred we were
all singing and shouting enjoying our
| selves to the utmost. None of us
dreamed that we were so soon to meet
with an accident which would take our
dearest companions from our midst
and injure unto death the very ones
with whom we were singing and talk
ing.
when the crash came we were
pitched in heaps to the floor of the
car. Seats were torn and twisted from
their fastenings and piled in heaps on
top OF us.
For few seconds none of us COM
pretended what had occurred, then we
) heard the moaning of those who had
been so severely injured, and in a
second the air was rent with cries of
suffering.
In a few minutes we heard voices
from outside the car calling to us
, that help was coming, and soon we
/ Were drawn forth to fresh air again.
5 The special train was filed with
! students who had passed the day at
t tending the second annual conference
l track meet of Occidental, U. S. C. and
t Pomona colleges on the Alumni field
at Claremont.
e The train had been chartered for the
(. day and had left on the return trim
e less than an hour before the collision
i occurred.
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