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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In San Diego, California, on Nov. 22, two express street cars collided head-on in dense fog during morning rush hour, injuring 31 people, four critically. The inbound La Jolla-Mission Beach car telescoped the Ocean Beach-bound car, tearing up tracks and snapping power lines. Rescue efforts were hampered by live wires.
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SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 22. (UP)—Thirty-one persons were injured, four so seriously they probably will die, when two express street cars collided headon on the outskirts of the city here today.
The crash occurred in a dense fog as a heavily loaded La Jolla-Mission Beach car bound for San Diego, ploughed into an Ocean Beach bound car.
Filled with men and women, commuting to work in San Diego, the inbound car telescoped the Ocean Beach car, tore up tracks over a wide area, and snapped poles carrying high tension power lines.
Wreckage was strewn over a wide area.
Most seriously injured were Helge Erickson, 28, motorman on the La Jolla-Mission Beach car; E. H. Neely, W. C. McAllister, 32, and Louise Hugus. Hospital attaches said they had little hope for the recovery of any of the four.
The wreck occurred at the height of the morning rush hour and immediately all available police, navy and private ambulances were rushed to the scene.
Rescue workers were hampered in their work by broken high tension lines, which snapped and sparked with deadly current, until all power in the area was shut off.
First police rescuers to arrive at the scene reported the groaning, screaming victims were attempting to crawl from the wrecked cars, and had to be restrained because of the danger of electrocution from the charged steel cars.
Through bleeding lips the two motormen mumbled confused explanations.
"We did all we could," Weiss said as he was placed in the last ambulance. He had refused to leave the scene until police convinced him all injured passengers had been cared for.
LIST OF INJURED
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 22. (UP) —The list of injured in a headon collision of two street cars here today, as announced by hospitals included:
Critical condition—Helge Erickson, 28, motorman, fractured pelvis, probable internal injuries; E. H. Neely, conductor, fractured jaw, serious head injuries; W. C. McAllister, 42, probable internal injuries, cuts and bruises, shock.
Serious condition—W. E. Weiss, 41, motorman, serious eye injury; Mrs. C. W. Cook, 35, fractured leg; Mrs. C. W. Hill, 36, serious cuts and bruises, shock; Harry Halberg, 40, and Margaret McLin, 24.
Minor injuries—Malo Baylas, 37, conductor; Walter A. Wallace, 48; Beatrice Sackett, 30; Vera Putnam, 22; Donna Chambers, 19, and Jack Shulins, 13.
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San Diego, Cal.
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Nov. 22
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thirty-one persons injured, four critically (helge erickson, e. h. neely, w. c. mcallister, louise hugus) with little hope for recovery; others in serious and minor conditions as listed.
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Two express street cars collided head-on in dense fog on the outskirts of San Diego: a heavily loaded La Jolla-Mission Beach car bound for San Diego ploughed into an Ocean Beach-bound car during morning rush hour, telescoping it, tearing up tracks, and snapping high tension power lines. Rescue hampered by live wires; motormen assisted in care.