The San Francisco call., 1910-06-02
FOURTH COLLISION
victim IS DEAD
Several Injured in Leona Heights
Streetcar Wreck Are in
Serious Condition


Berkeley, IL years old. died early this
morning at the Asropolis sanatori m,
FruitvaIe the fourth victim Of the
streetcar collision of Monday near
Leona heights. The boy had lost both
his legs in the accident
Harold Hull. the other i year old
student Of Berkeley. died at the same
sanstorium the day OF the accident, a
few hours after c. A. Christensen,
rnotorman. expired. Maude Rothrock,
also OF Berkeley, died yesterday at
Providence hospital
OrviIle Lewis was the youngest son
of Mrs. E. r. Bartholomew. 1918 Ward
street. Berkeley. The funeral viii be
held Saturday and the remains sent
east.
Mrs. Frank P. sharp. 6s5 Thirty
second street, whose injuries were
feared to be fatal, is recovering, ac-
cording 10 an announcement made to-
day BY her physician, DR.. II. B. Mehr-
mann She has a compound fracture
OF the left ankle. a lacerated left leg,
bruised hip and serious internal in
juries.
Gussie Audibert. II years old, sos
Thirty-uinth street, is improving His
A-EAN 4GE Noe DLOACls LAAS BDQg ia 4A0CG
and he was internally injured.
Dr.. J. NJ. shannon and Dr. J. H
Csliens who attended Lewis, have hope
that other victims OF the accident un-
der their care viii be saved.
Coroner Tisdale has decided that one
inquest over the four victims will be
held. This viii be Tuesday morning
at the Oakland morgue. the time and
place appointed for the jury's inquiry
into Miss Rothrock's death
ROAD UNDER CRITICISM
A. Hunse of Fruitvale appeared be-
fere the board of public works this
morning ana demanded on behalf OF
Fruitvsle residents that the Oakland
traction company be compelled to sta
tion e car dispatcher in East Four
teenth street at the California railway
junction, and also one at Leona heights,
70 prevent another collision
Resolutions attributing the collision
10 the overcrowded condition of car
No. 251 and calling upon District At
torney William II. Donshue to enforce
the state laws in regard to the crowd
adopted unanimously last night by the
Central improvement club OF East
Fruitvsle, in which district the accident
occurred
Members Of the organization declared
that had the platforms been clear of
passengers there would have been no
fatalities.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Following the reading of the reso-
lUtions 2 committee OF hve-W. H.
Locke, J. S. Dietzman r. R. Clarke, X
Bergendshl and z. I. Larsen-was ap-
pointed TO appear before Donahue to-
morrow and demand that the Oakland
traction company be compelled to place
more cars on its East Fourteenth street
main lines. as well as on the cross
roads on Fruitvaie avenue. Liese ave-
nue. and California railway. President
L. Ernest Phillips VIII accompany the
committee.
The resolutions declared that the
company by overcrowdsng its cars has
violated the state law requiring a COM
mon carrier TO provide a seat for each
passenger and demand that the district
attorney notify the company that a
continued violation OF the law will be
followed by presentment Of the mat
ter 70 the grand jury.
Condition Serious
ALAMEDA, June 1.-IAree persons
injured IN the collision, on the Leona
heights line are still patients at the
Alameda ssnatorium. Alvin Pratt, the
Berkeley lad who had both Of his legs
badly crushed and one amputated, is
the worst injured. He may recover.
J. ~ AnSLotI was removed from the
fsnaforium TO his home in San Fran
cisco yesterday. Anstott had several
ribs fractured.
Mrs. Leo Miller, se17 Virginia ave-
nue., F'ruitvale. who sustained a frac-
tured nose, is in a serious condition.
Her health was delicate before the
accident.
Harold Weston, a boy who made his
home al Mills college, is recovering at
the sanatorium from shock.
School in Mourning
BERKELEY, June lon account of
the tragic deaths of AIaude Rothrock
and Harold HUI, two members of the
low eighth grade in the washington
school OF this city, no graduation ex-
ercises viii be held there, and the
school viii be closed this year without
ceremony. Most OF the pupils viii at
tend the funerals, which viii be held
tomorrow.
The services over Harold Hull will
take place at the Oakland crematory
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock
The funeral Of Maude Rothrock will
be held at o'clock from the Church
Of the Nazerene in this city Interment
viii be in Mountain View cemetery
Ray ". Olsen, son of former Trustee |
Nels Olsen Of this city, may lose his
leg, which was crushed.