The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-04
STREET RAILWAY WRECK.
The Most Appalling Of It's Kind Ever
Recorded.

me BRAKE railing, Crowded Car
Rushes Down Grade, Snaps in
Twain a Telegraph Pole and Plunges
Into a Bar-room, Wreoking the Same
and Itself-Two Killed Outright, Six
Fatally Injured, and Forty More or
Less Hurt-List of the Killed and
Badly Wounded.
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 3.-What will
prove perhaps the most disastrous street
car accident ever recorded took place this
evening at o'clock. An electric car
dashed doYn hill at a frightful speed,
left the track, broke a telegraph pole and
shot into a saloon, wrecking both itself
and the structure it struck. As a result
of the collision, two people are dead, six
are injured beyond recovery and nearly
forty more are hurt, many dangerously
STORY OF THE CATASTROPHE.
1t was soon after the Eden park Sun
day afternoon concert had closed, and
the nightly open-air audience, as usual,
made rush for the cars down town. :"
The Avondale car, No. Al, was soon
packed with people, and Motorman Geo
Devine ran without incident until he
reached the grade, mile long, that
descends into the business part of the city
Suddenly, the brake became unmanage-
able, and the heavy car began to descend
with perilous speed Conductor Charles
H. Smith ran to his comrades assistance,
but the break was obstinate and the two
men turned their attention to the fright
ened passengers.
PASSENGERS KEPT THEIR SEATS.
By persuasion and force the half-hun-
dred or more inmates were kept in their
seats, while the car, now swaying to and
fro, shot down the hill with awful veloc-
ity, until, reaching the intersection of
Hunt street and Broadway, it left
the. track, and, smashing. a telegraph pole
which stood in its path into two pieces,
plugged into the saloon of George
Schmidt, at No. 35l Broadway.
THE FRIGHTFUL RESULTS.
There were forty-fye people in the car
and not one of them escaped injury The
motorman and conductor jumped Just be-
fore the car struck the pole, and thus
escaped horrible death. The car was
smashed into splinters, as was the front of
the saloon and bar. From the debris
arose agonizing cries and means that at
once told those within hearing that ter
rible accident had occurred Six patrol
wagons were upon the scene within few
minutes and the dead and dying were
JEdUSl6II6u 10 Jllb CITY 1lOSplIdl.
The entire medical force was soon busily
engaged in rendering such assistance as
was in their power. The killed are
LIST or THE UNFoRrUNArEs.
Marco Malona, aged IL, instantly
killed
Mrs. Sarah Dublin, aged 49, fractured
skull, died at city hospital ten minutes
after arrival there.
Six fatally wounded arc:
Lizzie Johnson, aged 81, Ridgeway
avenue, city, skull fractured, viii die.
Clara Breckley, aged Sc, Clinton street,
skull fractured and conclusion of face,
pronounced fatal.
Mrs. Mary Breckly, Sc Clinton street,
skull fractured and injury to spine, will
die.
Edna Ford, AS Ninth street, both
thighs fractured, lacerated body wounds
and internal injuries, possibly fatal.
Louise Best, $50 Wade street, fractured
skull and internal injuries, will die
Allen Best. $50 Wade street, both legs
broken, skull fractured at base of brain
and internal injuries, will die.
NONE OF THE SIX CAN SURVIVE.
The motorman claims that the car had
attained no unusual momentum when the
brake refused to do is Office. OF the six
given above as fatally injured, it is be-
lieved that no one can survive for forty
eight hours, while others of the injured
may develop more dangerous wounds than
those apparent at the first hasty examina-
ton