Show RAN If INTO TO OPEN SWITCH CH Southern Pacific Express Train Wrecked in California Woodland Cal Oct 5 The South Southern ern em Pacific northbound Shasta express was wrecked here at this afternoon by running into an open switch and crashing into a string tring of loaded freight cars standing on a sidetrack Engineer McGraw saw the open switch too late to stop the train He closed the throttle tle tie and applied the brakes then jumped His left leg was fractured in three places by the fall falI his nose broken and he was badly bruised and cut Fire Fireman Fireman Fireman man Paul Dunn of Oakland also jumped and escaped uninjured The passengers were badly shaken up by bythe bythe bythe the shock but none was injured red The engine with tender and mail maiI car were badly wrecked and several of the other cars were demolished The mail car telescoped over the tender and but for forthe forthe the fact that It was turned around at Davis the mail clerks Otto C Hinds Howard C Riese These and H C probably would have hare been crushed to death As it was they were in the end of the car farthest from the engine The trainmen declared that the freight crew left the switch open |