Logan Republican | 1904-04-16 | Page 4 | Meet Death on Sabbath

: & J MEF.T DEATHvON SABBATH.' ' Result of 8treet Car Accident at Santa Barbara, Cal. Throo persons wero Instantly killed and two so badly lnjurod that they died, In a street car accident nt Santa Barbara, Cal., Sunday afternoon. Twenty other passengers wero moro or less Injured, sustaining bruises and broken bones. One of tho Edison company's cars ran oft the track, whllo going down n stoop grade, and turned ovor on its Bide. The occupants were Jammed togothor In a solid mass, nnd It required re-quired great effort to get them out of the wrecked car. All tho killed and Injured aro believed be-lieved to bo residents of Santa Barbara. Bar-bara. The accident was duo to a do-foct do-foct In tho brake apparatus. Whllo tho rear brakes were tightly set against the wheels, tho forward brakes were of no servlco because ot the gearing. Tho motorman discovered discov-ered that something was wrong with tho car sovcral blocks above tho point where the accident occurred, nnd on-doavorcd on-doavorcd to set tho brakos, but failed to check the speed of tho car.