The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-09
TRAINS COLLIDE, FATALLY, ON
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC IN
CALIFORNIA.
ORDERS ARE MIXED UP
Conductor Of Work Train Foroets 10
Hold Tram for Special and FRIGHT.
ful Collision Follows--Smoker Is
Teleacped and Fated Passengers
Are Penned in Burning Car.

H.
sons were killed and at least l2.in-
jured. several OF them badly, tonight
when passenger train No 6 ON tho
Northwestern Pacific railroad, run
ming between San Francisco and San
IL Rosa, met In headon collision with
Il light engine. mile ana q half south
of this place. The engines met with
such force that the engine of the work
train. which consisted Of d caboose and
| two light fiat cars shunted the passen-
gen engine To one side and plowed part
way through the baggage car causing
the baggage car and the smoker to
partly telescope. Most all the men In
the forward part of the smoker were
killed and all In the rear injured In
some manner.
Relief trains were rushed from both
ends of the line to the scene of the
wreck. Some of the dead We're brought
to San Rafael and some to Santa Rosa.
The injured were taken In various di-
rections, making the list Of names DIFF
ficult to obtain. Owing to the way in
which the cars were piled the work
of rescue was extremely difficult ana
at midnight there We're bodies stiil In
the wrcckIgc.
The Dead.
1t was said that 1t world be i'm
possible To get all of the bodies out
before morning The known dead are:
w. G.. P0HLMAN. Petaluma
George Riley. Sr.. Petaluma.
HENRY W. EMERSON. Petaluma.
NJ a. BANGS. bearing the card OF
the Rockford Musical union
WILLIAM MTTAHER. Santa Rosa,
engineer OF special
JOHN WILKINSON. guard ut San
Quentin prison.
HERMANN BAYER. Santa Rosa.
PINCUS LAIN. Santa Rosa.
w. NELSON. San Rafael.
Two unidentified bodies.
Unidentified body. bearing cnmmutn-
tion ticket between Santa Rosa and
San Francisco and watch with initials
"P, L."
The badly injured: A. c, Burnham.
Los Angeles; Y. J. Cain. Black Point:
Captain r. s. Won Tagcn of the
schooner Theodore Roosevelt. Alame-
da: w. r. Bachelor, Petaluma: @. G.
Van Pelt, Los Angeles: Alexander
Shcra, conductor of the passenger
train; c. Speaker engineer OF the
passenger train: Edward Reynolds.
fireman of the special.
Within two hours after the wreck
occurred w. A. Palmer, general man.
ager OF tho road; J. II. Hunter, sup
erntendent. and corps of physicians
from nelghboring towns and from San
Francisco. We're working at the wreck
Meet on Curve.
The wreck occurred at sharp
curve. The passenger train was trav-
cling at a speed of 40 miles an hour
and the special was also going at
fair speed. At the office of the dis
patcher of the Northwestern Pacific
the information was given out that one
OF the conductors had made mistake
In his orders and failed to take sid
Ing.
Suddenly the passengers were hurled
forward by the quick shutting down
OF the brakes. The baggage car and
the smoker were crushed together:
that twO-thirds of the smoker was
telescoped.
When the dazed passengers made
their way out OF the three rear coaches,
which were unharmed, they found
pathetic scene. 1t was light enough
to see plainly. From the wrecked
smoking ear came shrieks and groans
and the waving of bloodstained arms
N /