Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
TRAINS CRASH:
8 ARE DEAD
GREEKS IN RIOT PURSUE CREWS
FOR REVENGE
HALF OF SCORE INJURED WILL
sUccUMR
Mistake In Orders Causes FrIshtfuI
Collision on Tehachapi-Armed
Guards Sent with
Physicians

BY Associated Press.
| BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Sept 26.-Eight
killed and twenty injured, half of them
fatally, is the result of collision be-
tween Southern Pacific work train and
freight on Tehachapi mountain, near the
entrance of tunnel II. two miles west of
Tehachapi. this evening at o'clock The
dead were all Greek laborers.
Enraged by the death and injury of
their comrades, the Greeks who escaped
from the smashup gave chase to the
engine and train crews Of the freight
train, whom they ho4~ at fault, and With
| rocks and other missiles drove the train
men into the surrounding hills and
threaten destruction of much railroad
property.
| On the relief train that left here at
o'clock tonight were twenty armed
men, who may have to rescue the ref
ugee trainmen from their periIous posi-
tion and protect the company's property
west bound freight in charge OF
Engineer Carnes plowed into the work
train, which was conveying fifty Greeks,
who were all on one car, to their quar-
ters at Tehachapi. The work train was
backing up the hill and the car upon
which the Greeks were riding was de-
molished, 1t receiving the full force of
| the collision.
| The train crews jumped in safety. In
the turmoil which followed the Greeks
began an attack upon the railroaders.
who headed by Engineer Frank Woody
and Conductor Pete Cairnes, fled for their
| lives. At o'clock tonight they were
| still refugees in the hills.
| Organize Relief
| A relief train was organized and Doc
tors Kellogg, West and Owens of the
Southern Pacific hospital service, with
| four trained nurses and twenty armed
guards, were dispatched to the scene
Surgeons at Tehachapi Wee soon admin
istering to the injured. 1t Is announced
that traffic will not be delayed. the
wrecker and large crew having been
called out Immediately.
AT 1915 q. m. definite information was
i received that the list of the dead totals
eight. Between sixteen and twenty are
injured and at least half Of these are
fatally injured. AT that hour it was
| expected that the relief train would ar
rive in Bakersfield with the bodies OF the
dead and injured about a. m.
The wreck was caused by the confus-
ing of trains- Two work trains were
proceeding up the hill and the west
:. hound freight coming down had orders
4 to pass a work train. 1t passed the first
outfit and then continued on it's way.
crashing into the second train without
warning.
Although the railroad officials declared
that traffic would be uninterrupted. train
25, the north-bound OWL is stalled be-
hind the wreck and will run into Bak-
ersfield five hours late. Train No. 8,
Leaving here at 1920 will be held at
Caliente. while the south-bound Owl will
pass the wreck three hours late.
From last accounts the wrecker had
not succeeded in clearing the track d.
vision superintendent Worthington is on
the scene and is personally overseeing
the clearing up of the wreckage. So far
as krown no further clash ha, occurred
between the Greeks and trainmen and
the railroad property is unharmed as
yet.