The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

were with him on the train and cs-
capped injury.
Charles NJ Tyson of Buffalo is i'll at
the Potter Hotel here. completely un-
neryed by his experience. He faced
death many times, dragging from the
debris the bodies Of friends lie final
Iy collapsed.
1t was some time after the wreck
had occurred before word Of it 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 here and at
san Luis obispo. Immediately special
trains weer arranged for and !; corps
'of physicians and nurses gathered hur-
riedly together. were quickly on their
WAY to tile wreck.
At I o'clock the relief special left
this city 1t made the run to Honda
station. o. miles, in an hour and a
half. simultaneously another special
left san Luis Obispo, also equipped
with nurses and doctors. 1t arrived
after run of about The same distance
as the Santa Barbara train, shortly be-
fore the one that left this city. Al
ready the work of rescue had been
nearly completed by those who had cs-
ped the disaster unhurt. Twenty
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
Pullmans. The more fortunate ones
were attempting to give succor TO the
sufferers. 1t was determined at once
to remove the injured To San Luis
Obspo and bring the dead to this city.
The work of placing them upon the
two relief trains was quickly accom-
plished. Before the special bearing
the injured had reached San Luis Obs
pc. five moro lad succumbed to their
terrible wounds. Physicians and nurses
worked over the survivors necessarily.
Arriving at its destination, the train
was met by a score of ambulances and
automobiles and the injured were
quickly carried to the two local SAINT
tariums
Tie dead were removed in under
takers wagons to u morgue In the
meanwhile the train returning to this
city with its load of dead, was side
tracked AT a switch tor the passage of
other trains. Far out on the desert
miles from any habitation or from any
wire communication with the outside
world, the special waited for two
hours while train after train of Shrin-
ers bound from Los Angeles to their
eastern homes, swept by.
In the darkness, the occupants of
these trains did not know they were
passing a funeral train of their breth-
rem. The train was reported due to
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4 hour every dead wagon, together with
many other vehicles, We're assembled
at the local southern Pacific station to
transport the bodies to the morgue.
The local Undertaking parlors were
filled with bodies OF the victims.
The work of identification had not
yet been completed Many Of the dead
We're so badly burned and mutilated as
to be almost unrecognizable. The I'M
dertakers'' rooms were besieged by
crowds of Shrlners who were still in
the city BY daylight all of the dead
had been Identified.
| When the relief train arrived at Sui
ter on the way to the wreck Miss Ma
ria Fuller. 10 years old. of Los Ange
les, jumped aboard. 1T want to go
with you to the wreck" she said to DR..
W. y. Taylor, the Southern Pacific d.
vision surgeon, who had charge of the
train. You can't CO." replied the sur
geon. Ten minutes later. when the
train was clipping miles at the rate
of fifty an hour, whisp of dark brown
hair blowing above the front car plat
form, drew the attention of Dr.. Taylor
and the conductor and in a moment
they had dragged the girl from the
tender brake beam of the speeding en-
CINE. Brought into the ear. Miss Full
Ter smiled away the doctors glowering
looks.
Il really had To 60" she said. Il
am member of Southgate lodge, East
ern star and am pledged to give aid
whenever l can
on the way back She did her best
to comfort Mrs. \. y. WATSON, whose
husband was killed.
An eyewitness stated that the loss
of life would have been much greater
but for the fact that a carload of
water stood upon side track within a
few feet Of the wreck. The overturned
cars Immediately took fire. and but for
the presence of this water, would have
burned from end to end.
William H. Dougherty, n member Of
the board of police commissioners of
Buffalo. and a prominent Shriner. gave
a word picture of his experiences and
the hardships that followed the smash
up:
II was in one of the rear coaches
of the train when the engine jumped
the track" he said, and to this fact
l undoubtedly own my life. for every
one killed was either in the diner or
the next coach. We were travelling
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