The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-05-18
Death Lays in Matt ON the Treach-
erous Rail His Harvest
10 Terrible.
THIRTY-oEE DIE IN THE CRASH
Others Are SO Badly Wounded That
They Will Probably Die.
DETECTIVE SWITCH is THE CAUSE
Winds Up Masonic Merry MAX ing
with Deadfui Tragedy Scene
OF Terror and Turmoil
Names OF the VIC
Tins.

Santa Barbara. Cal, May 14.--Whlle
hurrying nOrthward over the coast line
Of The Southern Pacific railroad. home
ward bound after a week OF fraternlz.
ing and fiesta In Los Angeles li5
Shriners OF lsmalia temple. OF Buffalo.
and Rajah temple, OF heading, with
their families and friends. were hurled
into the midst OF death when their spe-
cal train. running fifty miles an hour.
struck defective switch az Hondn,
a lonely station on the sand wastes ~
the Pacific beach. deraling the train,
smashing the coaches into flinders.
killing thirty-one almost instantly. AMI
inJurlng many others. OF the injured.
j many are terribly hurt and viii proba.
lily die
J List of the Thirty-One Dead.
| ! ollowlng Is revised list Of Tie
dead and injured Dead. az santa Bar
bara--J. Douglas Nipple. II. X. Cittle
man. A. L. Roth and Gilbert Steele
Reading Pa. W. H. WATSON, Buffalo.
n. Y: j. w. Cutter. .Binghamton, s.
Y; Charles NJ. Lowing. Pullman con
ductor. Buffalo. ~ "; C. w Austin.
New York: John Lacey and r. w
Sweeney. negro dining car walters:
Mrs. William w. Essick. Reading:
Mrs. John W. cutter. Bingliampton.
n. Y: Mrs. Henry ] Fisher and Miss
Cora Young Steyeland: Mrs Brumach
George y. Hagerman. Benjamin Stoltz
Harrison H. Hendel. oliver r. Kaur
man ana Harry q. Miller. Reading At
San Luis ObIspo-S. S. snyder Mrs. s
SNYDER. Richard Essick Thos. i. Rruh
bach and Miss Stoltz Reading: l.. ~
| Ellenbogcn. Allentown. Pa; Howard
Meyer. Hazleton, Pa; Alonzo X. Rog.
ers, ST. Paul. Pullman conductor: nm
identified woman. probably Mrs. Mary
&. WINS. OF Reading. Pa: Mrs. l.. y.
Eilenbogen. Allentown. In.
Terribly Hurt In the Wreck.
Injured. AZ san Luis Oblspo y 4.
Bickford. brakeman, Of san Franc SEQ.
! fatally: H. Fountain. brakeman. back
injured and lower part of body paral.
yzed w. ~ Boyd. OF Reading. IA.
badly scalded Martin r. Henry.
! Shamokln. pn.. injured spine ana Sc
vCrely scalded; II u. Lee. Orwigs-
burg Ia. face lncerated. both bips cut
and fractured leg; j. Logan Buffalo.
y. V, leg fractured and three ribs
broken: II A. Hartsel. EaSton. Pa. SO.
vercly saclded and fractured leg: Chas
| Mckinney. Blnghampton, y. v. back
/ injured: Mrs. Mckinney. severely
bruised about the body. Mrs. Fred
Grummond Rlnghamton, y. y. ankle
broken s. W. Roppole. Benns FONT.
I y. ", severely bruised abour neck. Eli.
glnecr Champlaln. badly scalded: Fire.
mnn Glenn Thompson face. csms and
internal injuries: Mrs Hendci and
daughter Helen. Reading. Pa. not seri.
QUE J. Calvin Hoffedltg Reading. Pa.
left log fractured. scalp wounds.
Due 90 Defective switch
The wreck occurred az 2;35 p. m.
one hour and forty live minutes after
the conclave visitors. forming merry
party. had spent all the morning sight.
seeing ~ Santa Barbara The special
plunged upon the defective switch. and
In an instant the big locomotive. bag
gage Cur. diner and Pullman coupled
with IL were hurled together In 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 fshhooks.
TIE dining car. IN which were thirty.
/ two persons eating their noon day
meal, leaped into the air ana was
thrown directly on top OF the demo-
lshed locomotive, Nearly every person
In this coach WINS Instantly tlllcd Tho
terror and turmoil OF tn- scene was
indcscrlbahle Many Of those who -
capped Instant death by The irst impact
were crushed hy the rear coaches
hurled upon the wrcckagc Others. pin
toned ln the debris. were roasted alive
Engineer T. "a Hero.
Engineer Frank Cnamplam was
pitched with his cab twenty Ave feet
beyond the engine and cot up and ran
thrre-unnfiers ~ mile seeking help
before he discovered that his arm was
broken and that ne was severely scald.
ell man standing behind hls wife
In the baggage car was hurled through
q huge rent Ia the roof and alighted
IN soft and yielding sand almost min
hired. The woman was forced through
the floors. and wreckers had 10 hit
tons of baggage NJ get her body out.
Iiut the unf0rtunates who occupied
every seat IN the dining car were
caught IN yeritablc death trap. A
last cnll for luncheon had Just sounded
few minutes before.
The ear was filled almost entirely
WIFI Reading people when the wreck
occurred.
Was Only III Two Hours.