Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-09
LIVES
LOST IN WRECK
DIsobedenoe Of Orders Resulted
In Head-on Collision on North
western Pacific.
TRAINS CoLLIDeD ON CURVE
Conductor on Whom BInme H. p,.,o,,
Collnpscd-work of Rescue
Very Dinicult.

Isnacio Cal. Aug. -Dlsobodiorco
of orders, acofding 60 the r,,lr,,aa -,
hcieis on the part OF a conductor was
responsible for hoad-on collision he-
'Weh passenger and worktrain nm
th' Northwestern Pacific near here
l"st night that took known toll Of II
hNes and resulted I'm the ini,,r, q,
ABOUT 90 The smoking car or
'''' passenger train was telescoped nv
t"' engine Of the freight and aside
IRON those members Of the train crews
who were hurt. an OF the killed srd
injured occupied the smoker.
WIN the exception of f. w. Banks
ana w A. Banks of Rockford
iil' VINO were killed outright
"'l OF The dead and Injured whose
names nave been secured. were cali
lorhians most Of them residents OF IN.
towns along the railroad
ne most seriously -'inflrcd v,,.ro
'"N'h to san Francisco last night.
George Flahorty conductor ~ a..
I'lsht train. who Is accused nv cen
Supt. W. :. Palmer and other onc,aIs
'''"''ns express Geographic instruc-
u,',9 10 remain in the Ignacio yards
"ltii the passenger had passed tb,,s
causing the smash-up, Is In a sta,n 1.e
C"ila pse today and Is unable 10 nnsLa
a statement % H'aho
ne WORK train consisted of a cab,,,...
anu Two Nat cars Coming down
,,'t,1 tI oi the santa Rosa valley II wa
switched to the main line her,c a., 80.
tlnueu toward Sausaiito. whence tho
passenger train was Speeding toward
SANTA Rosa. Two miles south 80
le"1Sio on reverse curve. the trains
esSsheu together. Shunting the engine
nne passenger train aside the work
tialh locomotive plunged into me re-.
gage and smoking cars co,nnias.s,,,
.Sieseoping them The other cars ~
tnc passengers We're ulidamaged on5
tnclT occupants escaped aith n ,iyor-
GUS shaking up
rtlshtfal havoc was done in the
hihoker Passengers scrambllnp n,,t ~
the rear cars and running forS.ard y,
neid fearful spectacle The head
TESS trunk OF man Law beside an.
tracks and from windows Of the smolsa,
others. VI wv"
The engineer OF the passenger train
Robert Reynolds. who had iun1ped from
MS CAB, ran up frantic with main ana
waving blood -streaked arm Two
ngels had been torn from his hand.
nc bassage car sprawled like a
- "'Vp tnt smoker, partly enyelop-
ing II, but through the Windows no
rescue party could see the shriekin, IN
Jured ana the silent dead pinned under
the overturned seats For hours N
was impossible for those without TO
reach them
Frank A Meyers Of Petaluma ran
TO lgnacio 10 summon aid Wrecktng
trains were sent out and nbvsicIans
ana nurses from various points nm ana
Gown the line hurled to the scene on
special trains and In automobiles.
me work OF rescue was extremely
dlthcult and az midnight 1t was re-
ported that three other bodies vva-e
sull under the wreckage ana corld no,
De reached until morning.
Many a fthe injured are declared
to DC IN a critical condition
DEAD.
w. q. Pohman. Petaiuma.
George Riley. Sr.. Petaluma.
Henry w Emerson. Petaluma
NJ. \. Gangs. hearing the card Of the
Rockford Musical union.
William Littauer. Santa Rosa. en-
ginecr OF special
tin prison.
Hermann Baycr. Santa Rosa.
Pincus Lain. Santa Rosa.
W. Nelson, san Rafael
Two unidentified bodies
NHlu'utlned podN bearing com muta-
lion ticket between Santa Rosa and
San Francisco and watch with initials
=. T..
INJURED
A. q, Burnham. Los Angeles
W. }. Caiue, Black Point
Capt. r.. $ Won Tagen Of the schoou-
'r Theodore Roosevelt. Alameda.
W. =. Alachelor Petaluina
@ G.. Van Pelt Los Angeles
Alexander Shera, conductor Of the
passenger train.
G. Speaker, engineer Of the passen-
ger train
Edward Reynolds. fireman Of the spe-
faL
within two hours after the wreck oc- 4
'urrcd W. :. Palmer, general manager
If the road j II Hunter. superinten-
lent and corps Of physicians from
ieighboriug towns and from san Fran
isco. were working al the wreck