Proberta, CA Train and School Bus Collision, Nov 1921

11 STUDENTS HURLED TO DEATH IN CRASH OF TRAIN AND AUTO BUS.

DRIVER ALSO KILLED AND 4 OTHERS HURT RED BLUFF, CAL.

Car Was Late and Hurrying When Hit by Train in Dense Fog -- Children in Closed Car Unable to Escape Fate -- Hurled in All Directions.

Red Bluff, Calif., Nov. 30 -- Eleven high school students and the driver of an automobile bus in which they were riding, were killed today south of here at the Proberta Crossing when Southern Pacific train, No. 15, southbound, struck the conveyance bus in which they were riding. Four other children were injured.
The bus, en route with children to school, had suffered an accident and was behind schedule. Two drivers were sent from the high school to bring it in. Another bus crossed ahead of the train but this one, following closely behind in a dense fog, was struck squarely and hurled into a block signal. Enclosed in the car, the children were unable to escape and their bodies were hurled in all directions.

Daily Kennebec Journal Maine 1921-12-01
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!