Evening star., 1938-09-20
10DEAD,HH HURT
AS TRAINS CRASH
ON PACIFIC COAST
Faulty Switch Blamed for
Collision of Argonaut
and Californian.
ENGINEER AND Fireman
AMONG WRECK VICTIMS
Two Killed in Massachusetts
Derailing-Pennsy's Cars Pile
Up Near Baltimore.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INLAND. Calf, Sept. 7o.-Ten per-
sons were killed and at least II In.
jured today in the collision Of two
Southern Pacific passenger trains on
. siding at Tortuga. q switching point
II miles east Of here.
Ofdcials said after q preliminary in.
vestigation that q faulty switch ap.
parently shunted the westbound ArRo.
naut onto the siding where the east
bound Californian waited for 1t to pass.
The dead:
Florence A. Tatoe, so Chester street.
Rhinebeck. N. Y.
Mrs. Z. w. Hall, Iona Linda, Calf.
Mrs. g. A. Hall, Iona Linda.
Robert N. Richardson, engineer Of
the Argonaut, Los Angeles.
p. Z. Martin, fireman, Californian.
Los Angeles.
H. r. Parsons, fireman Of the Argo-
naut. Los Angeles.
Three unidentified girls.
One unidentified woman.
Both locomotives were overturned
and the first three cars Of the Arso-
naut and the first coach Of the Cali.
fornian were derailed. All Of the seven
passenger dear were in q Californian
ooach. which was telescoped by the ter.
rtac impact.
Engineer Leaps 70 Safety.
3. C. Happy) Mason, engineer
aboard the Californian. leaped to safety
On the shout from his fireman. p. Z.
Martin Martin vas crushed to death
before he could leap.
Rescue work was impeded because
many Of those trapped in the twisted
steel coaches had to be cut out BY
acetylens torches. Relief trains were
sent from Yuma, Ariz., and Indio,
Calf.
One Of the relief locomotives pulled
the ArEonAut's passenger cars, which
were not derailed, back to Yuma,
where many Of the injured were
taken of.
Some Of the injured were treated
at the scene by doctors and nurses
hastily recruited from small COM
munities In this sparsely populated
area.
Among the passengers aboard tho
Argonaut was ]. H. Dyer, q vice presi.
dent Of the Southern Pacific Co.
Uninjured, he took personal charge of
the rescue work.
Telephone and telegraph lines at
the scene were torn out as the trains
piled up and ripped away several hun
dred feet Of track. All communica-
ton was severed in several COMMUNE
ties bordering the area.
Oncials said the wreckage would be
cleared away late this afternoon and
service into Los Angeles resumed to.
night.
The Californian, with a full pas-
senger list, left Los Angeles at sos
O'Clock last night for Chicago. The
Argonaut was due here from New Or.
leans at 7:30 am. 1t will arrive to-
night, officials said.
Two Killed in Massachusetts,.
EAST DEERFIELD, Mass, Sept. 20
N.-Two members Of the train crew
were killed and two others injured
early today when the engine and four
cars Of . 76-car Boston & Maine
freight train were derailed.
Fatally injured were Fireman G. q.
Bixby and Brakeman G. E. Whitehead,
both Of Springfield.
Engineer w. F. Christian Of West
Springfield suffered extensive burns.
His name was placed on the danger
list at Franklin County Hospital, where
doctors said Brakeman Albert Towne
Of Springfield suffered less serious
hurts.
Railroad odiciaE said q cloudburst
washed sand and gravel from q bank
into the track. The train. thew added