Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-03
TWO KILLED;
20 INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
CARS COLLIDE IN A DENSE
FOG
Scenes at Hospital Are Heartrending
When Relatives Call to Seek
information of Suffering
Men
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of the rear windows were shattered
The roofs of the front ends OF Do'i
cars We're smashed.
The news of the accident was teie-
phoned to Los Angeles and TO the cai
shops at Sherman. a car was hurriee
to The scene of the wreck and the in
jured placed aboard and brought to thS
emergency hospital in Los Angeles
A wrecking crew was rushed ou'
from sherman and the track was
cleared in less than an hour. With the
exception of some broken. glass, a mass
of splinters and a few blood staineo
rags and pieces of paper. nothing was
left to Indicate that a fatal wreck nae
happened.
Among those who escaped serious
injury was John Case, contractor
who. after the cars collided, assisted III
rescuing the injured from the wreck
He is building house at sherman and
went to his work after the injured nao
been sent TO Los Angeles. lie Workeu
short time and then found he mad
sustained a bruised back and swollen
arm that hurt him SO he was Obliged &c
quit work..
Tells of Wreck
81 occupied seat in the rear part
of the car" said Case. Il was lookihs
ahead when I suddenly saw car ap-
pear out of the fog. 1t was approach
ing us at a high speed. | sprang to
my feet and had scarcely balanced my
self before the collision came.
81 was thrown to the forward part OF
the car on top of many men. l strug-
gled to my feet and began to help gel
the injured out of the car. The sight
was awful. One man had an ugly cut
across his head. while anothers eye
was bulged from it's socket and lay on
his check.
They were tangled up in the mass OF
wrecked seats and splintered wood
work and it was difficult matter 10
remove them without causing those
badly injured great pain. Many SUI
ferei terribly and their groans filled the
air. There were nearly forty men
aboard the car and all but about fif-
teen were SO badly injured that they
were incapable of assisting in the res
cue of the victims. This is the third
and worst wreck / have ever been In.
Scenes at the emergency hospital,
where the injured were taken, were
pitiful. The news of the accident
quickly spread and shortly after the
men were brought into Los Angeles
relatives of the unfortunate ones filled
the corridors of the hospital eager to
The calm that comes to those who
experience an awful shock came TO
many of the visitors, while others paced
the halls wringing their hands in
anguish.
Needless of the questions asked them
white-robed surgeons passed and re-
passed the waiting crowd. too intent
upon their work to make replies.
White-capped nurses, whose skillful
Of trT1oFa fha r if1rad has rallSPd
many to bless them as angels in dis
guise, hastened TO and from the oper-
ating room with noiseless tread.
Stretchers on which lay bandag ged
forms were taken from the operating
room and hurried away. Everyone
connected with the hospital was busy,
Many Pathetic Cases
The case of Thomas Smith was pa
thetic His leg was horribly injured,
being almost torn off. His wife re-
Gently gave birth to a baby and is
still a patient at a hospital He died
at 9:15 o'clock last night.
A pitiful incident was when Victor
Patrosso, son of Charles Patrosso. the
first of the victims of the wreck to die
called at the hospital and was told his
father was dead.
Take me to him." sobbed the an
guish-stricken man, 81 must see him
He was taken into the room where lay
the dead man. his face covered with
towel. "Oh, my God! 1t Is my
father" he cried, and taking the towel
from the face of his beloved parent he
kissed it affectionateIy. For more than
two hours he paced the hall wringing
his hands and meaning.
G. b. Reed, foreman of the wells OF
the Salt Lake Oil company, lost four OF
his teeth. He was sitting in a front
seat of the car when the impact came
and was hurled forward, striking his
face against the front portion of the
car and dislodging his teeth.
I'm going to a dentist as soon as
can" he said. IL must have those
teeth replaced. just can't do without
them"
c. c. Patton, the motorman of the
westbound car supports his mother
and sister He recently moved to a
house in Beaumont avenue, which he
was trying to buy on the instalment
plan. He is a member of the Elks
lodge and many members Of that fra
ternity called upon him yesterday.
Patton is in serious condition, but
was reported 10 be resting well last
night. He suffered "A dislocation of the
hip and sustained numerous cuts and
bruises about the face.