The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-07

The topic of conversation al the Old
Market yesterday morning among the
butchers and hucksieTs was an accident
which happened on the Electric Railway
In which one man, huckster, was seri.
ously injured, colored man bruised
quite badly, and a policeman rot a big
knot on his head, horse thrown down
and injured, and one wagon demolished
and another partially So
THE CAUSE.
The cause OF the accident was that
one Of the electric cars, coming down
Franklin with all the breaks tightly
fastened so that no wheel turned, slippe
down the steep bill, and, because OF a
misplaced switch. jumped the track The
cause OF the slipping was dew on the
tracks, which made them as slippery as
ice. The motor man. when seen By the
TIMES reporter, said that he did all he
could to hold the car back, but the al
traction Of gravitaiion was too much for
him.
OPEN SWITCH.
There Is a switch Just at the Old Mar.
ket which allows car 10 Dass from the
downtown track TO the uptown track. 1t
was this switch which caused the car TO
swerye to the curved track and Jump it
by its very momentum. Had that switch
been closed The car would have gore On TO
Eighteenth, which is on an upgrade, and
stopped.
THEY JUMPED OPP.
The car came down the hill in a hurry.
.r.(r 10.
Policeman Maurice Griffin. cOIoIed
man, and two other passengers. These
two passengers jumped of early in the
movement upbuIt. At Union street,
which is about fifty yards above Seven
teeBth street-a street only two blocks in
lengih-iEe colored man Jumped of as
the car was going az rapid speed. He
fell % tue ground and skinned his left
eye, bruised his arm and had a part Of
the skin scraped from bis hand Police
man Griffin did not jump until the car
had jumped the track. lie got a bump
on the head All The way down the
street he kept the gong going 10 warn
people out of the way.
THE MOST SERIOUS DAMAGE.
The serious part Of the accident was
when The car jumped he mack on the
curve. II ran into Mr. Barney Brauers
wagon, which was standing in front of
the store On tie northeast corner
Franklin and Seventeenth streets,
knocked down The LoIse, partially
injuIing The animal and demOl- |
ished the wagon This wagon was
right next another one, from which Mr. /
John Tmber.ake, = hucksler was uu- /
loading his truck. ne vas crushed right /
ia between the two. He was 'akcn 10y /
friends over TO SCOTS drug store on the I
southwest corner. The store al the time /
was not open, but shortly afterwards was. |
Or. A. L. Leltwic5 was summoned and /
rendered immediate medical assistance /
MI Timberake was taken 10 his home,
No 1920 Nenable street.
Mrs Timberlake was afterwards seen
by the TIMES reporter at her house In
conversation She stated that Mr.. Timber
lake was partially under the influence
Of chloroforp; that all the bones in his
right wrist were snapped off, and that lie
was badly injured internally. The regu-
lar family physician, Dr. Christopher
ThOmpkns, bad been summoned and an
uOunced The above facts 90 her.
After the car which severely injured
Mr. Timberlake came sliding down the
grade, two other cars did the same thing,
but the switch being all right they went
on their way. These cars need sand
tank TO rougben the track and thus al
low the motor men TO control them on
these down grades.
Mr. 1imberlake is - years of age and
has a wife and four children.