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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
CREW OF THE INBOUND
CAR ESCAPE WITH
ONLY SLIGHT INJURY

OAKLAND. May 3O.-Neither member
of the crew of the inbound car was in
jured to any extent. Michael Nulty,
known along the road as "Oid Mac" re-
ceived a slight wound Of the forehead,
which was dressed at the receiving hos
pital, Nulty being allowed to go home
Immediately. j. III. Helmstein. the con-
ductOr Of the same car, escaped without
a scratch
Both men refused to discuss the acct
dent today, except to state that their
car was carrying but few passengers.
guards.
McNuIty. when seen at his home.
stated that he did not feel any great
hurt, except that he was badly shaken
up. He would say nothing regarding
the collision.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

Fffty-ninth street and Charles Lang
ridge in Fifty-fourth
Mrs. Audibert despaired of the re-
covery of her Is year old son, Gussie,
when seen at the residence.
He is terrible looking sight, he is
so bruised and crushed, and the doctors
do not know how badly he has been
injured internally" she declared. "They
think 1t may be necessary to operate
on him and possibly amputate his legs,
but he is not strong boy and there
were five doctors there, who seemed
to feel that he could not stand the
shock of operations and has little hope
of recovery"
The parents of the Macarthur boy
were trying to comfort their neighbors,
at the same time rejoicing that Robert
had not lost leg as at first reported
and is only suffering from a fracture
OF the right member. His hands are
also badly torn, some of the fingers
being painfully laeerated, while he is
bruised about the hodv
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
MEMBERS OF WEDDING
PARTY THROW TROLLEY
AND PUT ON BRAKES
Speciol Dnpofch 10 The Call

Special DSpGfch 10 I he Call
OAKLAND. May 3O.-Having planned
for several weeks for party at Leona
heights in celebration Of their engage
ment Miss Ellen III. Dingle and Harry
Holloway and many of their relatives
and friends met at the corner Of
Twelfth and Clay streets this morning
and boarded the Ill fated Mills college
cer. The car was already crowded
with picnickers from the Golden Gate
and Claremont Baptist churches. Sew
eraI Of the men of the Dingle party
climbed to the roof Of the car, Alfred
S Dingle, brother of the bride to be,
among them Miss Edith Dingle, the
sister who was injured, was seated next
to e windows near the middle OF the
car. Young Holloway stood on the
front platform behind the motorman.
Just before the two cars crashed to-
zether Alfred Dingle saw the trolley
Of the inbound car, realized that the
collision was about 20 occur and seized
that the breaking Of the circuit would
be of some help
=. In relating his experiences Dingle
said:
1T all happened so quickly that
scarce had time to think. A fraction
Of g second before the smash I noticed
the trolley Of the other Mills college
car. Just what prompted me TO pull
down the trolley on cur car would be
hard TO say. 1t flashed through my
mind that we might all be electro
cutec il the wires got tangled up by
the trolleys. IN Sln't more than got the
trolley down when the cars struck, and
'hen II seemed as if all was over"
TRIES TO SAVE WOMEN
Holloway's shirt front was spattered
with blood, and he was wincing from
the pain Of his injured hip He stated
that the whole thing was over before
there was much chance for thought,
/ eza as 4eso 2aistlZ the story of how
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
CONDUCTOR ALONE BL LAMEDI
FOR FRIGHTFUL COLLISION /

3O-C. A Christensen
traction
line his
of his Holdor
Potter of the traction
to Cal
admits that he alone blame for the accident
ing to superintendent.
80 have proceeded NTH investigation of the fearful
accident J. Hodo conductor charge peboud No ISL
whch the eods of picckers owdrd the heights,
alone blame for collision He failed determine before starting
line single track pheher inbound
had cleared the sch track Hodo spent fully
at pic mailing transfers and loading passengers and
had ample observe the clearance signals This however
neglected to do
HoIdof admits that his neglect the disaster phch killed and
manned due His assertion The effect that he did
hnk to ok for clearance his only being that he forgot
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
SCREAMS OF CHILDREN
AND PANIC OF WRECK
ARE TRIAL FOR WON AN

OAKLAND, May 3O.-Mrs. G. o. Park
hurst of 910 Arlington avenue, whose
husband planned the Sunday school pic
mic. had her five children, Florence,
William, Grace. Gladys, Beatrice and
Everett, with her on the car. Although
she was not injured, she suffered Sc
we're nervous shock. Mrs. Parkhurst's
worry over her own children and the
other children that made up the picnic
party was so great that she was con-
fined to her home.
Il felt said Mrs. Parkhurst when
seen at her home, that 1 was directly
responsible for the many children. /
can not let myself think of the injured.
1t seems SO cruel that some of the chill
dren lost their limbs and will have to
go through life crippled.
1T is the Hrst accident I was ever in
and the screams and cries of the chill
dren still ring in my ears. I did not
know that we were in danger until the
crash came. tried to protect the chill
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31


several had climbed TO the roof.
OTHER CAR FORTUNATE
Westbound car o. 267, in charge of
Motornan al Nulty and Conductor ].
H Helmstein, also was crowded, but
not TO the same extent In the crash
= few Of the passengers on this car were
hurt at all and none seriously, except
.Motorman Nuhy, whose head was badly
cut by flying glass.
The sharp turn Of the track where
the collision took place is a hundred
feet east Of Belleview avenue in Fruit
vale heights. A clear view Of the track
can not be had because Of a jutting
blUG on the south, and the two speed
ing cars were within 80 yards of each
other before either motorman was
aware OF the approach Of the other.
EastbOund car PSI, carrying half a
hundred children bound te a church
picnic, the members of a prenuptial
party starting on q holiday together,
and innumerable smaller picnic parties.
was climbing the slight grade from
California railway JUNCTION Accord
ing to officials of the Oakland traction
company. which operates the California
railway, this car should nave waited
at the junction. as the westbound car
had the right of way. The latter was
whizzing at the speed of nearly a mile
. minute down the grade
CRASH HEARD FOR BLOCKS
With crash that was heard for
blocks the two cars met. The condition
OF the track after the accident was elo-
aouent Of the effort made by Motorman
Nulty Of the westbound car to lessen
his terrific speed by the application of
his brakes before the impact came. The
= eF-k- l.. I
the speed was scarcely siackened.-The
westbound car hurtled into the vesti-
bule OF the oncoming picnic car, -splin-
tered its platform TO the door and
stopped.
With its brakes useless, its operating
gear torn away and its motorman dying
in the mass Of wreckage, car No PSI
quivered an instant from the collision
and then slowly started backward down
the long grade it had just climbed. Its
speed gradually qufckened, and from
its shattered windows came the screams
and cries OF agDoy of its manned occu-
pants. Danger lay in the rear, too, for
OF the California railway junction, three
quarters of q mile away, stood another
eastbound car, also crowded with pic
nickers.
ACTS OF HERoIsM
dozen acts Of real heroism were
performed in the moment of the sick
ening crash. but above them all two
stood out e-eminent because OF the
cool nerve and quick thought which
prompted them. Alfred S. Dingle, one
OF the young men riding on top of the
east bound car. was the first to realize
that q collision was imminent. AS the
curve was neared he caught sight of
the trolley Of the west bound car before
the car itself came into view. With a
shout Of warning to those with him he
reached instantly for the trolley rope
near his hand and dragged the trolley
from the power wire. Had he hesitated
an instant in this the backward race of
the car down grade would have begun
with sIl the added impetus OF a full
current, but with the electricity cut off
the car depended only upon its own mo-
mentum.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

the resouers found the brother and SIS
ter, the latter with protecting arms
wrapped about the boy.
They we're promptly removed to the
care of the medical men and nurses.
while Annie was accorded the recogni-
ton of a heroine and the sympathetic
tears of many who looked upon the un-
conscious babes.
That the sensitive girl in her bewil-
dered courage had summoned the ress-
luton to carry the dismembered foot,
in addition to the bruised and bleeding
body, was the wonder of all. Little
Annie according to her father, weighs
but 100 pounds, and in her injured con-
dition must have experienced great
trouble in bearing the burden Of the
injured boy.
The Goldspring family suffered the
misfortune Of having more members
injured in the wreck than any other,
but with the calm philosophy OF times
of disaster the father only commented
on the good fortune that none of them
was killed, and would, as he hoped, re-
cover. Sam, the 16 year old brother,
suffered a shock and wrenched shoul-
der, but did not find his smaller brother
and sister in time to assist them from
the scene of disaster.
9MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED"
eyes, they might have all been
killed." thankfully declared the father
with a cheerful smile, "and there would
have been still more of the family in
the wreck If my wife and her sister
had not been late in getting ready,
forcing them to take a later car
Claro Castellazzo, who was badly
crushed, lives directly across the street
from the Goldsprings. and the father of
the latter family showed the strain of
heroism, which developed in his daugh-
ter Annie, when, with cheerful forti-
tude he tried to explain to the elder
Castellazzo. who can talk and under
stand English none too well, that his
boy was not so baJly injured.
SEARCHING FOR BOY
The mother of the Castellazzo fam
lily was down at the receiving hospital
at the time and not finding the boy
there was forced to go to the Merritt
hospital, spending the entire hot after
noon in efforts to find her boy.
The elder Castellazzo had been alb
sent when the mother. having one of
the extras carried to her by neigh
Dor, left in search for the lad, and
his first knowledge of the accident
was when the Call reporter called with
the father of the Go1dspring family.
Yes urged the elder Goldspring,
with a cheerful smile on his face that
amazed, '1ittfe Claro was hurt. So was
Georgie, but George is the worse.
Claro is not so bad. Georgfe had a
foot cut off by the car. but Ciaro is
only hurt. He did not lose any legs.
You do need not worrq. Mr.. Castei-
lazzo, think 1T viii be all right.
Annie is in bed. too. and the doctor
does not know bow bad she is hurt,
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
LITTLE GIRL CARRIES
INJURED BROTHER AND
DISMEMBERED FOOT
Especial Dispaich 10 The Call

OAKLAND, May 30.-The affection for
a suffering brother and the inherent in
stinct of the feminine in the hour of
stress and necessity produced a real
heroine in little IA year old Annie Gold
spring. Though badly cut about the
chest and body and so severely crushed
that 1t is thought she is internally in
Jured, she picked up her little year
old brother, George Goldspring, and,
taking his diEmembered foot in one
hand, carried the gruesome burden sew
eral hundred feet away from the scene
OF wreck and carnage before she herself
succumbed to the strain, end, falling to
the ground, Joined the already uncon-
scious brother in the land of oblivion.
AWAY FROM REsCUERs
With the maternal protecting instinct
of her sex. heroic and suffering Annie
had so far carried George from the
soene Of disaster before giving out her
SELF that It was some little tina before
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
HOMEWARD BOUND
PASSENGER TELLS OF
UNEXPECTED CRASH
[ Special Dispatch 10 The Call

OAKLAND, May 3O.-Jacob Wehrli.
proprietor of the Brooklyn wine cellar
aI ooS East Fourteenth street. and his
wire were passengers on west bound
car NO. 267, returning from Leona
nelshts. Both were injured, WehrH
haVlnS both legs painfully bruised, with
possible fracture of the right limb.
mnlle MS wife was badly cut about the
race and eyes with flying glass
Wehrli said that the collision came so
Unexpectedly that he did not know
What had occurred until he was hurled
from his seat.
Ihe car was crowded TO it's utmost
capac1ty," said Wehrli. MY wife and I
had taken morning ride to Leona
nelghts In order to escape the heat in
the city, but we found the picnic
grounds so crowded that we decided to
return Immediately. Many other people
evidently felt the same way for there
was a rush for seats when we boarded
the car and number of passengers
We're Obliged to stand. Our car stopped
at siding Just east of where the acct
dent occurred and waited until a west
pound car passed. Then we went ahead
we were going down hill at a rapid
rate and approaching the curve at Ben
venue avenue bend when another car
Ioomed up ahead, coming toward us.
We had scarcely time to see it when
the crash came. / was thrown violently
from my seat. my legs striking against
the woodwork in front of me- AS soon
as the car stopped dragged myself off
and assisted my wife to alight.
I'VE both lay down on the ground
beside the tracks. A woman who lived
near by came to our aid and brought
some wet cloth to wipe the blood from
my wife's face. Nearly an hour must
have elapsed before an automobile came
and took us both to Providence hospital,
where our injuries were dressed"
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
TALES OF SUFFERING
And HEROISM FROM
LIPS OF THE INJURED
Bridal Party and School. Children
On Fatal Car When Wreck
Interrupts Laughter

which of the injured riding stayed his post the end
and lost his life He dragged swoonng from the wreck his
with both legs severed below the knees and his body gtfu
mangled He reganed his cried from agony while
being rushed automobile the Alameda anitarium where
double amputation performed He barely this
and died ii 80 o'clock hour after the accident.
BOY, ON HOLIDAY KILLED
Harold Hull Berkeley
holiday
collision
Acropols
performed J. II Canen, J. A
Eastbound
W Holdorf
register
fares had collected holiday
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS
BLOW OF ACCIDENT
TO HOLIDAY CROWD
TSoeciol Dispotch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
OAKLAND, May 3o.--On account of
the outbound car being loaded with the
attendants upon Sunday school pic
mic there was an unusual number or
the injured living in the same neigh
borhood, many living in the same
street and In several instances occupy
Ing adjeining houses or directly across
from each other. Two of the injured.
Robert Macarthur and Gussie Adibert,
were living on the same side Of Thirty
ninth street, but one house interven-
ing, while Claro Castellazzo and George
Goldspring, but six blocks away on
Forty fifth street, live directly across
the street from one another. Mrs.
Sharp and Mrs. Paddock reside but two
blocks from each other in Thirty third
and Thirty-hrst streets respectively,
while Miss Blanche Whitman lives In
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
awful WRECK
MANGLES BIG
PICNIC CROWD
MOtOrman and Boy Lose Their
Lives and Forty More
Are Injured
Conductor Who Forgot to Look
for Signal Is Blamed for
the Disaster

Huston youngsters and Mrs Waring
escaped with few scratches.
Il feel certain" said Waring when
seen at home. that the entreaty I
made of God for the safe keeping OF
my wife and grandchildren was what
returned them TO me uninjured. / was
recently converted and have great and
trusting faith in the Lord"
As Waring talked he picked up the
bible that was lying beside him on the
steps of the front porch.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

dren near me, but that was almost next
to impossible on account of the confu-
sion and the stampede that followed the
collls1on. l am thankful, however, that
more were not injured. Out of my fam
lly William, my oldest boy, was hurt
the worst. He had the bones in his
right foot broken jumping from the
car. He was standing on the front plat
FORM of the car next to the motorman
who had his legs crushed off and after
ward died"
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

One-sixth of all the dry wines OF
California are produced by the Italian
Swiss colony on their immense vine-
yard at Asti Their Tipo, red or white.
is Americas choicest table wine.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

but your Claro, he got off easy.
George lost a foot, but it might have
been worse"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-01
o. E. S. DISTRICT MEETING
Grand Officers from Bennington Will
Attend.

Grand Officers from Bennington Will
Attend.
The 10th annual meeting Of district
No. l, Order of Eastern Star, will be
held in Odd Fellows hall at Rutland
November 10. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged for this oc-
casion and is as follows
Opening ceremonies, S o'clock, by
worthy and associate matron of
district No. L.
Address of welcome. Mrs. Matte
j. Nelson, past worthy matron Of
this city.
Response, Mrs. Dorothy Rogers.
worthy matron OF Poultney.
disqualification of the work, Fair
Haven chapter No. 20.
Review of work, Mrs. Ruby C. Haw-
ley, grand lecturer of Richford.
Reports of chapters
Remarks by grand officers and 9TH
err.
Closing ceremonies, worthy and as
sociate matrons of district No. 1.
The guests of honor for this meet
ing will be Arthur G. Spaulding,
grand patron of Ludlow; Mrs. II. J.
Stillson, grand matron OF Benning
ton; George F. Leland associate
grand patron of Springfield, Mrs
Ruby c.. Hawley, grand lecturer OF
Richford; H. l.. Stilson, grand secre-
| tary of Bennington; Mrs. Laura b
Cole, grand marshal of Bennington
Herbert f. Eaton, grand sentinel OF
Arlington and Mrs. George f. lie
land, past grand matron of Spring
field.
The chapters which will be rep
resented at this meeting include
Mount Anthony, No. Of Bennington
Waverly, No 10 of Wallingford, Ad
oniram, No % of Manchester Center
Tucker, No. 3S of North Bennington
Red Mountain, No. Al of Arlington
Phyllis, No. 56 of this city; Ever
green, No. GO of Poultney and Fair
Haven, No. 70 of Fair Haven.
A supper will be served at $3.50 o
clock to the delegates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-01
PREDICTED A BOOM
For North Hyde Park, Because Of AS
bestos and Lumber.


Hyde Park, Nov. 1.-The dedication
OF the new public hall at North Hyde
Park took place Friday afternoon,
fully 500 being present. The eXercis-
es were under the direction OF V. A.
Billiard of Burlington, who has con
tributed largely OF his time and
means in making a reality OF the af-
fair The speakers included Judge
c. S. Palmer of Burlington, Senator
Page, b. r. Billiard of Hardwick, F..
G.. Fleetwood OF Morrisyille and Capt.
Waite Senator Page predicted that
not in the far distant future North
Hyde Park would be on the railroad,
as means of that kind will soon be
provided for the purpose Of transport
ing asbestos and lumber to the mar
ket. Music was furnished by Water
mans orchestra of Burlington.
Among those present were State
Grange Master c. f. Smith, ex-Lieut-
Gov. Stearns, Judge Walker, Col Nc
Farland, Col. Sawyer and many 9th
ers. AT the conclusion of the after
noon exercises q. harvest supper was
served, which was followed by a ball
in the evening, at which $50 couples
were present The building is a
beautiful one and Is to be used for
public entertainments, grange and
post meetings. II cost about $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-01
soLoN BURROUGHS DEAD
Was Formerly Well Known Newspa-
per Man in Boston and New York

Was Formerly Well Known NeWspa-
per Man in Boston and New York
Vergennes, Nov. 1.-Solon Bur
roughs died yesterday morning at his
home in Waltham after an illness OF
three days from pneumonia, aged 65
years. He had been suffering from
Bright's disease about year but has
been able to be around most Of the
time
Mr.. Burroughs was a prominent far
mer and fruit grower, and also until
within the last few years devoted
much Of his time to collecting debts
and other legal business, having an
Office In this city.
For many years he was a reporter
for the Boston Globe and Herald and
New York Tribune and Sun. During
this time he attained much promi-
nence IN The John Phair murder trial
and was present at his execution
Mr. Burroughs was until few
years ago prominent in town affairs
and was for many years constable
collector and Justice OF the peace
having held the latter Office for 25
years.
His father. Stephen Burroughs was
an early settler in the town of Wal
than and the deceased was born and
has always resided in the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-01
JuRYs RIGHTS AT TRIALS
Supreme Court Rules on Their Liber-
ty and Hearing of Evidence

Washington, Nov. 1.-The Supreme
court ruled today that mans con
sttutional rights are not necessarily
violated by q Jury which is trying him
on charge of murder, being allowed
to separate and to read newspapers
during the trial. The court also rul-
ed similarly in regard to the refusal
OF a judge to send jury out of the
courtroom during arguments on the
admission of confession.
Furthermore the court found that
the act of requiring the accused TO
put on coat, alleged to have been
worn when the crime charged was
committed, did not amount to re
curing the prisoner to testify against
himself"
These points were made In the de-
cision Of the court in refusing to in
terfere with the sentence of life i'm
prisonment imposed by the Federal
Circuit court Of Western Washington
upon James II. Holt on a charge Of
having murdered Henry L. Johnson II
Fort Worden Barracks. Washington
In amour chg Inc opinion OF the
court Justice Holmes said that the
trial Judge had gone to the limit il
the exercise of his discretion durinl
the trial, but that he had committed
no reversible error.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and dII<Se Told Brefs
for Busy ResderS-

Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Darling are
spending the afternoon in Arlington.
Claude E. Gokay has accepted a po-
sition in the Bennington Wax Paper
factory.
J. w. Martin and c. L. Holden will
go into camp tonight to hunt for a
few days.
Frank Phillips has been engaged
to sing in the choir of the Second
Congregational church.
A large number of people are plan
ming to attend a concert in North Ad-
ans tonight given by the pupils of
Prof. Roberts.
Word received from Miss Helen
Gray, who underwent an operation in
a Troy hospital a few days ago for
appendicitis states that her condition
is steadily improving.
A social dance will be held Satur.
day night in Foresters' hall by the
Knights Of the Maccabees to which
all are cordially invited. At this
time the drawing on four different ar
ticles for which tickets have been
sold, viii take place. Goldsmith's or
chestra will be in attendance.
An installation OF officers of the
Y. p. S. c. +. of the Second Congre
gational church will take place in the
chapel Wednesday evening at 8 o.
clock A musical entertainment ant
social hour will follow. All young
people interested in our church and
society are cordially invited to be
present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-01
PROVES EMERGENCY RATION
Gen. Grant Found One Days Allow
anee Ample for Three Days.

ance Ample TOR Inree DAYS
Washington, Nov. l,-During the
recent three-day physical tests of
army officers, Major Gen. Frederick
ID. Grant, commanding the Depart
ment Of the East, tried out the new
emergency ration. He carried three
packages, one for each day, and re-
turned with two of the packages UNI
opened, having used but one on the
entire ride.
The General says he suffered no In.
convenience whatever, and found the
ration sufficient in every respect. BE.
sides the ration, Gen. Grant took hot
coffee In the morning, without sugar
or milk, cold tea, in the same way at
noon, and hot water in the evening
One-third of the ration was palatable
and sufficient during the seventy-two
hours, and he experienced no III eff
fects nor craving for food.
The new emergency ration is com
posed of chocolate liquor, nucleo-case
in, matted milk, desiccated egg, sugar
and coca butter, II is put up In neat
eightounce, light blue, tin boxes
Each box contains three cakes. one
cake being sufficient for meal.