The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-11

men narrowly escaped fearful death,
occurred yesterday morning at about
ten minutes to o'clock.
The accident was caused by the care
lossness or neglect of Charles schrader,
the conductor of electric motor ]. The
coroner's jury, which held an inquest
on the remains Of Miss Kate Fitzpatrick,
found verdict ascrlbing the accident
to schrader's carelessness. In view Of
the testimony, it is impossible to see
how the jury could have rendered any
other verdict.
According to tho rules OF the street
car company, all cars IRE obliged to
come to full stop within certain
number OF feet ofany railroad crossing;
the conductor is instructed to 90 ahead
and to signal to the operator on the car
TO come ahead, the latter not being al
lowed to proceed, until he has received
orders from the conductor. 1t has be-
come q matter Of comment, that these re-
gulations Of the company are frequently
carelessly observed by the men ON the
cars. The particular crossing in qnes-
ton is at the summit OF steep grade,
and people living in the vicinity say it
is only seldom that the ears. are stopped,
the steepness OF the grade preventing
an easy start, alter full stop has been
made. The street crosses the trucks oil
the B. & O., Just north OF Boggs run,
near the old tannery in upper Benwood.
A similar accident, in which fortunately
no lives we're lost, occurred at the same
place about three weeks ago.
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Car ), oil the electric motor llne' was
in charge OF Conductor Charles schrader
and Motorman Lee Hendrix, and was
IN y. nav down IN Benwood Two
T"dias Mes Kata F;tznatTick we'll
it"n1., , ,s,"s;c taaobor and Mrs DeIin
Ht;iI Mi" " m;io ~ SSorIas M;IIsr salesman
Ua,. VIZ Pros was in tho front
nnr, oS thn cor hoth on their wav to
b. Ranr ~ Az - at,en5 tbe funeral nj AIiss
InTS 6aeooS Th 700 mon were in the
M AnN n. Ge sSs fo,rth stood o,,,Side m the
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"I O. W. I'D InnLaJ IN obooJ 10 soc IL
sno "a. sa, @ .nas ' onnroacb;n%either wav IN
tSop 20 +rpats He nootioned to
W ITe - sto% ond tho 8 o,clocE
anon0'.dst;o lro,n Tho east thrnSered
AZ, aa;Un nortb The condnctor
r:ot;oSad tbe onerator IN rome ahead,
onS 90 tSo car got To him he inmned
into The cSb Mt the front
nnJ ~ the car At that
raanort a fra;sbt train backing towards
the south crashed with the electric car,
about six feet from the endlohthe reat
platform, and threw the SIT on ., Tue
% ,SSS1 heard d a Io the grinding 81 the
wheels, and when the train stopped, be-
fore the engine had reached the CROSS
inc, the heartrending means OF the
wounded women could be heard. Miss
Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Miller were both
lying across the track, about five feet
apart. The bystanders rushed up to
lend their assistance, scarcely recogniz-
inc what had happened, SO quickly had
the accident occurred. Five gondola
freight cars had passed over the limbs
Of tho two ladies. and both had to be
lifted from underneath the cars. They
were handled as tenderly as possible.
I'd, Pearl the saloonkeeper, whose
house is Immediately adjoining the
place of the accident, brought out some
comforts and bod clothing. He wanted
to carry the ladies into the house, and
brought out boards for that purpose,
but everybody was SO excited, that he
could GET no assistance, and for nearly
half hour the wounded
wovvx 10 ~ rur NOT SIN
"oIA - 70. ~ ti't' - NJ r7;..
Inc cars hau passeu over Miss ri'S
patrick's limbs Just below the hips,
maupline them dreadfully. She was
cor.n;ors o,a .noLa n the man who
I;f"J h"r nr ~ streIcher IN which
sbs wo. corriad 70 her home She died
Of az tw %"S S", m;D,,ta. ~ tan o'clock
Mrs SIiiInr,s ;ninries aithouvh meas
sariiv t"toi ,yerc not "a 7horribIv
c-nSL ,Sa cor whsel. having nassed III.
o,onaiI,, a,o. AZ I;ohs s~tanSing from
NSoHa ~ teat ~ nc III, IN nhnve the
knoo oi ,ba r;cSt iiTh Rive minutes
ai nSe o. inc EaSnt lmD nSe drouo ~,
conts;nirs soma Of 1her Friends who
we're "o;nS 70 the fnnersl Some tleIay
WA eTnar;onced own" tn die excite
ment Mnt;l oSno,lv Mrs Miller was
nIScod I'D ths os.r;nno and tol.on 10
tbs Sonsa ~ i Sor T ,notSsp Mira fantry
NJ ~ ,,So oSe Va 80 wv rast,ai~,h ard Iac6b
S,rc "S 't H. - L,ntsora ,.os IN RoiI";ro
hnt Soon haard ~ tha .ccident and hnr.
ried to bor aide She Sied last nicbt at
TWENTY ~ mi minmtes 10 eIeven O'CLOCK
Miss Fitzpatrick was about ffty.four
yeaFso age, and had lived for years
WIN her brother, Michael Flspa'F nSaI
uacheloF, IN q neat mouse On wan