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to Tirh Telephone Numbers ftaaa dniM aMctauig. PART 1 ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW TRUE INOUSTRIAL FREEDOM IN FIVE PARTS CC 76 PAGES MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1956 VOL LXXV DAILY, 10c uv 120 Injured as Santa Fe Diesel Jumps Rails on Way to San Diego Twenty-nine persons-were mangled to kieath last night and injured when a San Diego-bound two-car Santa Fe commuter train hurtled from the tracks on a curve near Washington Blvd. and the Los Angeles River. It was California's' worst railroad crash. Cause of the wreck was given by a railroad spokesman as "undue speed on'a curve." Early estimates of the dead ran as high as 88.

This later was revised to 47 when Coroner's deputies counted the dead in one car and estimated the number in the second coach. Those killed outright were finally listed as 29 15 males and 14 females, three of the total being children. Horrible mangling of many of the victims made an Three full pages of pictures of train wreck on Page and Pages 3 and 26, Part 1, Other news and pictures on Page A and Pages 2, 4 and 25, Part 1. accurate count extremely it was pointed out. All of the bodies were taken to the County Morgue in the Hall of Justice.

Injured were taken in relays of ambulances to eight different hospitals General, Georgia Street, Lincoln Heights, Maywood, Rose-Netta, Good Samaritan, Queen of Angels and California Lutheran. 161 Tickets Sold for Trip Santa Fe officials said 161 tickets were sold for the train. However, children 5 years old 6r younger could ride free and there were a number of youngsters among the injured as well as those killed. vThe derailment occurred about 15 minutes after the train left Union Station at 5:30 p.m. It was due in San Diego at 8:05 p.m.

Raymond D. Shelton, general manager of the rail road's coastal 'system, said the train's speed was estimated by the engineer at 50 m.p.h. He added, "I think this curve would take about 40 m.p.h." The" engineer, Frank Parf INJURED AT CRASH SCENE -Injured persons lis beside derailed San Diego-bound The derailment occurred near the Santa Fe roundhouse. ing the train at a 35 m.p.h. warning marker because he knew that a subsequent warning posted on the tracks was for 15 m.p.h.

HOSPITALS TREAT MORE THAN 100 He blacked out, the engineer added, and failed to re more than 120 others ish, 61, said he began slow felt the train tipping over. the fast, two-coach commuter a shower of sparks for some windows buckled. teetering roll before it halted and battered steel was 428 was riding in the second car, left side were sucked right included Parrish, Hines, man at the controls. It is Turn to Page Column 4 scared. There were half a dozen sailors in our compart-' ment.

The compartment was full. We started helping the people into the vestibule. One of the sailors put a tourniquet on one man's leg." Nothing Like If Chief Durham said about half of the people on the train were elderly people. Many others were servicemen. Chief Durham, of Seattle, is stationed aboard the Gen.

Mann. He wears three rows of campaign ribbons. But I never saw anvthina like this." gain consciousness until he The sharp curve where More than 120 persons, overturned is near the Santa Fe roundhouse, at a point called Redondo Junction. in official records, were treated at a number of hospitals following the wreck of the San Diego Santa Fe train. t1 Bodies Hurled Out Force of the derailment flipped the twin cars onto their it ll Vi fffc tJs? left sides.

They ground in 300 feet, spewing bodies as Total length of the train's in a tangle of twisted rails feet, police said. Flagman Bill Hines, who said his life was saved because he was sitting on the right side. "The people sitting on the out of the windows and caught on the ties when the train rolled on its' side," he said. None of the crew, which Many of the injured were horribly mutilated, with arms and legs crushed to the am; putation point and with jagged gashes over their faces heads and bodies from flying class Hospitals In the downtown area s'ent out rush calls for entire staffs of physicians, and. for all registered blood donors on their lists.

Emergency surgery rooms in' Georgia Street and Lincoln Heights Receiving Hospitals were filled to overflowing, and scores, of injured were sent directly to the emergency: section at General Hospital as well as to private hospitals. Bushed to Hospitals injured were taken to Queen of Angels Hospital, California Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, May-wood Hospital and Rose-Net-ta Hospital, 4412 Hooper Following is a list of in- ured persons treated at these lospitals, in. some cases with only partial Conductor George P. Spickard and Fireman Homer Smith, was seriously injured. with possibly more uncounted Bodies of 12 Identified Bodies of 12 train-wreck victims were; tentatively identified at the County Morgue early today, but of ficials said names of all the dead might not be known for several days.

The incomplete list of dead included: Mrs. Dorothy Lester, 36, of 3020 Commercial San Diego. Sgt. John E. Williams, about 55, USMC, Camp Pendleton.

Patrick O'Neil, 20, Navy serviceman, who lived at 15526 Patronella Gar-dena. John Henry Breen, 40, of 1220 Star El Monte. Eleanor Hopkins, about of 925 Loring Pacific Beach. i Kenneth L. Wallace, 2444 bam Uen" kiraton.

43, Of Stanley Levitt, 1501 6th San Diego. Alfred Warren Fenn. ae-p. In Chicago, Santa Fe President Fred G. Gurley said: train awaiting medical noon yesterday, the Weather bureau noted that rainfall mis year nas oeen aoout a third of normal.

Only 2.85 inches has been recorded so far this season. Last year on tnis date 6.64 inches had been received, slightly over normal of the 6.62 inches. A possibility of drizzles or light rains exists today, the weatherman said. The Air Pollution Control District said Smog Green will prevail. "We are unable to understand how it could have hap pened, There was a seasoned SWAYS, THEN ROLLS WOMAN VICTIM Police and ambulance attendants remove injured woman passenger from overturned No Panic on Train, Passenger Reports coqcK of Santa Fe train, bound for San Diego, which jumped the rails and skidded on side for 300 feet.

Times photo ht ban ego. and details: CLOUDS COVER CITY, FAIL TO BRING RAIN Georgia I I rWrlvinbAJ JMllOU. han UlCEO. Gray cloutls yesterday cov Streets to Be Closed Today Streets in the vicinity of the Santa Fe train disaster will remain closed today until fur-j ther notice, the Police De partment announced last night. Barricaded thoroughfares include Soto St.

and Santa Fe from Olympic Blvd. to 23rd and Washington! Blvd. from Alameda St. to: Soto St. Police said all traffic nor mally using thesestreets will be rerouted.

i FEATURES INDEX ASTROLOGY. PaE 30, Part 1. Panes 7-27, Part 2. COMICS. Page 22, Part.

1. CROSSWORD. Psse 27, Part 2. DRAMA AND MUSIC. Page 6.

7, Part 3. DR. ALVAREZ. Page 15, Part 1. EDITORIAL.

Pages 4, 5, Part 2. HOPPER. Page 28, Part 1. JUMBLE GAME. Page 8.

Part 2. McLEMORE. Page 27, Part 1. MOTION PICTURES. Pagsi 23-27, Part 1..

OIL MINING. Page 6, Part 2. POLYZOIDES. Page 12, Part 1. RADIO-TV.

Pages 8. 9, Part 3. SHIPPING. Page 30, Part 1, SOUTHLAND. Page 32, Part 1.

SPORTS. Following Page 30, Tart 1. VITAL RECORD. Page 8. Part I.

WEATHER. Page 8, Part 2. WOMEN. Fagei 1-5. Fart 3.

"There was no panic," a Navy chief petty officer said in describing the accident in East Los Angeles. Chief Electrician's Mate Andrew Durham, 33, a veteran of 15 years in the Navy, said he thoueht the train was going too fast. We started swaying," he said, "we didn't stop. Grabs for Rack "The baggage started coming down out of the rack. I and held on.

"Then we went over. "But nobody was tool Hospital: tm ryt. Ralph Brown, 20, Turn to Page Column 1 THE WEATHER Smog Green today. U.S. Weather Bureau Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow with occasional drizzle or light rain, i Little change in 'temperature.

High today Tnear 56. High yesterday, t58; lowest, 51. and address unknown. ered the city, leasing the dry G. G.

Harvey, 19, a Navy Southland with the possibil- serviceman, San Diego. ity of rain, but failing to de-Bill Koga, no address. ijver Marjorie Ahman, 28, an ex-i pectant of Siouxl Temperatures under the lid Falls, S.D. if clouds hovered within a Positive identification was 7-deg. range.

The. low at 6::08 made on Mrs. Lester by herm. was 51 deg. The high at husband, Lenwood.

jl p.m. was 58 deg. Lester, a former boxer, Relative humidity ranged said, "The train started to tip from 91i at 6:30 a.m. to 70 and then crashed. That's alliat 1:30 p.m.

I I In a summary released ati A.