The San Francisco call., 1910-07-13
COACHES TURN
over But DO
NOT BREAK Up
Travellers Tossed About and
Bruised, but None Is Seri-
OusIy Hurt
Dead Fireman and Engineer
Have Good Records as
Careful RaiIwaymen

iuto this city at $50 o'clock in the
evening.
That only the engineer and fireman
were killed was due to the fact that
nearly all of the sleeping cars were
entirely Of steel construction.
Saved by Steel Cars
1T is the best demonstration of the
steel coach yet" said one of the pas
sengers who was in a car that s5idded
over the ties for about 100 feet and
then collided with another coach. If
the cars had been Of frame cOnstruc-
tion I don't think that more than half
would have lived TO tell the tale"
When the special train. which had
been made up at Salinas. brought the
belated delegates to the convention
into thS Third and Townsend streets
depot II O'Clock last night only two
passengers gave any indications of
having been in a wreck. They were
Mrs. II. r. Barnard OF indianapolis. who
received slight injuries about the back
and foot. and Miss Laura Muskopf of
Beach City. O., whose left foot was
scslded. Mrs Barnard was assisted
from the train by her husband. 1t was
necessary TO wheel Miss Muskopf TO a
IaNiCab. Mrs. Charles Lamont OF
Detroit and Mrs. NJ r. Nichols of Grand
Harb0r, Mich, apparently suffered no
serious injury after the fright had
worn away. Those members of the
train crew who were injured seriously
were brought here at 9:45 last night
and taken 10 the Southern Pacific hos
pitaL The body of L. H. Dixon. the
dead engineer, was also brought TO an
undertaking parlOr in this city.
FELL INTO BERTH
q. b. Frankfcrter a member Of the
faculty of the University of Mime
sofa, WAS dressing when the train left
the track. He said:
The only injury that I received was
a scratch below my left knee. l was
partly attired and when the car began
TO roll I fell back into my berth |
knew what had happened. but could do
nothing but hold on and wait for the
final crash. 1 have been in train
wrecks before, but / consider my es-
cape in this one as miraculous. Had the
cars not been Of steel more than half of
The passengers would have been killed"
Conductor w. II. Metz, Brakeman b.
McClary and the japanese steward, *.
Akamauso, were in the buffet when the
wreck occurred They were thrown
down. but escaped with their lives
The buffet car was dana ged more than
any Of the other cars, being practically
q complete wreck.
NJ F. Nichols Of Grand Harbor, Mich,
was in the tourist car.
4 was wake at the time" he said
last night, and when the car started
70 rock I realized that there had been
z n accident Of some kind. I was jolted
10 the edge Of my berth and caught 2
little boy as he was falling out into
the aisle"
Il thought we had been travelling
pretty fast all during the night" said
T. z Barnard. whose wife received in
juries about the back and foot. My
wife and myself occupied separate
berths on the same side of the third
car. I was awake and, although not
injured. think I had e miraculous es-
cape. I don't know how my wife re-
ceived her injury. II is only Of a minor
nature
ROYALTY TREATED
I. II. Baekeland Of indianapolis. the
inventor OF KeloN photograph paper.
was in the fourth car. He. too, was
awake at the time OF the accident
II had been wakened several times
he said, by the sudden stopping Of the
train, and again by what I thought was
unusual speed ] thought we had been
going TOO fast. The last sudden stop
awakened me absolutely. No one was
injured in my car We were treated
royalty by the train crew and by the
railroad officials and by the residents of
the surrounding country, who brought
Us baskets Of fruit"
J. Bosley Thomas. a member of the
board Of health of the city Of Baltimore.
was thrown from his berth but received
no injuries. He said he realized that
a wreck was taking place, but had no
idea of what a lucky escape he had had
until he took several photographs
A. L. Peterson. dining car conductor
was shaving at the time the diner left
the track
L had just lathered my face and had
the razor in position TO place it on my
face" he said, when the car began to