Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-04
Scattered Remains
Gathered With
ShovelS
Three Killed and Four In
jured in Train
Wreck
Salt Lake Passenger from San 5er-
nardino Runs Into a Defective
Switch and Is Thrown
from the Tracks
DEAD

DEAL
C. S. HAMILTON, engineer,
married, 2131 East First street !;
crushed beneath cab of engine ;
killed instantly.
WALTER PRUETT, 16 years
of age, 402 East Center street,
Pomona; scalded and burned
died at California hospital.
JOHN THOMAS, Riverside,
cut and scalded; died at emerg-
ency hospital this morning.
INJURED
E. E. Powell, conductor, 107
North Anderson street; cut and
bruised.
Arthur F. Wingart, fireman, 176
South Pless street; cut and
bruised.
David Norbie, Riverside; cut
and bruised.
F. A. Taylor, express messen-
ger, 1920 Pleasant avenue; cut
and bruised.
Hurled from the rails by a defective
switch, Salt Lake local No. 49, from
say, Rernardino, was plunged into a
ditch about half mile from the First
street station at IL 20 yesterday morn
ing and beneath it's mighty bulk was
burned the body of its engineer, G. s.
Hamilton. When the debris was finally
removed sufficiently to enable the
wrecking crew to get at the unfor-
l, frNes rnr~n fnTTT1 n
scattered over large area and had to
be gathered with shovels.
The regular engineer on No. 13 was
off yesterday having secured TWO
days vacation Saturday, and 1t was
Hamilton's first run on that train. He
was almost half an hour late and eye
witnesses say was running very fast TO
make up time. At the Seventh street
switch, scarcely six blocks away from
the station, the accident occurred.
Switch Not Locked
AS the flying local thundered down
the track the engineer whistled to a
switch engine steaming near me con-
ductor of the switch engine threw the
switch and leaped on the rear guard Of
his train. The switch had not, however,
been locked, and the jar of the flying
passenger threw it open. The engine
held to the rails, but with grating
sound the rest of the train was thrown
from the track and for an instant skid
ded along the side of the three-foot
embankment The next moment the
weight of the derailed train overturned
the locomotive and it plunged over on
IT'S side, plowing it's nose through pile
of soft dirt lying along the side of the
track With a force that tore loose the
boiler plates the engine plowed its way
into the ground and buried itself deep
in the soft earth.
Hamilton who stuck by his throttle
TO the last, was caught between the en-
CINE and the earth, and his body was
literally ground to pieces. Vitals and
limbs were strewn along the track, and
when the wrecking crew arrived they
had to remove the unrecognizable
fragments with shovels.
Find Severed Arm
Several hours after the bleeding mass
of grimy flesh and bones had been taken
TO Stewart & Hamilton's undertaking
parlors a severed arm was found by
the workmen fifteen feet from the track
and small pieces and slivers Of bone
lay scattered under the overturned bag
gage coach.
Hamilton lived with his wife at 2131
East First street Mrs. Hamilton had
4 been in San Francisco for the past
week, but was telegraphed for last
night. She Will take cnarSe OF ner NUS
bands remains when she arrives IN Los
Angeles this morning.
The fireman, Arthur Wingart or 176
South Pless street, was more fortunate.
When he heard the grinding, grating
sound that warned him the engine had
left the tracks he cast one look at the
embankment over which the locomotive
would plunge the next moment and
iumped from the cab to safety. In an
instant the train turned turtle and the
escaping steam scaldedi his back. His
wrist was hurt and he was also bruised
and cut.
When the engine fell on its side the
tender. hurled forward by the impetus
of the trains speed, ran directly over
the PROSTATE engine and stopped in
front of 1t. The baggage car was also
hurled forward, and turned a complete
somersault behind the engine.
f. A. Taylor an express messenger, or
1920 Pleasant avenue, and the only oc-
cupant OF the baggage car, was thrown
into the center of the car and heavy
trunk rolled on him. He was bruised
and his left cheek was cut by flying
glass.
Most of the injured were standing on
the platform of the smoker, ready to
leave the train when II should arrive in
the station. Walter Pruett, young
man of 402 East Center street, Pomona,
was standing on the platform with the
porter, John Thomas of Riverside.
When the smoker and the baggage car
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