Show MEET DEATH ON SABBATH result of street car accident at santa barbara cal three persons were instantly killed and two so badly injured that they died in a street car accident at santa barbara cal sunday afternoon twenty other passengers were more or less injured sustaining bruises and broken bones one of the edison company s cars ran off the track while going down a steep grade and turned over on its side the occupants were jammed together in a sol d mass and it re quiren great effort to get them out of the krecl ed car all the killed and ired are be cleved to be residents of santa bar bara the accident was due to a de feet in the brake apparatus while the rear brakes were tightly set against the wheels the forward brakes were of no service because of the gearing the motorman dincov ered that something was wrong with the car several blocks above the point where the accident occurred and en deavo red to set the brakes but tailed to check the speed of the car |