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Domestic News
December 25, 1902
Grant County Herald
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
The death toll from the Saturday night railroad collision at Byron, California, reached 25 as seven more injured victims succumbed, including Miss Stella Howard in San Francisco and Walter Vernon in Fresno. Several others remain critical.
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DEATH LIST IS TWENTY-FIVE
Seven More of the Injured in the California Railway Disaster Die, and Others May Succumb.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.—The death list of the railroad collision at Byron, Cal., Saturday night was swelled to twenty-five last night by the ending of the life of Miss Stella Howard, of San Francisco, at the Southern Pacific hospital here. Walter Vernon, aged 17, died at Fresno yesterday. His father died Sunday night. At the railroad hospital it was announced that several other victims of the wreck are in a critical condition and might succumb to their injuries.
The names of the dead are: Robert Renwick, William L. Temple, Leonard S. Erwin, Tung Tai Gung (Chinese woman), Ah Quoy (Chinese girl), Richard Post, Luky Maigowa, Hadru Maigowa, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Clarence D. Clufs, Miss Mabel Vesey, Miss Birdie Elliott, Charles A. Sessions, Charles Owens, Miss Minnie Mayer, F. S. Eastman, Fong Dick (Chinese woman), Carl Maver, unidentified young white woman, Miss Alice Sullivan, D. K. Vernon, two unidentified Chinese, Walter Vernon and Miss Stella Howard.
Seven More of the Injured in the California Railway Disaster Die, and Others May Succumb.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.—The death list of the railroad collision at Byron, Cal., Saturday night was swelled to twenty-five last night by the ending of the life of Miss Stella Howard, of San Francisco, at the Southern Pacific hospital here. Walter Vernon, aged 17, died at Fresno yesterday. His father died Sunday night. At the railroad hospital it was announced that several other victims of the wreck are in a critical condition and might succumb to their injuries.
The names of the dead are: Robert Renwick, William L. Temple, Leonard S. Erwin, Tung Tai Gung (Chinese woman), Ah Quoy (Chinese girl), Richard Post, Luky Maigowa, Hadru Maigowa, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Clarence D. Clufs, Miss Mabel Vesey, Miss Birdie Elliott, Charles A. Sessions, Charles Owens, Miss Minnie Mayer, F. S. Eastman, Fong Dick (Chinese woman), Carl Maver, unidentified young white woman, Miss Alice Sullivan, D. K. Vernon, two unidentified Chinese, Walter Vernon and Miss Stella Howard.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Railway Collision
Byron California
Train Wreck
Deaths
Injuries
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Stella Howard
Walter Vernon
D. K. Vernon
Robert Renwick
William L. Temple
Leonard S. Erwin
Tung Tai Gung
Ah Quoy
Richard Post
Luky Maigowa
Hadru Maigowa
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
Clarence D. Clufs
Miss Mabel Vesey
Miss Birdie Elliott
Charles A. Sessions
Charles Owens
Miss Minnie Mayer
F. S. Eastman
Fong Dick
Carl Maver
Unidentified Young White Woman
Miss Alice Sullivan
Two Unidentified Chinese
Where did it happen?
Byron, Cal.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Byron, Cal.
Event Date
Saturday Night, Dec. 23
Key Persons
Miss Stella Howard
Walter Vernon
D. K. Vernon
Robert Renwick
William L. Temple
Leonard S. Erwin
Tung Tai Gung
Ah Quoy
Richard Post
Luky Maigowa
Hadru Maigowa
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
Clarence D. Clufs
Miss Mabel Vesey
Miss Birdie Elliott
Charles A. Sessions
Charles Owens
Miss Minnie Mayer
F. S. Eastman
Fong Dick
Carl Maver
Unidentified Young White Woman
Miss Alice Sullivan
Two Unidentified Chinese
Outcome
death list swelled to twenty-five; several other victims in critical condition.
Event Details
Railroad collision at Byron, Cal., Saturday night; seven more injured died, including Miss Stella Howard at Southern Pacific hospital in San Francisco and Walter Vernon at Fresno; his father died Sunday night.