Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
Collision On Northwestern
 Pacific Near |gDacio, Cal. THE DEATH TRAP SMOKER
Telescoped for Two Thirds of Its Length = Twelve Were Injured and Many Horribly Mangled in the Ruins of the Car.

Ignacio, Cal, Aug. S.-Thirteen per sons were killed and at least twelve were injured several of them badly when passenger train No. on the Northwestern Pacific, running between San Francisco and Santa Rosa, met in l q head-On collision with a work train | a mile and half south of. this place. The engines met with such force that the engine of the work train. which consisted of a cabOose and two light flat cars, shunted the passenger en- zine to one side and plowed part way through the baggage car, causing the baggage car and the smoker to telescope partly. Nearly all the men in the for ward part of the smoker were killed and all in that car were injured in some manner.
 Relief trains were rushed from both ends to the scene of the wreck Some of the injured were taken in various directions making the names difficult to obtain. owing to the way in which the coaches were piled up, the work  night there were still bodies in the wreckage. It is believed it will be inn possible to get all the bodies out be- fore morning. The known dead are:
 P. LEVIN. Santa Rosa.
 w. G. POHLMAN. Petaluma.
 GEORGE RILEY. SIR. Petaluma.
 HENRY w. EMERSON. Petaluma.
 M. A. BANGS. Musicians union.
 WILLIAM LITTAKER, Santa Rosa; engineer of the special.
 JOHN WILKINSON. a guard at San Quentin prison.
 HERMAN BOYER, Santa Rosa
 w NELSON. san Rafael.
 Two unidentified bodies.
 Unidentified body, with commuta- ton ticket between Santa Rosa and San Francisco; watch has initials "P. L."
 The badly injured are:
 A. c. Burnham. Los Angeles.
 w. J. cain, Black Point
 $Captain R. c. Von Tagen, Alameda
 w. F. Batcheler, Petaluma.
 F.. O. Van Pelt, Los Angeles
 Alexander Shera, conductor passen- ger train.
 
 train.
 Edward Reynolds, fireman special.
 Within two hours after the wreck oc cured, w. A. Palmer, general manager of the road; J. H. Hunter. superintend- ent, and a corps of physicians from San Francisco and the bay towns, were working at the wreck.
 At least fifty automobiles visited the scene of the wreck during the evening. The owners assisted in carry ing the injured away and jumped to the aid of the rescuers whenever an opportunity offered.
 William Kent, Congressman Duncan Mckinley and Judge Thomas Lennon were among those to volunteer their services. huge bonfire was lit to help the rescuers. By this light it was seen that still more bodies were at the bottom of the wreckage The | best information was that there were 1 three bodies still buried at midnight.
 The conductor of the special was | hysterical and was unable to explain | how he happened to run his train into | the regular passenger. The order, it | is understood, was that the special | wait at Ignacio for the regular passen- | ger.
 THE STORY OF THE WRECK.
 Ignacio, Cal, Aug. S,-Thirteen are Pacific wreck, according | to figures just furnished by the dis patcher's office.
 The majority of the dead and injured | were riding in the smoking car of the passenger train. They were residents of Petaluma, Santa Rosa and other nearby towns. and several it is report ed were delegates to the state conven- ton of the Red Men. which meets at Santa Rosa tomorrow.
 The wreck occurred at a curve | mile and a half south of this place The passenger train was running for ty miles an hour and the special com posed of an engine and caboose, was also going at fair speed.
 It is mystery as yet how the work Lrain happened to be in the path of the regular evening train At the of lice of the dispatcher of the North western Pacific it was said that one Df the conductors had made a mistake in his orders and failed to take a sid ng. Suddenly the passengers were erked forward by the quick shuttingl town of the brakes, and at the same lime there came a terrific impact and he sound of escaping steam.
 The two engines had plunged into each others throat, and the passenger rains weight crushed the baggage car md the smoker so that two-thirds of he smoker was telescoped.
 The engines were on end. snarling.