| Show ONLY TWO WERE WRE FATALLY V HURT 4 Further Details of the Southern P Pacific Wreck CARS AND OVER 4 A ABE UNDECIDED AS ASTO I TO TH THE CAUSE 4 I L St Santa Bab Barbara Ca lIay May disastrous wk wreck of the southbound I I cos coast limited Of on the Southern Pacific i ilat lat last night t Punta Gora Gorda fifteen miles east of this city blocked al all traffic until 3 this afternoon when the track ws Was dere cleared and sufficiently to alow allow thre three passenger r trains that had i been te up to proceed i iMore More tan than fifty pron persons were injured I two probably fatally Mr Mrs H C Smith of Los die from L Age Angeles wi will probably I her svere severe Injuries and Frnk Frank Christ Christmas I ma mas a Sn San Francisco tr traveling man I is In a serious condition He Is suffering I from internal Injures Injuries as wel well as eter exter extern nl n cut cuts and bruises I Fifteen of r the victims are at the Cot Cottage I tage hospital In ti this cit city thirteen are areat i at Jo local hospitals three at Ventur Ventura and anda I Ia a Score of other others whose Injuries were not serous serious proceeded to Los Angeles il on the train sept sent out from that city last night night Unusual Accident Accident I The wreck ws was a mos most unusual one I and officials ls are undecided as asto i ito to Its cause The train was running I abut about fory forty caus mies miles an hour on a straight I track hen the cars left the rais rails The I robed roadbed was in in condition nd the rails were ee of the new new variety The track was torn up for a dine or of an eighth of a mie mile I I It is 15 supposed d that the ris rails spread al although although though Engineer Cure Cur does not credit this theory He aerts asserts that he felt a severe jar when tile the engine passed over the spot where the car cars left the rais raisHe rails He applied the instantly and the trin was brought to a stop quickly The three rear coaches the parlor ear car the diner and a chair car lef left the ris rails and rolled down the steep cliff to the surf ot of the ocean below A fourth coach was dragged to the edge of the embankment where i it broke loos loose and hung on the brink of the precipice The parlor and dining cars turned completely over twICe and landed In an upright position at the edge of the ocean Every Eer win window do dow in the derailed cr cars was broken The sats seats were wrenched from their fastenings an and otherwise wrecked For Fortunately Fortunately however the tle framework of the heavy coaches held together To thi this fact Is due the escape of the pas passengers from death Trainmen Acted Quickly The confusion tha that followed te the plunge of the cars to the ocean beach I w was tremendous Those who were able to crawl from the the window and drop to the sandy beach qUickly went to the aid of th the injure injured The forward part of the train was as bro brought ht to a stop and quickly returned to the sene scene The trainmen worked quickly and Intel Intelli Intelligently genty gently to relieve the sufferings of the passengers Brakeman Cron Carson was 1 started for tor the nearest telegraph at He walked to Banning and there secured a a handcar to take him to secure A As son soon as the Bar Barbars news of the wreck reached Santa br bars a special engine and coach were got ot rea ready A sore score of physicians ans were ere j summoned and te the r relief let train took them to the wreck Pathetic Scene 1 The phy physicians foun found about forty persons lying on the sandy beach and andon andon on the embankment above aboe the wrecked I Icar car cars Their hurts were cere dressed and I Ithe the mot most severely injured Into 1 the rele relief ear car and brought to this city I It was a pt pathetic etc thing to see two soe score persons who had passed through i 1 ithe the city tree three hours before brought back wih with broken and crushed heads and faces lacerated carried in a I helpless condition to the ambulances In taiting I I Thoe Those who were les less severely Injured were placed laced aboard n a specIal relief I train that came U up from Los Angeles and carried south I It Is understood they were left at Ventura Ventura their In Injuries jurie juries proving more serious than was wasat wasat at first thought suffering from Crom various hurt hurts from a lame anke ankle I taken to Los to a broken noe nose were ten Angeles Angeles whee where they arrived at 4 I this moring morning I |
