Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19
TRAIN SMASHES
VEHICLE; WOMAN
IS DEAD; z HURT
Mrs. Mary LeideI Fatally Injured
in Collision on the Track
Near Venice
VICTIM THROWN SIXTY FEET
Husband Learns of Accident as
Horse with Fragments
of Buggy Arrives
VICTIM THROWN SIXTY FEET

VENICE, Sept. 18.-Mrs. Mary Lei
del was fatally hurt and two women
companions were painfully injured
when the buggy in which they were
riding was struck by a Los Angeles
Pacific train at 2:90 o'clock this after
noon near Boyer's grove.
Mrs. Leidel died two hours later at
the Santa Monica Bay hospital, where
she was taken in the hope of saving
her life. Her skull was fractured and
she sustained other injuries of a NOR
tai nature.
The other women, Mrs. Rose Staub-
BILE, a sster-in-law, and Mrs. Kahlen
of 1929 Darwin avenue, Los Angeles,
received slight injuries. Mrs. Kahlen
was taken to her home at Los An
geles while Mrs. Staubble is resting
at the Leidel home, a short distance
from the scene Of the accident.
CRASH ENDS PLEASURE RIDE
Mrs Leidel was the wife of Frank
Leidel, a rancher. Their home is sit
uated about $50 yards south of the
road crossing which proved fatal to
Mrs. Leidel this afternoon. In COM
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. Kahlen Mrs.
Leidel and Mrs. Staubbl, who resides
with the Leidels, and her husband
were guests at dinner today of John
Connolly, who lives north of the rail-
way tracks. Following the dinner,
Leidel invited the guests to come over
to the ranch and witness the thrash
ing of the bean crop. 1t was while
the women were driving there that
they were run down by the train.
Staubble, Kahlen and the latter's
young son walked ahead of the wom-
ems rig and were only few hundred
feet away when they heard the train
pass by. Mrs. Clarence Cole, who lives
near the Connolly place, was driving a
short distance behind the other women
and arrived on the scene in a few mo-
ments after the collision. She said she
did not see the car strike the buggy,
but she gave clear account of the
facts In the case. Mrs. Cole said:
WOMAN THoWN SIXTY FEET
"The buggy had got almost across
the track when the fender of the car
struck the rear wheels. / could not
tell how fast the train was going.
Mrs. Kahlen jumped and this probab bly,
saved her life. Mrs. Staubble was
thrown to the ground and hurt, but
Mrs. Leidel suffered the worst of all.
She was thrown fully sixty feet and
struck on her head on the iron rails.
The buggy was completely demolished,
but the horse was unhurt. The horse,
running home, and dragging a portion
of the buggy was the first inkling
Leidel had of the accident.
That the train was running very
rapidly was the opinion of others ia
miliar with the case. The distance
which Mrs. Leidel was thrown by the
impact, the complete destruction of the
vehicle, and damage to the front OF
the car are taken to show that the
speed was great. The approaches to
the crossing at this point are hidden
on both sides by trees and hedges
and It Is practically impossible to see
an oncoming train until within very
few feet of the track. The scene Of
the accident is known as the Ballona
road crossing.
INJURIES OF THE WOMEN
DR.. w. M. Kendall, who attended
the injured women, found that Mrs.
Leidel sustained, besides a fractured
skull, a broken arm and internal in
juries. He pronounced death due to
concussion of the zbfain. Mrs. kah1en
was bruised and cut when she jumped
from the buggy. Mrs. Staubble suffered
a broken thumb and cuts and. bruises
about the face, legs and back.
The Los Angeles Pacific train was
in charge Of Motorman ]. H. Mizo
and Conductor T. G. Ellis.
The body of Mrs, Leidel was taken
to the undertaking parlors of Bresee
Bros. & Todd at Santa Monica to
await funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Leidel leaves no children. She
was 40 years of age.