Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-31
CARS TELESCOPE;
80 HURT, z DEAD
Many Expected to Die as Result
of Head-0n Trolley Crash
Near Oakland
VICTIMS SCATTERED ABOUT
Collision Occurs on Steep Grade.
Impact TerrifiC-Motor-
man Crushed
tAssoclated Pressl

OAKLAND, May 3O.-As a result of
/ a head-On collision between two street
cars Of the California Electric railway
near Leona Heights today G. A. Chris
/ tensOn, motorman of one of the cars,
/ and Harold Hull, aged 1S, a passenger,
are injured and fifty passengers suf-
! fered injuries, which may result fatally
/ in several cases.
dead and fifty passengers suffered in
4 iures which may result fatally in sew
eral cases.
| The collision occurred on steep
] grade at q sharp turn in the road Re
/ lieying that he had a clear track, the
motorman of the inbound car was COM
ing down the grade at high rate of
| speed when an outbound car loaded
with a picnic party crashed into it
head on. Half of each car was teles-
coped by the impact, and the outbound
car, out of the control of its fatally
injured motorman, went hurtling back
down the track, scattering the wounded
victims along the right of way.
The picnic party was planned in hon.
or of a newly engaged couple, and was
composed mainly of women and chill
dren. The prospective bridal pair were
not seriously injured.
CRUSHED IN SEATS
BY the telescoping of the seats in the
cars many of the passengers sustained
serious injuries about the legs. A
number proved so serious that amputa-
tion will be necessary. Both legs OF
the dead motOrman were so badly
crushed that amputation was resorted
to, but too late to save his life.
The following is a partial list of the
injured:
{. A. CHRISTENSEN. motorman,
Oakland, dead.
HAROLD HULL, aged 49, Oakland,
dead.
Mrs. Lelard B. Graham, Oakland, face
badly cut, internal injuries; Mrs. F.
". Graham, Mrs. l.. Is. Graham's
mother, arm and shoulder badly hurt;
Maud Roth Rock, Berkeley, leg broken;
Ed SWindell, Berkeley, arm broken and
internal injuries; Margaret Reynolds,
San Francisco, internal injuries, badly
bruised
Ruth Macarthur, Oakland, cut about
the face and body; Raymond Olson |
Berkeley, badly cut and bruised; Miss
Lily Paddock, Oakland. both hips frac-
tured; Mrs. Frisendahl, Oakland bad
ly hurt; Miss Frisendahl, Oakland, |
skull fractured; Miss Jennie Sharp, |
Oakland, ribs broken; Mabel Hoffman, |
Alameda, badly bruised; George Gold |
spring, oakland, years old, foot cut |
off and leg broken; Sam Goldspring, |
aged 16. shoulder badly Wrenched; An |
lie ArOlQS SliillSt Ddbly tul pll NlltSl anu |
internal injuries; William Holmes, elcc |
trician, Oakland, leg broken; Charles |
H. Largridge, Oakland, son of F. Lang |
ridge, arm broken and badly cut; Car
ey Parker, Oakland, both ankles
sprained and badly cut; Lois Patter
son, years old, East Oakland, wrist
sprained and badly bruised; Gus Aude-
berg, 12 years old, both legs crushed;
irwin Croft, 10 years, Berkeley, leg cut
I'm |
Lewis, Berkeley, II years, both feet
crushed John Lavender. Oakland, "a
years. bruise on left hip; J. J. jon
stott, San Francisco, ribs broken, inter
nal injuries, fractured skull; may die;
Sophie Anderson, years old, Oakland.
light leg crushed, abrasions of both
lands.