Deseret Evening News | 1907-03-04 | Page 7 | Disastrous-Wreck on the Los Angeles Road

i ON THE LOS ANGELES ROAD Los Angeles Cal Ca March un an locked switch on the Los Loe Angeles San P dro Salt Lake Uno caused a disastrous traIn wreck with withIn In the tho city limIts todaY CS C S Hamil Hamilton ton or of Los Angeles the engineer was ground to pl pieces es under hIs engIne WaI Wah WaIter ter Pruett ot of Pomona aged H 14 wes fa Ca lalI scalded and burned and dye oth others ers ems were more or less lees seriously hUrt The Tha train a local passenger from San BI Bernardino carrying 55 5 passenger had reached n ii point about a mile from the tha depot depol and was waa runnIng at a 11 high rate or of speed whoa whon It struck the switch Tile The engine p passed over the tho switch In safety but the cars cara jumped the track Hamilton Jn ten faD Into a shallow dItch and lois hIli body was later gathered up in I relent ments The Tho Arthur F Win In Ingart gort gart lumped jumped and with cuts and bruIses The others injured vere ero Conductor E E 1 Powell l F A Taylor David Dahl or of RiversIde all ot of whom wore were cut and bruised and John Thomas ot of River RIverside side who sustained aerl serious IJ by being cuL Ut And scalded Hamilton who 1110 was tuI killed Ia was log Ing his hili first nul run on thIs line acting liS as substitute for tor the regular engIneer who wha was m It l Is saId that the switch wn was In such condItion that It requIred eon effort to throw it II Jt It Is boo be that it IL WillS was thrown by the tho brake brakeman brakeman man ot of a freIght traIn that had previously 1 on to another Lher track II 11 el that the tho brakeman neglected ed to lock It This is II the tho second wreck ted to 10 an switch to occur In thIs vicInity withIn two days