Earl Denver Amos Male Married Birth Date: 23 Aug 1879 Birth Place: Dexter, Ohio Age at Death: 29 Death Date: 25 Jun 1909 Death Place: Butte, California, USA Father: Wm Amos Mother: McCarty. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, June 26, 1909, pg 1 col 1-8: Fatal Wreck of Runaway Train at Paradise (front page across the top header); Brakeman Cremated, Engineer Fatally Injured, Fireman Seriously Crippled; Two Others Bruised. Twenty-Four Lumber Cars Ditched and Destroyed by Fire After Wild Two-Mile Run Down Grade. Head-On Collision With Passenger Train Narrowly Averted – Freight Caboose Cut Loose Saving Several Lives.
Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, Buried Under Wreck and Body Incinerated … The first fatal and disastrous train wreck in the history of the Butte County Railroad occurred shortly before 5 o’clock p.m. yesterday when Freight Train No. 3, consisting of engine, tender, twenty-seven cars and caboose, ran wild for two miles and after plunging through Paradise in a cloud of dust at a speed of over a mile a minute, plunged twenty-four cars off the track at a curse three-fourths of a mile below Paradise. A terrific head-on collision with the up-bound passenger train was averted by but five minutes, due to the Providential lateness of the passenger. The wreck immediately caught fire and at a late hour last night was still burning and the body of Brakeman E.D. Amos had not been recovered.
Air-brake control of the train was lost approximately a mile and a half above Paradise, due to what reason is unknown. The train was on a down-grade and the situation was realized at once. Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, assisted by Brakemen J.H. Hume, William Lewis and Conductor R. Johnston, at once tried to stop the train by running along the tops of the cars at the risk of being thrown headlong from the train, and setting the hand brakes. The terrific momentum of the twenty-seven heavily laden cars was too great and it was realized before Paradise was reached that a wreck was inevitable …. Paradise people rushed to the scene and aided in caring for the injured. They worked strenuously in an effort to remove the lumber and find the body of Brakeman Amos before the flames might reach the body …
Amos’ Wife Away. Mrs. Amos, wife of the brakeman killed, is in Los Angeles on a visit. She has been summoned …
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Chico Record, Friday Morning, July 2, 1909, pg 8 col 2: Amos Funeral Today. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was killed in the recent wreck on the Butte County Railroad, will take place this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the Engle Undertaking parlors. Mrs. Amos has arrived from Southern California.
29-year-old Earl Denver Amos was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on July 2, 1909.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, July 3, 1909, pg 5 col 2: Funeral of Late E.D. Amos Yesterday. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was incinerated in the Butte County Railroad wreck, took place yesterday from the Engel Undertaking parlor on Broadway, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. L.S. Jones of the Broadway Methodist church officiated, and the Methodist Episcopal church quartet rendered several selections. A beautiful floral piece of lilies, which formed an anchor was given by the officials and employees of the Butte County Railroad, out of respect for their former employee and fellow workman. The pall bearers were chosen from among the deceased’s fellow workmen, on the Butte County Railroad and the Northern Electric. Interment took place in Chico cemetery.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, June 26, 1909, pg 1 col 1-8: Fatal Wreck of Runaway Train at Paradise (front page across the top header); Brakeman Cremated, Engineer Fatally Injured, Fireman Seriously Crippled; Two Others Bruised. Twenty-Four Lumber Cars Ditched and Destroyed by Fire After Wild Two-Mile Run Down Grade. Head-On Collision With Passenger Train Narrowly Averted – Freight Caboose Cut Loose Saving Several Lives.
Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, Buried Under Wreck and Body Incinerated … The first fatal and disastrous train wreck in the history of the Butte County Railroad occurred shortly before 5 o’clock p.m. yesterday when Freight Train No. 3, consisting of engine, tender, twenty-seven cars and caboose, ran wild for two miles and after plunging through Paradise in a cloud of dust at a speed of over a mile a minute, plunged twenty-four cars off the track at a curse three-fourths of a mile below Paradise. A terrific head-on collision with the up-bound passenger train was averted by but five minutes, due to the Providential lateness of the passenger. The wreck immediately caught fire and at a late hour last night was still burning and the body of Brakeman E.D. Amos had not been recovered.
Air-brake control of the train was lost approximately a mile and a half above Paradise, due to what reason is unknown. The train was on a down-grade and the situation was realized at once. Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, assisted by Brakemen J.H. Hume, William Lewis and Conductor R. Johnston, at once tried to stop the train by running along the tops of the cars at the risk of being thrown headlong from the train, and setting the hand brakes. The terrific momentum of the twenty-seven heavily laden cars was too great and it was realized before Paradise was reached that a wreck was inevitable …. Paradise people rushed to the scene and aided in caring for the injured. They worked strenuously in an effort to remove the lumber and find the body of Brakeman Amos before the flames might reach the body …
Amos’ Wife Away. Mrs. Amos, wife of the brakeman killed, is in Los Angeles on a visit. She has been summoned …
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Chico Record, Friday Morning, July 2, 1909, pg 8 col 2: Amos Funeral Today. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was killed in the recent wreck on the Butte County Railroad, will take place this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the Engle Undertaking parlors. Mrs. Amos has arrived from Southern California.
29-year-old Earl Denver Amos was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on July 2, 1909.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, July 3, 1909, pg 5 col 2: Funeral of Late E.D. Amos Yesterday. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was incinerated in the Butte County Railroad wreck, took place yesterday from the Engel Undertaking parlor on Broadway, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. L.S. Jones of the Broadway Methodist church officiated, and the Methodist Episcopal church quartet rendered several selections. A beautiful floral piece of lilies, which formed an anchor was given by the officials and employees of the Butte County Railroad, out of respect for their former employee and fellow workman. The pall bearers were chosen from among the deceased’s fellow workmen, on the Butte County Railroad and the Northern Electric. Interment took place in Chico cemetery.
Earl Denver Amos Male Married Birth Date: 23 Aug 1879 Birth Place: Dexter, Ohio Age at Death: 29 Death Date: 25 Jun 1909 Death Place: Butte, California, USA Father: Wm Amos Mother: McCarty. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, June 26, 1909, pg 1 col 1-8: Fatal Wreck of Runaway Train at Paradise (front page across the top header); Brakeman Cremated, Engineer Fatally Injured, Fireman Seriously Crippled; Two Others Bruised. Twenty-Four Lumber Cars Ditched and Destroyed by Fire After Wild Two-Mile Run Down Grade. Head-On Collision With Passenger Train Narrowly Averted – Freight Caboose Cut Loose Saving Several Lives.
Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, Buried Under Wreck and Body Incinerated … The first fatal and disastrous train wreck in the history of the Butte County Railroad occurred shortly before 5 o’clock p.m. yesterday when Freight Train No. 3, consisting of engine, tender, twenty-seven cars and caboose, ran wild for two miles and after plunging through Paradise in a cloud of dust at a speed of over a mile a minute, plunged twenty-four cars off the track at a curse three-fourths of a mile below Paradise. A terrific head-on collision with the up-bound passenger train was averted by but five minutes, due to the Providential lateness of the passenger. The wreck immediately caught fire and at a late hour last night was still burning and the body of Brakeman E.D. Amos had not been recovered.
Air-brake control of the train was lost approximately a mile and a half above Paradise, due to what reason is unknown. The train was on a down-grade and the situation was realized at once. Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, assisted by Brakemen J.H. Hume, William Lewis and Conductor R. Johnston, at once tried to stop the train by running along the tops of the cars at the risk of being thrown headlong from the train, and setting the hand brakes. The terrific momentum of the twenty-seven heavily laden cars was too great and it was realized before Paradise was reached that a wreck was inevitable …. Paradise people rushed to the scene and aided in caring for the injured. They worked strenuously in an effort to remove the lumber and find the body of Brakeman Amos before the flames might reach the body …
Amos’ Wife Away. Mrs. Amos, wife of the brakeman killed, is in Los Angeles on a visit. She has been summoned …
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Chico Record, Friday Morning, July 2, 1909, pg 8 col 2: Amos Funeral Today. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was killed in the recent wreck on the Butte County Railroad, will take place this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the Engle Undertaking parlors. Mrs. Amos has arrived from Southern California.
29-year-old Earl Denver Amos was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on July 2, 1909.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, July 3, 1909, pg 5 col 2: Funeral of Late E.D. Amos Yesterday. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was incinerated in the Butte County Railroad wreck, took place yesterday from the Engel Undertaking parlor on Broadway, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. L.S. Jones of the Broadway Methodist church officiated, and the Methodist Episcopal church quartet rendered several selections. A beautiful floral piece of lilies, which formed an anchor was given by the officials and employees of the Butte County Railroad, out of respect for their former employee and fellow workman. The pall bearers were chosen from among the deceased’s fellow workmen, on the Butte County Railroad and the Northern Electric. Interment took place in Chico cemetery.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, June 26, 1909, pg 1 col 1-8: Fatal Wreck of Runaway Train at Paradise (front page across the top header); Brakeman Cremated, Engineer Fatally Injured, Fireman Seriously Crippled; Two Others Bruised. Twenty-Four Lumber Cars Ditched and Destroyed by Fire After Wild Two-Mile Run Down Grade. Head-On Collision With Passenger Train Narrowly Averted – Freight Caboose Cut Loose Saving Several Lives.
Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, Buried Under Wreck and Body Incinerated … The first fatal and disastrous train wreck in the history of the Butte County Railroad occurred shortly before 5 o’clock p.m. yesterday when Freight Train No. 3, consisting of engine, tender, twenty-seven cars and caboose, ran wild for two miles and after plunging through Paradise in a cloud of dust at a speed of over a mile a minute, plunged twenty-four cars off the track at a curse three-fourths of a mile below Paradise. A terrific head-on collision with the up-bound passenger train was averted by but five minutes, due to the Providential lateness of the passenger. The wreck immediately caught fire and at a late hour last night was still burning and the body of Brakeman E.D. Amos had not been recovered.
Air-brake control of the train was lost approximately a mile and a half above Paradise, due to what reason is unknown. The train was on a down-grade and the situation was realized at once. Head Brakeman E.D. Amos, assisted by Brakemen J.H. Hume, William Lewis and Conductor R. Johnston, at once tried to stop the train by running along the tops of the cars at the risk of being thrown headlong from the train, and setting the hand brakes. The terrific momentum of the twenty-seven heavily laden cars was too great and it was realized before Paradise was reached that a wreck was inevitable …. Paradise people rushed to the scene and aided in caring for the injured. They worked strenuously in an effort to remove the lumber and find the body of Brakeman Amos before the flames might reach the body …
Amos’ Wife Away. Mrs. Amos, wife of the brakeman killed, is in Los Angeles on a visit. She has been summoned …
~~~
Chico Record, Friday Morning, July 2, 1909, pg 8 col 2: Amos Funeral Today. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was killed in the recent wreck on the Butte County Railroad, will take place this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the Engle Undertaking parlors. Mrs. Amos has arrived from Southern California.
29-year-old Earl Denver Amos was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on July 2, 1909.
Chico Record, Saturday Morning, July 3, 1909, pg 5 col 2: Funeral of Late E.D. Amos Yesterday. The funeral of the late E.D. Amos, who was incinerated in the Butte County Railroad wreck, took place yesterday from the Engel Undertaking parlor on Broadway, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. L.S. Jones of the Broadway Methodist church officiated, and the Methodist Episcopal church quartet rendered several selections. A beautiful floral piece of lilies, which formed an anchor was given by the officials and employees of the Butte County Railroad, out of respect for their former employee and fellow workman. The pall bearers were chosen from among the deceased’s fellow workmen, on the Butte County Railroad and the Northern Electric. Interment took place in Chico cemetery.
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