Re: C & C Narrow Gauge Then & Now photos #14 & new details...

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The men on the second engine, 4-6-0 #14 suffered injuries as the engine rolled over to the left. The Inyo Resister provides specifics about the injures. Engineer Hoyt escaped with comparatively little injury although he was reported to have received scolds. Fireman Fitzgerald being on the left side was caught underneath as the engine went over and was "badly scalded as well as crushed." Headend Brakeman Oliver was caught between the cab and the tender and received "fearful injury to his body at the waist." The injured men were removed from the engine and taken as quickly as possible to Mina. From there they were started toward the railroad hospital. The Register reported that Fitzgerald lived until Sparks was reached and Oliver died while the train was near Luning. The Register also reported that Conductor Davidson was "completely unnerved buy the shocking affair."