NEVADA COUNTY
RED MOUNTAIN
Southern Pacific Railroad
September 15, 1920: "Elmer Norman, a naval enlisted man on recruiting duty, met with an accident near Cisco while crossing the mountains on a motorcycle.
Near Crystal Lake his machine became unmanageable and went over the grade into the Yuba river, cycle and rider falling fifty feet into the water.
The accident was witnessed by the fire lookout on Red Mountain, who immediately flashed the news to Cisco. A rescue party was hastily formed by D. S. Johnson and Norman was hauled out with ropes. He was badly shaken, but apparently not seriously injured. Norman was on his way to Susanville." (Reno Evening Gazette)
Near Crystal Lake his machine became unmanageable and went over the grade into the Yuba river, cycle and rider falling fifty feet into the water.
The accident was witnessed by the fire lookout on Red Mountain, who immediately flashed the news to Cisco. A rescue party was hastily formed by D. S. Johnson and Norman was hauled out with ropes. He was badly shaken, but apparently not seriously injured. Norman was on his way to Susanville." (Reno Evening Gazette)
January 3, 1931: "Apparently killed last Sunday by a bolt of lightning that struck his isolated cabin at the Red Mountain fire lookout station of the Southern Pacific Company, Vittorio Carnaccioli's body was brought to Truckee yesterday by dog sled.
It was during the heavy storm last Sunday that the man was killed, it is believed, as the telephone to the station from Cisco, eight miles away, went out of commission at that time. The body was found lying on the floor of the cabin near the telephone. The telephone wires were burned off. The operator at Cisco said he heard the crash on Sunday.
The body was discovered by a Mexican assistant, who had been away and did not return until Wednesday. He went to Cisco for aid and the body was brought out on a stretcher to a point where a dog team could be used. The lookout station is high up on the mountain and is maintained by the railroad company to watch for fires in the snow sheds. Carnaccioli was a native of Italy, about forty-five years old." (Reno Evening Gazette)
It was during the heavy storm last Sunday that the man was killed, it is believed, as the telephone to the station from Cisco, eight miles away, went out of commission at that time. The body was found lying on the floor of the cabin near the telephone. The telephone wires were burned off. The operator at Cisco said he heard the crash on Sunday.
The body was discovered by a Mexican assistant, who had been away and did not return until Wednesday. He went to Cisco for aid and the body was brought out on a stretcher to a point where a dog team could be used. The lookout station is high up on the mountain and is maintained by the railroad company to watch for fires in the snow sheds. Carnaccioli was a native of Italy, about forty-five years old." (Reno Evening Gazette)