Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
Death Lays in Waiton the Treach-
erous Rail-His Harvest
Is Terrible.
TH1RTY.oNE DIE IN THE CRAsl
Others Are So Badly Wounded That
They Will Probably Die.
DEFECTIVE SWITCH Is THE CAUSE
Winds Up Masonic Merry Making
with a Deadful Tragedy-Scene
of Terror and Turmoil
Names of the Vic.
tins.

hurrying northward over the coast line
Of the Southern Pacific railroad, home
ward-bound after week of frateriz.
ing and fiesta in Los Angeles 145
Shriners OF Ismalia temple, OF Buffalo.
and Rajah temple, of Reading. with
their families and friends, were hurled
into the midst Of death when their spe-
cial train, running fifty miles an hour.
struck a defective switch Mt Honda,
4 lonely station Oh the sand wastes of
the Pacific beach, derailing the train,
smashing the coaches into flinders,
killing thirty-one almost instantly, and
inlnring many others. OF the injured,
many are terribly hurt and will proba-
bly, die.
List of the Thirty One Dead.
Following is revised list of the
dead and injured: Dead. at Santa Bar
bara-J. Douglas Nipple, II. X. Gittle-
man. A. l.. Roth and Gilbert Steele,
Reading. Pa: w. u. WATSON. Buffalo.
N. Y; ]. W. Cutter, Ringhamton, N.
T.; Charles NJ. Lowing. Pullman con
ductor, Buffalo. N. Y; C. w. Austin.
New York; John Lacey and r. w.
Sweeney. negro dining car walters;
Mrs. William w. Essick. Reading;
Mrs. John w. Cutter, Binghampton.
N. Y: Mrs. Henry ]. Fisher and Miss
Cora Young. Stevela,nd; Mrs. Rrumach,
George N. Hagerman, Benjamin Stoltz.
Harrison Il. Hendel. Oliver +. Kauff-
man and Harry g. Miller, Reading. At
San Luis Obispo-S. 8. Snyder. Mrs. 9.
Snyder. Richard Essick. Thos. J. Rruln-
bach and Miss Stoltz, Reading; l.. N.
Ellenbogcn. Allentown, Pa; Howard
Meyer. Hazleton. Pa; AlonZo B. Rog.
ers, st. Paul, Pullman conductor; UNI
identified woman. probably Mrs. Mary
G.. WINS. of Reading, Pa; Mrs. l.. N.
Eilenbogen, Allentown, Pa.
Terribly Hurt in the Wreck.
Injured, at San Luis Obispo-S. A.
Bickford, brakeman, of San Franc SEQ
fatally: z. Fountain, brakeman, back
injured and lower part of body paral
yzed: W. H. Boyd, of Reading, Pa.
badly scalded; Martin l.. Henry
Shamokln, Pa, Injured spine and Sc
vcrely sca,ded; H. R. Lee, Orwigs
burg. Pa, face lacerated, both lips cut
and fractured leg; J. Logan, Buffalo
N. Y, leg fractured and three ribs
broken; fl. A. Hartsel, Easton, Pa, se
,saIl,, a.u anu liae.ureu ies' Chas
intn.na. s ,; psl. .ap, NJ l., pacf
,'.',,.e, @ A., nney' severely
nrmm,nona p,,a u 80. u n M u ri.e
$3.50. wv nnn, ~. L. ann.
~ " .,.,.ua,.. noppo,e' nelinis ROM
49,. 60, p.",se. "oout ,ieeA, t'h
man. mon Glow rha,,,s JUL. sa ss'aeu' f.re
,nta.na, ,,,,,,.,na psV v, i"Ge, allps am
.lom.nta, r,n,an no:,,.', nv "n
one. 7 cn,w,n unmaa,ta pa a., NV. 1n.'
i.,. To-, fnoa4,,nao saa,s' . Ne"uins' ia'
r. ,,s p "o'
mr.. W. o..se s" no
o,a ~ Nv, m'e e, o se al -.So p. IN.
tho oona,own ,,s,ta.. se..n,' u'es a .'..
na.+,, Ia s,.,,. w 49,, w ns ne,
so.;,. ~. S.n.a - s n'o mn ns s.sn.
n,nnno1 ,.on .na aaeaat,'.. 80. -. Spes'a
n on ,nstnnt .,,a n,s ,a.e,s sM,.. , a..,
o,ao o.n 1;noa 49,, ps',,..,a.. Dns
/ with ~ yr,ora burIo,1 %oro%S,n. t., =, l,,,n
haom af n.n;a,.naa 49, ~ - = nus
co,r,,rd on.thn lro,.a, $50 $50,
~ tha .o,,., ar, a. -. .1.',',., .e"' ~.
hp,a iron swans int sshnao,s 'e -
1,ha a,n,um 30, ~ it,, ...a.'. ,...
+vo rarsoms aot,na thn,. We" go, ~ .,.,
MO-, Iaonod ,ntn ~ ~. a.s. ~" , 10
+hrown ,,iroo+,y ~, tn, 80 ~ ,o,,o,
isho, ioon,,o.,,.o Nn.,,' 80, $50
In th,s onanh m.o., instant,,. ~, , nv,
tarror and tSrmo,, ~ a.. saana ~, -
in1os.,.,,,n,,,o ltn,, ~, W..