Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12

The most seriously injured were sent to
San Luis obispo Hospital.
Relief Train Arrives at San Luis.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, May 11.-At
$50 o'clock special train arrived here
bringing two cars of dead and wounded
from the wreck at Honda. Passengers
who accompanied the train and who We're
injured slightly or not at all assert that
the number Of dead exceeds twenty-one
and that the total will be IN the neighbor-
hood Of twenty-eight. Five of the injured
and others are hurt so severely that death
is but matter Of few hours.
The Masons of this city had organized a
relief corps before the arrival of the train,
and the injured were hurried to hospitals
and residences, where preparations had
been made for their reception.
Cars Were Crowded.
Trainmen, who came from the scene of
the wreck, say that three cars, crowded
with passengers. and dining car were
demolished, together with two or three bag
gage ears. The latter were piled on top OF
the locomotive.
According to the statements of the sur
vivors, Shriners from Buffalo and Cleve-
land and Reading, Pa, were the greatest
sufferers.
Many of the dead were scalded so that
they We're unrecognizable. Tourist Con-
ductor Austin is reported killed, brake
man is missing and an engineer has a
broken leg
Shriners May Be Among Them.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May 11-Many
Shriners are reported among the dead They
are members Of Mecca Temple of New
York, Ismala Temple of Buffalo and Kismet
Temple of Pittsburg.
Mrs. Josephine Chase and daughter of
San Diego are among the dead and injured.
Train With Many Dead.
Railroad advices are that a special train
bearing twenty-one dead and twenty in
jured will arrive tonight from the wreck at
Honda. No details will be available until
that hour. Many of the seriously injured
have been taken to San Luis Obispo.
Another Version.
SANTA BARBARA, May 1.-THE most
authentic news of the wreck at Honda was
received this evening in a message to the
railroad officials, stating that the dead num-
| bered twenty-one. On the same authority,
| most of the killed were riding in the buffet
car and the dining car. 1t is now known
| that the train wrecked was the second Sec
| ton Of. train No. q, which left Santa Bar
bara at Il 10 pm. today and was scheduled
| to arrive at Surf. three or four miles from
the wreck, at 1890. The train was COM
posed of seven passenger cars. 1t Is prob
| able that the train carried members Of the
| order Of the Mystic Shrine from New. York
| and BROOKLYN and Buffalo.
The Railroad Report.
LOS ANGELES May lat the offices
| Of the Southern Pacific late this evening it
was admitted that advices had been re-
ceived Indirectly from Lompec that the
wreck was serious and that probably
twenty-five persons had been killed and
that the wounded would bring the casual
ties up to forty. According to dispatch
from Santa Barbara, Shriners from Reading
and st. Paul were aboard the wrecked
train.
Left Los Angeles This Morning.
LOS ANGELES, May 1.-THE train left
Los Angeles this morning in one section
of twelve ears, but advices from Santa
first section Of No. q. Railroad officials
believe that at Santa Barbara where many
shriners spent the early hours of the day,
the train was cut in two sections to travel
north The. train left Santa Barbara about
noon, and the wreck probably occurred
about o'clock.
Train With Nurses and Doctors.
Los ANGELES, Cal. May 11.-Because
of the isolation. Of Honda, which is half
way between San Luis Obispo and Santa
Barbara, authenticated details Of the dis
aster were impossible to obtain for hours.
The station Is in the San Francisco d.
vision, and railroad authorities here were
first apprised Of the accident through the
Associated Press. Corresponds hts were
dispatched from Lonpoc, fifteen miles
away, and Santa Barbara nearly sixty
miles from Honda. From Santa Barbara
special train bearing physicians and
nurses, supplied with bandages and medt-
cal aid Of all sorts for the wounded, left
shortly before 3 o'clock.
Counted Ten Dead.
LOMPOC, CAL, May ia messenger
from the scene Of the wreck says probably
a score of passengers were killed and as
many injured in a wreck this afternoon
on the coast line Of the Southern Pacific
five miles south of Surf. The train was a
special loaded with Shriners, who were on
the way from Los Angeles to their homes
in the east. The train consisted Of six
coaches.
While running at high speed a wheel on
the engine broke, and the locomotive
jumped the track and turned over. -Four
Of the front cars of the train followed it,
and were smashed to pieces The dead and
injured were thrown in every direction. The
train caught fire Immediately after the
wreck but the flames were extinguished by
passengers of the two rear coaches who
were uninjured. Passengers were hurled
all over the engine and many of them
were burned and scalded to death by es-
Gaping steam. Some of them were mutt
lated beyond recognition.
The first man to reach Lompoc from the
wreck, a few minutes before 8 o'clock to-
night, said he had counted ten dead who
had been taken from the wreckage and laid
beside the track.
A Score Injured.
A score or more were terribly injured.
Many others received less serious injuries.
The wreck occurred ION a level stretch Of
track near the beach. The roadbed is Of
sand at this point, and the broken cars
plowed into 1t and were half buried in
it. The fireman escaped alive, although