Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-23
NEARLY AN ACCIDENT.
An Electric Car Pushed OF Crossing by SAINT,
Fe Engine-Passengers Scared but no
ssFataI'' Injuries.

1t was rumored on the streets yesterday
morning that Santa Fe engine had sent
a Riverside & Suburban electric car to the
! moon and some passengers about as high
and four men who were lucky enough to
escape had gone wild as result OF the
scare and were plunging around among
the flowers and corn stalks of Sedgwick
county and that the sheriff ought to get a
posse out to protect the people if nothing
else, was the opinion of those taking in
the reports something like the lower class
of animals absorb food. Fortunately, how
ever, for the moon; the electric car and the
patrons of the Riverside & Suburban the
| reports to make life worth living to the
| street corner loafers, were not correct bv
several round measures.
The basis of the whole affair bears date
of 10 O'Clock yesterday when a Santa Fe
engine going from the freight yards to the
stock yards struck an electric car and
damaged it to the extent of one to two
hundred dollars and slightly injured one
passenger and scared quite badly two
more. The car was going west on Fifteenth
street in charge of S. H. Stonebraker and
and as he re reached the Santa Fe track
saw an engine coming from the south. He
Immediately reversed the current and the
motion carried it about half way. across
the track when it started back as a result
of the reverse. When about one-fourth of
the car on the track the engine struck it
and pushed it around out of the way not
upsetting it and the engineer stopped his
engine after running from fifty to one
hundred feet. The passengers We're: Miss
Lille Henderson, school teacher of Os-
wego, Kan, and Misses Louisa and Alice
NUNS who live seven miles northeast.
Miss Henderson for few
days has been visiting the
Misses NUNS and they were coming to
the city to do some shopping. Miss Hen
derson was sitting near the front end OF
the car and was considerably bruised
while the other two ladies suffered very
slight injuries. The man in charge of the
car was uninjured.
AS soon as the accident occurred Mr.
James o. Mclean, assistant manager of
the motor line, brought the ladies to the
city and wers called upon by physician
in search of fatal or at least, serious
wounds. but none were found. They were
taken home in a carriage yesterday after
noon.
The electric motor has bad guard after
the accident and some of the castings are
broken. The damage is estimated from
500 to 800. The engine showed no signs
of fatal injuries.
While the accident was not serious
one, all who had heard of the facts con-
cluded that it might have been worse.
The Suburban people say they have been
trying to get the Santa Fe to stop at the
crossing, but the management have not
put the request into practice. 1t also
seems that the Riverside has not been
stopping at railway crossing, which of it
self might be an improvement. 1t is
claimed that the crossing on Fifteenth
street from the east is more dangerous
than any other. owing to a combination of
houses, sunf1owers and trees fringing
Chisholm creek. 1t is suggested that the
of the Suburban line will
make some effort to lessen the chances for
any accident of that kind.