Gilpin observer., 1907-05-16
81 LIVES LOST
AWFUL WRECK HURLs TRAIN
LOAD OF SHRlNERs INTO
ETERNITY.
"soKG OF THE OPEN SWITCH"
Southern Pacific Passenger Train Maxi
ing Sixty Miles an Hour Das;,es
Into Open Switch and Wrecks.


ing Sixty Miles an Hour Dasi,es
Into Open Switch and Wrecks.
Santa Barbara, Cal.-Thirty-se
known dead, with the probability that
the list will be increased still more.
was the result Of the wreck of the spe-
cial train crowded with Shrlners on
the Southern Pacific railroad, Sunday.
May 18th.
While hurrying nortEward over the
Coast Line, homeward bound after q
week of fraternizing and fiesta In Los
Angeles, 145 Shriners of Ishmalia Tenn
Pile of Buffalo, and Rajah Tenn
pie, of Reading, with their families
and friends, were hurled into the
midst of death when their train. run
ming fifty miles an hour. struck de-
fective switch at Honda, a lonely sta
tion on the sand wastes OF the Pacific
beach, derailing the train, smashing tho
coaches into flinders, killing thirty-five
almost instantly and injuring more
than score of others.
The bodies of twenty-five lie in the
morgues of Santa Barbara, and ten
more are at San Luis Obispo. The in
jured, many of whom are terribly hurt
and will probably die, are in two sani-
tariums at San Luis Obispo.
List Of the Dead.
The dead at Santa Barbara ore a.
follows:
J. Douglas Nipple, Reading. Pa
II. X. Gittleman. Reading.
A. l.. Roth, Reading.
C. Gilbert Steffe, Reading.
A. d. Wasson, Buffalo. N. Y.
]. w. Cutter, Binghamton. N. Y.
Charles NJ. Lowing. Pullman con
ductor, Buffalo.
S. A Bickford, brakeman, San Fran
cisco.
C. w. Austin, New York, agent for
McCanns Tourist Co., New York.
John Lacey, negro dining car waiter.
R. w. Sweeney, negro dining car
waiter.
Mrs. William W. Essick, Reading.
Mrs. John w. Cutter, Binghamton.
Mrs. Henry ]. Fisher, Cleveland.
Miss Cora Young, Cleveland.
Charles s. Henry, Lebanon. Pa
Mr.. Bramback, Reading.
Mrs. Brumbache.
George F. Hagenman, Reading.
Benjamin Stotz, Reading.
Mrs. Stoltz.
Miss Stoltz.
Harrison N Hendel, Reading.
o. F. Kaufman, Reading.
Harry G. Miller, Reading.
The dead at San Luis Obispo ares
S. S. Snyder, Reading.
Mrs. S. S. Snyder, Reading.
Richard Essick, Reading.
Thomas ]. Punlauch, Reading.
L. N. Ellenbogen. Allentown. Pa.
Mrs. L. N. Ellenbogen.
Howard Meyer Hazleton. Pa.
Alonzo B. Rogers, St. Paul. Pullman
conductor.
Unidentified woman probably MIRA
Mary C. Colvins, Reading.
Two unidentified bodies.
The injured at San Luis Obispo are:
r. Fountain, brakeman, missing last
night, was taken to San Luis Obispo
to-day. His back is injured and the
lower part of his body paralyzed. He
crawled 100 yards to flag the second
section of the train.
w. H. Boyd of Reading. Pa, badly
scalded.
Martin L. Henry of Shamokin. Pa,
injured spine and severely scalded.
H. r. Lee, Orwigsburg, Pa. face lac
Grated, both hips cut. and fractured
leg.
J. Logan. Buffalo, N. Y. leg frao.
tured and three ribs broken.
H. A. Hartsel. former mayor OF Eas-
ton, Pa. severely scalded and frac-
tured leg.
Charles Mckinney, Binghamton, N.
Y. back injured
Mrs. Mckinney. severely bruised
about the body.
Mrs. Fred Grummond. Binghamton,
N. Y, ankle broken.
A. w. Hopple, Dennis Point. n. Y,
| severely bruised about neck.
Engineer Champlaine, badly scalded.
Fireman Glen Thompson. face. arms
and internal injuries.
Mrs. Hendei and daughter Helen.
Reading, Pa, not serious.
J. Calvin Huffedipiz, Reading, Pa.
left leg fractured. scalp wound.
Mrs. Snyder, Reading. Pa. burned
about body and face.
Mr.. Meyer, Hazelton. Pa, burned.
Mrs. Harrison Hendle. Reading. Pa,
shoulder dislocated.
Miss Hendle. her daughter, arm
broken.
The wreck occurred one hour and
forty-five minutes after the conclavS
visitors. forming a merry party. had
spent all the morning sightseeing in
Santa Barbara. The statement that
the train was making terrific speed
when 1t struck the defective track IL
borne out by the fact that 1t covered
the sixty-one miles Of curves and
| crooked track between here and
Honda in exactly one hundred min
utes.
The special plunged upon the defeo-
tive switch and in an instsnt the big
locomotive, baggage car, diner and
Pullman coupled with IL were hurled
together in a huge heap Of wreckage.
| The engine shot forward on the broken
track, tearing up the rails and ties