Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-16
PASSENGERS HAVE
 NARROW ESCAPE

have been a serious wreck was mar rowly aver;ed last evening when the eastbound passenger train was run into by a light engine on the curve just beyond the Upper Lowell road crossing, only the prompt action of Engineer Bob Brooker saved the many passengers from servious in juries. He saw the light engine coming and realizing that the acci- dent could not be avoided put on the air and had his train about stopped when the light engine hi, the rear end of his engine, by doing this he stopped the force of the two trains He. and his fireman jumped just as the two engines hit.
 The eastbound train left here as usual with quite a number of passen- ] gers aboard and had proceeded as far as Lowell and picked up passen- gers there and was on the way to Don Luis and had just passed over the Lowell road crossing when Engi- neer Bob Brooker looked ahead and saw the engine from the work train { coming around the curve As stated he immediately brought his train to stop and jumped just as the two engines came head on.
 / The force of the engines striking was Of such force that the passen- gers were thrown from their seats and number of the seats torn loose and thrown in all directions. Pas sengers as soon as they could get on their feet made a rush for the door, was while a number went out of the windows. The water cooler in one of the coaches was torn loose and thrown over several seats struck T. A. Madden. of the Brunswick Drug company of Los Angeles. ou the head, cutting him over the right eye.
 Conductor Harris of the passen- ger train. was taking up the tickets and was knocked down by a seat that came loose and was trampled on by number of passengers before he could get up. He sustained a cut on iis hip.
 w. H. Higgins, one of the express messengers, and his hip and back injured by having a trunk fall on him. He was taken to the hospital
 Hazel Adams, a new express mes senger. had his hand wrenched and his head bruised. He was also treat ed at the hospital.
 Dr. M. L. Downs, of Douglas, the eye and ear specialist. was cut over the ear by a seat arm.
 4 number of others suffered slight cuts and bruises but none of them were of such a serious nature that they had to be dressed or taken to the hospital. One woman claimed to have several teeth knocked loose but her same could not be learned.
 As soon as an examination was made 10 see that the coaches had not been injured. switch engine was secured and the train taken around the Warren Loop and on to Osborn. Both engines were somewhat dam aged. The tank of the passenger en- zine was badly damaged and the front end of the work train disfgur- ed. Engineer George Newman was the engineer on the light engine. lie and his reman escaped without in- jury.
 From what could be learned the block signals failed to work as they should and the light engine passed the block before the signal came up showing that the passenger train was in the block.
 An investigation committee of rail way officials will be here today to make thorough investigation of the accident and file a report as is re- quired. IL is erteremly fortunate that no lives were lost and one particular circumstance of the accident was the fact that none of the windows in the passenger coaches were broken and as consequence there was no fly ing glass which might have cut the many passengers.