Story from Madera Tribune, Volume LXXII, Number 119, 20 September 1938
Amy is not mentioned specifically, but we know she died in this crash, according to her obituary.
Ten Persons Killed in Train Wreck [CALIFORNIAN HIT HEAD ON BYARGONAUT Crash Occurs at Siding in I Imperial Valley Desert With Many Hurt MANY INJURED BADLY Victims Rushed to Indio And Yuma in Undamaged Cars of Train
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. f — Ten persons were killed I today and 101 persons injured, some so seriously they may die, when the Southern Pacific's Argonaut crashed through a switch and plunged into the Californian, which was waiting with its sleeping passengers on a siding on the Mojave desert near the little town of Niland. The Southern Pacific said a preliminary investigation indicated that Erie L. Jacobson, head-end brakeman of the Californian, an eastbound train, was responsible for the wreck. The Argonaut was west bound from New Orleans. DEATH TOLL The dead; Mrs. Florence Tatol, Rhinenbach, New York; Miss Ryvia Easter, Los Angeles, who died in Indio hospital; Mrs. Sorrells, Tucson, Arizona, who was killed while sleeping with her two-months-old son; Mrs. Emma Hall and Mrs. G .A. Hall Loma ■Linda, California; C. E. Morton, fireman of the Californian; Robert N. Richardson, engineer of the Argonaut; H. R. Parsons fireman of the Argonaut; two unidentified women, one a 14-year-old girl. Forty-six of the injured were hospital at Indio. Relief trains taken to the Coachella valley took 55 other inpured passengers to the Yuma general hospital, near Yuma, Arizona. WAS WORST WRECK Raliroad officials said it was one of the most disastrous railroad wreck in the history of the west. The woman identified only as Mrs. Sorrells was en route to Tucson, Arizona, with her infant son. The child escaped with only a few bruises but the mother was killed out-right. The child was taken to Indio where it was placed in the care of Mrs. Thomas H. Peterson of
Tucson. A railroad official said he had been informed by J. H. Dyer, vice-president of the company and a passenger aboard the Argonaut, that seven passengers on the Californian had been killed. MEDICAL AID RECRUITED Undamaged sections of the Californian were sent to Indio, Dyei said. The train was filled with injured and physicians and nurses recruited from nearby communities. The Argonaut's undamaged cars were being taken to Yuma with more of the injured. The engineer of the Californian was not killed, Dyer said. He said he believed he had left the locomotive before the Argonaut collided with the Californian. The engineer's name was not known here. Dyer said the locomotives and baggage cars of both trains had left the tracks. How many of the California's passenger cars were demolished was not stated The railroad official said the undamaged cars of the Californian were taken to Indio with the dead and most of the injured because there were better hospital facilities there. Dyer gave his information over the only telephone line near the vicinity of the wreck. The line had been severed by the wreck and had been hastily repaired. ENGINE JUMPS RAILS Dyer said the Californian was waiting on a side for the Argonaut to pass en route. Dyer said he did not believe the wreck was caused by a fau'ty switch. He said the Argonaut suddenly jumped the tracks and crashed into the Californian.
Amy is not mentioned specifically, but we know she died in this crash, according to her obituary.
Ten Persons Killed in Train Wreck [CALIFORNIAN HIT HEAD ON BYARGONAUT Crash Occurs at Siding in I Imperial Valley Desert With Many Hurt MANY INJURED BADLY Victims Rushed to Indio And Yuma in Undamaged Cars of Train
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. f — Ten persons were killed I today and 101 persons injured, some so seriously they may die, when the Southern Pacific's Argonaut crashed through a switch and plunged into the Californian, which was waiting with its sleeping passengers on a siding on the Mojave desert near the little town of Niland. The Southern Pacific said a preliminary investigation indicated that Erie L. Jacobson, head-end brakeman of the Californian, an eastbound train, was responsible for the wreck. The Argonaut was west bound from New Orleans. DEATH TOLL The dead; Mrs. Florence Tatol, Rhinenbach, New York; Miss Ryvia Easter, Los Angeles, who died in Indio hospital; Mrs. Sorrells, Tucson, Arizona, who was killed while sleeping with her two-months-old son; Mrs. Emma Hall and Mrs. G .A. Hall Loma ■Linda, California; C. E. Morton, fireman of the Californian; Robert N. Richardson, engineer of the Argonaut; H. R. Parsons fireman of the Argonaut; two unidentified women, one a 14-year-old girl. Forty-six of the injured were hospital at Indio. Relief trains taken to the Coachella valley took 55 other inpured passengers to the Yuma general hospital, near Yuma, Arizona. WAS WORST WRECK Raliroad officials said it was one of the most disastrous railroad wreck in the history of the west. The woman identified only as Mrs. Sorrells was en route to Tucson, Arizona, with her infant son. The child escaped with only a few bruises but the mother was killed out-right. The child was taken to Indio where it was placed in the care of Mrs. Thomas H. Peterson of
Tucson. A railroad official said he had been informed by J. H. Dyer, vice-president of the company and a passenger aboard the Argonaut, that seven passengers on the Californian had been killed. MEDICAL AID RECRUITED Undamaged sections of the Californian were sent to Indio, Dyei said. The train was filled with injured and physicians and nurses recruited from nearby communities. The Argonaut's undamaged cars were being taken to Yuma with more of the injured. The engineer of the Californian was not killed, Dyer said. He said he believed he had left the locomotive before the Argonaut collided with the Californian. The engineer's name was not known here. Dyer said the locomotives and baggage cars of both trains had left the tracks. How many of the California's passenger cars were demolished was not stated The railroad official said the undamaged cars of the Californian were taken to Indio with the dead and most of the injured because there were better hospital facilities there. Dyer gave his information over the only telephone line near the vicinity of the wreck. The line had been severed by the wreck and had been hastily repaired. ENGINE JUMPS RAILS Dyer said the Californian was waiting on a side for the Argonaut to pass en route. Dyer said he did not believe the wreck was caused by a fau'ty switch. He said the Argonaut suddenly jumped the tracks and crashed into the Californian.
Story from Madera Tribune, Volume LXXII, Number 119, 20 September 1938
Amy is not mentioned specifically, but we know she died in this crash, according to her obituary.
Ten Persons Killed in Train Wreck [CALIFORNIAN HIT HEAD ON BYARGONAUT Crash Occurs at Siding in I Imperial Valley Desert With Many Hurt MANY INJURED BADLY Victims Rushed to Indio And Yuma in Undamaged Cars of Train
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. f — Ten persons were killed I today and 101 persons injured, some so seriously they may die, when the Southern Pacific's Argonaut crashed through a switch and plunged into the Californian, which was waiting with its sleeping passengers on a siding on the Mojave desert near the little town of Niland. The Southern Pacific said a preliminary investigation indicated that Erie L. Jacobson, head-end brakeman of the Californian, an eastbound train, was responsible for the wreck. The Argonaut was west bound from New Orleans. DEATH TOLL The dead; Mrs. Florence Tatol, Rhinenbach, New York; Miss Ryvia Easter, Los Angeles, who died in Indio hospital; Mrs. Sorrells, Tucson, Arizona, who was killed while sleeping with her two-months-old son; Mrs. Emma Hall and Mrs. G .A. Hall Loma ■Linda, California; C. E. Morton, fireman of the Californian; Robert N. Richardson, engineer of the Argonaut; H. R. Parsons fireman of the Argonaut; two unidentified women, one a 14-year-old girl. Forty-six of the injured were hospital at Indio. Relief trains taken to the Coachella valley took 55 other inpured passengers to the Yuma general hospital, near Yuma, Arizona. WAS WORST WRECK Raliroad officials said it was one of the most disastrous railroad wreck in the history of the west. The woman identified only as Mrs. Sorrells was en route to Tucson, Arizona, with her infant son. The child escaped with only a few bruises but the mother was killed out-right. The child was taken to Indio where it was placed in the care of Mrs. Thomas H. Peterson of
Tucson. A railroad official said he had been informed by J. H. Dyer, vice-president of the company and a passenger aboard the Argonaut, that seven passengers on the Californian had been killed. MEDICAL AID RECRUITED Undamaged sections of the Californian were sent to Indio, Dyei said. The train was filled with injured and physicians and nurses recruited from nearby communities. The Argonaut's undamaged cars were being taken to Yuma with more of the injured. The engineer of the Californian was not killed, Dyer said. He said he believed he had left the locomotive before the Argonaut collided with the Californian. The engineer's name was not known here. Dyer said the locomotives and baggage cars of both trains had left the tracks. How many of the California's passenger cars were demolished was not stated The railroad official said the undamaged cars of the Californian were taken to Indio with the dead and most of the injured because there were better hospital facilities there. Dyer gave his information over the only telephone line near the vicinity of the wreck. The line had been severed by the wreck and had been hastily repaired. ENGINE JUMPS RAILS Dyer said the Californian was waiting on a side for the Argonaut to pass en route. Dyer said he did not believe the wreck was caused by a fau'ty switch. He said the Argonaut suddenly jumped the tracks and crashed into the Californian.
Amy is not mentioned specifically, but we know she died in this crash, according to her obituary.
Ten Persons Killed in Train Wreck [CALIFORNIAN HIT HEAD ON BYARGONAUT Crash Occurs at Siding in I Imperial Valley Desert With Many Hurt MANY INJURED BADLY Victims Rushed to Indio And Yuma in Undamaged Cars of Train
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. f — Ten persons were killed I today and 101 persons injured, some so seriously they may die, when the Southern Pacific's Argonaut crashed through a switch and plunged into the Californian, which was waiting with its sleeping passengers on a siding on the Mojave desert near the little town of Niland. The Southern Pacific said a preliminary investigation indicated that Erie L. Jacobson, head-end brakeman of the Californian, an eastbound train, was responsible for the wreck. The Argonaut was west bound from New Orleans. DEATH TOLL The dead; Mrs. Florence Tatol, Rhinenbach, New York; Miss Ryvia Easter, Los Angeles, who died in Indio hospital; Mrs. Sorrells, Tucson, Arizona, who was killed while sleeping with her two-months-old son; Mrs. Emma Hall and Mrs. G .A. Hall Loma ■Linda, California; C. E. Morton, fireman of the Californian; Robert N. Richardson, engineer of the Argonaut; H. R. Parsons fireman of the Argonaut; two unidentified women, one a 14-year-old girl. Forty-six of the injured were hospital at Indio. Relief trains taken to the Coachella valley took 55 other inpured passengers to the Yuma general hospital, near Yuma, Arizona. WAS WORST WRECK Raliroad officials said it was one of the most disastrous railroad wreck in the history of the west. The woman identified only as Mrs. Sorrells was en route to Tucson, Arizona, with her infant son. The child escaped with only a few bruises but the mother was killed out-right. The child was taken to Indio where it was placed in the care of Mrs. Thomas H. Peterson of
Tucson. A railroad official said he had been informed by J. H. Dyer, vice-president of the company and a passenger aboard the Argonaut, that seven passengers on the Californian had been killed. MEDICAL AID RECRUITED Undamaged sections of the Californian were sent to Indio, Dyei said. The train was filled with injured and physicians and nurses recruited from nearby communities. The Argonaut's undamaged cars were being taken to Yuma with more of the injured. The engineer of the Californian was not killed, Dyer said. He said he believed he had left the locomotive before the Argonaut collided with the Californian. The engineer's name was not known here. Dyer said the locomotives and baggage cars of both trains had left the tracks. How many of the California's passenger cars were demolished was not stated The railroad official said the undamaged cars of the Californian were taken to Indio with the dead and most of the injured because there were better hospital facilities there. Dyer gave his information over the only telephone line near the vicinity of the wreck. The line had been severed by the wreck and had been hastily repaired. ENGINE JUMPS RAILS Dyer said the Californian was waiting on a side for the Argonaut to pass en route. Dyer said he did not believe the wreck was caused by a fau'ty switch. He said the Argonaut suddenly jumped the tracks and crashed into the Californian.
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