CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD

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Accident Report

Statement of each accident in California resulting in injuries to persons.

Date 1877	Name	Whether Passenger, Employee, or Otherwise	Place of Accident	Cause of Accident	Extent of Injury
June 16	Isdell, Charles	Employee	Colfax	Getting untrained	Shoulder slightly injured
June 16	Moore, Charles	Employee	North Vallejo	Slipped from car	Phase slightly bruised
June 26	Hilton, H. B.	Other	San Leandro	Getting on train (supposed to)	Found dead
June 27	Schaeffer, Aug.	Other	Midway	Falling from train	Both legs amputated
July 1	Connor, J. M.	Employee	Pino	Fell from train	Shoulder slightly injured
July 3	Campbell, M. M.	Employee	Acampo	Coupling cars	Finger taken off
July 5	McArdle, Henry	Other	Penryn	Capital run over-intoxicated	Fatally injured
July 9	Indian Squaw	Other	Newcastle	Run over-intoxicated	Arm fractured
July 11	Burt, T. A.	Employee	Rocklin	Fire-box blew open	Hands slightly burnt
July 12	Rossiter, James	Employee	N. E. Mills	Struck by tank spout	Severely bruised
July 18	Shultz, John	Other	Boca	Run over	Fatally injured
July 18	Kelly, Charles (supposed) Hurlbut, J. W. Schott, J. J. Mayo, Henry	Other Employee Employee Employee		Train ran into burning sheds	Killed and body burnt Severely burnt Slightly burnt Slightly burnt
July 20	Unknown	Other	Delano	Run over-intoxicated	Found dead
July 20	Joaquina, J. Serpa	Other	San Leandro	Struck by engine	Very slight bruise
July 20	Heaton, John	Employee	San Fernando	On hand car-struck	Instantly killed
July 20	Vallencour, C.	Other	Tunnel	By engine	Leg broken
July 21	Unknown	Other	Pleasanton	Struck by engine	Severely injured
August 2	Conway, Stephen	Other	Stockton	Jumping on train	Toe amputated
August 6	Lamphrey, Wm	Employee	Blue Canyon	Head striking shed	Slightly injured
August 6	Mahoney, Pat	Employee	Woodland	Run over-intoxicated	Fatally injured
August 8	Hawkins, Geo	Passenger	Junction	Getting on train-intoxicated	Foot severely crushed
August 14	McElfresh, Geo	Employee	Sesma	Coupling cars	Slightly bruised
August 16	DeFrees, M.	Employee	Colfax	Fell off train	Foot sprained
August 18	Howell, Frank	Passenger	Caliente	Switching collision	Arm broken
August 18	Scribner, C. L. Morris, Moses	Passenger Employee	Pleasanton	Train broke apart	Severely bruised Severely bruised
August 20	Moulton, Garry	Passenger	Oakland	Fell from train	Slightly bruised
August 24	Webster, M. C.	Employee	Lathrop	Coupling cars	Finger slightly injured
August 24	Dayton, T. J.	Employee	Oakland	Coupling cars	Finger amputated
August 24	Hammett, Geo	Passenger	Oakland	Crushed on ferry boat	Slightly injured
September 1	Jordan, L. C.	Employee	Junction	Coupling cars	Foot slightly injured
September 3	Barton, F. S.	Employee	Summit	Struck by engine	Slightly injured
September 3	Thomas, John	Other	Oakland	Run over (boy, playing	Foot amputated
September 6	Scott, M. A.	Passenger	Oakland	Jumped off train	Foot slightly injured
September 11	Quinn, Hugh	Other	Pino	Jumped off train-intoxicated	Severely injured
September 12	Geery, W. F.	Other	Ione	Cars getting off track	Fatally injured
September 13	Skally, J.	Passenger	Yuba	Jumped off train-intoxicated	Slightly injured
September 15	Nicholas, Elias	Employee	Truckee	Coupling cars	Finger cut off
September 17	McGuire, J. F.	Other	Niles	Run over (supposed)	Found dead
September 27	Milligan, John	Employee	Truckee	Coupling cars	Finger slightly injured
October 2	Kellogg, F.	Employee	Ione	Coupling cars	Finger cut off
October 3	Harrop, Samuel	Employee	Junction	Fell from train	Slightly bruised
October 6	Adams, "Jack"	Passenger	Truckee	Run over (supposed)	Found dead
October 10	Rossiter, J.	Employee	Emigrant Gap	Coupling cars	Thumb slightly injured
October 10	Fitzgerald, R.D.	Other	Milpitas	Train struck wagon	Severely injured
October 20	Fowler, Paris	Employee	Caliente	Coupling cars	Slightly injured
October 21	Bones, William	Employee	Acampo	Coupling cars	Thumb slightly injured
October 22	Daley, Hugh	Other	Blacks	Struck by train-suicide	Instantly killed
October 23	Steffy, J.	Employee	Oakland	Struck by train	Head severely injured
October 23	Kerrigan, Mrs.	Passenger	Oakland	Jumped from train	Leg broken
October 29	Hopkins, R. D. Sharp, Henry Radcliffe, W. M. Knight, W. L.	Passenger Employee Employee Employee	Elmira	Train ran into a burnt culvert	Slightly bruised Slightly bruised Slightly bruised Slightly bruised
November 7	Shearer, Mrs.	Passenger	Alameda	Jumped from train	Leg broken
November 7	Edwards, F.	Employee	Oakland	Fell from train	Shoulder dislocated
November 9	Phillips, J.	Passenger	Sumner	Struck by a rail	Slightly injured
November 12	Benson, A. F.	Passenger	Oakland	Jumped from train	Ankle dislocated
November 17	Tyler, Ed. (colored)	Other	Oakland	Fell from train-intoxicated	Both feet amputated
November 17	Van Winkle, F.	Employee	Lathrop	Coupling cars	Hands slightly injured
November 24	Lavatte, Aug.	Other	San Francisco	Run over	Seriously injured
November 29	Moore, Nicholas	Employee	Niles	Fell from train	Fatally injured
December 1	Heywood, Z. B.	Other	Oakland	Crossing track in a buggy	Bruised generally
December 5	Williams, Geo	Employee	Tehachapi	Coupling cars	Two fingers amputated
December 7	Cole, J. W.	Employee	Tipton	Fell from train	Instantly killed
December 16	Hoyt, William	Passenger	Oakland	Jumped off train	Hip dislocated
December 19	Graham, Mrs.	Other	Oakland	Struck by engine-intoxicated	Slightly Injured
December 23	Griffin, John	Other	Sunol	Struck by train-intoxicated	Fatally injured
December 26	Kean, John	Employee	Milton	Run over	Leg fractured
December 26	Connors, John	Passenger	Oakland	Getting on train-intoxicated	Arm amputated
December 29	McCormick, John	Other	Brighton	Run over-attempt at suicide	Arm amputated

Source: Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of California, The Years ending December 31, 1877 and 1878. Sacramento: State Office, F. P. Thompson, Superintendent State Printing, 1879.

Transcribed by Nancy Pratt Melton.

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© 2005 Nancy Pratt Melton

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