1 Fred A. SUGDEN1,2 (1831- ) [7786]. Born 1831, England.2
By 1929 Fred was employed as a Motorman on the Berkeley Southern Pacific Line and was one of 21 people hurt in a crash described in the Oakland Tribune, February 9, 1929. 21 people were hurt and six were reported near death after the passenger coach ramed head on into a standing switch engine attached to a freight train. The front of the steel car was demolished, commuters were thrown to the floor and it was reported that the conductor was thrown the length of the car and knocked unconscious. The paper quoted Motorman, F.A. Sugden as saying, "The tower man had the switch open and my car went onto the line of the switch engine for about three full lengths when the crash came. My train was traveling at a good rate of speed, and it all occurred so quickly I had no time to bring the train to a stop or much slower speed.".
| 1 | "1930 CA, Alameda, Oakland census". |
| 2 | "1900 CA, Oakland census". |