. Electric railway journal . 19. A two-car train from Vallejo running at highspeed collided head on with an electric car from Napaon a curve a mile north of Vallejo. The train of two carstore half way through the single car. Thirteen personswere killed and two were severely injured. Others re-ceived minor hurts. The collision occurred at a point where there is a longwide curve and the view is obscured by a clump of treeswhich breaks the flatness of the country. The motormanof the train and P. F. Herbert, roadmaster of the company,were among those who are reported to have succumbed atonce to th
. Electric railway journal . 19. A two-car train from Vallejo running at highspeed collided head on with an electric car from Napaon a curve a mile north of Vallejo. The train of two carstore half way through the single car. Thirteen personswere killed and two were severely injured. Others re-ceived minor hurts. The collision occurred at a point where there is a longwide curve and the view is obscured by a clump of treeswhich breaks the flatness of the country. The motormanof the train and P. F. Herbert, roadmaster of the company,were among those who are reported to have succumbed atonce to the injuries which they received in the wreck ofthe train. , The accompanying illustration shows the extent of thedamage to the cars which were in collision. Conflictingstatements were made by the two conductors and the traindispatcher at Napa following the collision. The conductorof the northbound Calistoga flier is reported to have madea statement substantially as follows: My train was delayed because of loading freight. Be-. Wrecked Cars Shortly After Collision fore starting, however, I went into the phone booth andcalled the dispatcher at Napa, asking for orders. The dis-patcher told me All right, go ahead. I naturally sup-posed we were to pass the southbound at Collins, and sig-naled the motorman to go ahead. The dispatcher did nottell me to sidetrack at Hatch. The conductor of the southbound train is quoted asfollows: We were on time when we reached Collins. Followinga rule of the company, I phoned the dispatcher at told me to proceed to Hatch and pass the northboundthere. I repeated the order back to him and he said Allright, so I gave the motorman the signal to proceed, think-ing, of course, that the northbound would receive similarorders. The statement attributed to the dispatcher at Napafollows: I gave Conductor Patten of the southbound his orderswhen he phoned me from Collins, telling him to meetthe northbound at Hatch. The conductor of the north-bound should h
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