The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13

bald, with a hose, which he had wrenched from coach connection, spouted water from an adjacent tank and extinguished the flames. Then he reached down and after cutting away the broken tinebrs that held her feet ing, from the ruins. She was begging piteously for relief when DeabaId reached her. As he lifted her from the wreckage, a stream of boiling wat CT poured over her, scalding her body terribly. Women passengers sought to remove her upper garments. but faint ed when the flesh came off with the clothing.
 SEhe expired a few minutes af- ter being carried out on the sand and Deabald was forced back into the sleep CT unable to longer endure the harrow ing sight on every hand.
 Henry J. Fisher. of Cleveland. went under protest with his wife and daugh- ter. Miss Cora Young and Mrs. John w, Cutler. to the baggage car. The three women were killed and he escaped al- most unharmed from the wreck of the baggage car. Today wandering dazed- ly about the streets. Fisher asks mournfully; How did I escape; why should they die. and I liver"
 A. l.. Watson, of Buffalo, was eat ing at a corner table. He was with in six inches of the hot water tanks When the rescuers neared him he yelled encouragedly. Dragged from under the range of the scalding steam, he murmured, Thank God" and died.
 Occurred at Remote Spot.
 It was some time after the wreck had occurred before a word of 1t reached the outside world. As soon as one of the uninjured trainmen could make his way to the station, word of the wreck was flashed to railroad headquarters. and at San Luis Obispo. Special trains were arranged for and a corps of physi- clans and nurses gathered hurriedly together were quickly on the way to the wreck.
 At o'clock the relief special left this city. It made the run to Honda Station, sixty-hve miles, in one hour and half. Simultaneously another special left San Luis Obispo equipped with nurses and doctors. It arrived after a run of about the same distance as the Santa Barbara train. shortly before the one that left this city
 Already the work of rescue had been nearly completed by those who had es- capped the disaster unhurt Twenty five bodies lay in rows on the sand beside the track The injured. many of them unconscious and dying, were scattered about the vicinity on piles of bedding and plush seats brought from the Pull mans The more fortunate ones were attempting to give succor to the suf- ferers. It was determined at once to remove the injured to San Luis Obispo and bring the dead to this city. Before the special bearing the injured had reached San Luis Obispo, five more had succumbed to their terrible wounds.
 Coroner Begins Inquest.
 Santa Barabara, Cal, May 12-Coro- ner Ruiz began his inquest this after noon on the bodies of the victims of yesterdays wreck.
 first witness He testified that the train was running at high rate of sneed at the time of the accident. Prescott said he examined the ground in the vicinity of the switch and dis covered that point of a switch rail was broken off. evidently by the train. The piece of broken rail was produc- ed This caused the train to leave the track and cars were thrown in every direction An examination of the switch showed that 1t was not closed