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thss this was covessd b The runaway
car In about three ninstsA the car ~
tanning . fearful speed, estimated %
eighty miles an hour. It remsiaed a
the track to the foot Of the plaza so4
went around all tho curveA while the
passengers shrieked In their fright
and several jumped on. when tho cas
reached the station 1T the foot Of
Ne plass Il jumped the srsck ssA ROLLED
down . nfty foot embsnkmeae where IL
landed upside down, With the passengers
~inprisonsd :Aside. The grsassss Oh.
element prevailed and ~ . large
crowd gathered Doctors and ambu-
lances were sent for ami the deed and
injured removed. Four wcrc taken OUT
dead. These were: Charles Retscw,
aged ifty-five, conductor; Edgar ~.
Levan. An attorney Of this city. aged
about forty; Miss Rosa PfciRer. . young
lady Of this city. and Miss Harriet Hin-
kle. Of Philadelphia The following
will die: MrA Hiram Schiller and
MIRA A. w. II. Schimcl.
The injured arc: Sallie Byo and
Mary Guthrie Of Wilmington. both
badly hurt: Willie Schimel Of this city.
both legs broken; Miss katic Holman.
seriously hurt about the hesd. not n
pected I live; Misses BESSIE and Katie
Kelley. nieces Of Miss Holman, both
badly injured: Cornelius Hanlou OF Al.
lentOwn, suffering from concussiOn OF
tho brain; Mrs Cornelius lianlou. Of
Allentown. badly cut and bruised; Miss
Weller Of Allcntown. badly hsrt absss
the head and chest; Mira smith Of Al
lentown, skull fractured; Mira Cooper
Of Allentown, cut In left temple and
about the eye and her baby also -
vsrely injured.
Mrs Schiller and Mira Cooper with
her baby In her arms jumped from the
car during its descent and were found
by Harry Brown. Of Philadelphia who
had leapcd from the car sooG after IL
started OF its wild rum, but escaped
without injury.
The grade 70 the summit il very heavy
and the descent Of the cars II always
rapid. There In . rsvino IT the place Oe
starting and just before this il rcaohed
on the down grade there lisa sharp curve.
ut the point the accident occurred. tho
losing control Of tho car. The
road WAS built at . cost Of So, 90 and
had been In operation since May.
Norman b. Willshcr. Of this city. who
was standing at the foot Of the plane
when the car came dashing down tho
gives . graphic story Of tho
accident lie says that lac first heard .
distant roar, rs IL thunder. and looked
up and saw the car coming down the
but sticking to the tracks ss
the rate Of about . mile In ~forty-five
He had barely time TO recover
himself when the car. like . fash Of
dashed past tho station
and down the embankment fifty
feet below. lie was the first ON the
ground IND found the car turned upside |
and the passengers all thrown into
. confused mass and that with the as
Of others who arrived u tho
he helped to carry out the dead
md injured. There we're about . dozen
Of the latter with broken limbs and bat
tered heads and their clothing covered
with blood. As the car fell the united
Of twenty voices added terror to
tho scene.
Superintendent Dcchart gives - tho
cause Of the accident the refusal Of tho
brake to work properly. II was . new
brake and was beinx experimented with.
A great many people visited the emo
u the accident during the afternoon
The . was splintered into kindlinR
wood and the escape Of . single psssen-
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