Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-04
CAUGHT IN A WRECK
Runaway Electric Car Dashed
Into a Saloon.
TWO ARE INSTANTLY KILLED
Brake kefased 60 Work and Car he
came unmansseabie--forty-
nse Persons fplurcdL

ciscisSAri. Sept 3 What will prove
probably the most disastrous street car
accident ever recorded took place Ia this
city this evening at O'Clock An
electric car dashed down bill NJ fright.
ful speed. left the track. broke teie-
graph pole and shot into saloon wreck.
ing both itself and the structure IL
struck. As a result Of the collision two
people are dead. six are iniured beyond
recovery and nearly forty more are hart.
many OF them dangerously.
AZ 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." Avondsle electric car No.
64i was soon packed with people and
Motorman George Deyine. lt ran with
out incident until he reached the grade
a mile long that descends into the busi-
ness portion OF the city. Suddenly the
brake became unmanageable and the
heavy car began 60 descend with peril
Gus speed. Conductor Charles III.
Smith ran 10 his comrades assistance
but the brake was obstinate and the
two men turned their attention 10 the
frightened passengers by persuasion
and force the half hundred or more in
mates were kept in their seats. while the
car DOW swaying To and fro shot down
the hill with awful velocity until reach
ing the intersection Of Hunt and Broad
way, il left the track and smashing a
telegraph pole which stood in it's path
into two pieces. plunged into the saloon
OF George Schmidt
Forty-Five Persons Injured
There were forty five persons in the
car and not one Of thsm escaped injury.
The motorman and conductor jumped
just before the car struck the pole and
thus escaped horrible death. The car
was smashed into splinters. as was the
front OF the saloon and the bar and from
the debris at once arose agonizing cries
and moans- Six patlol wagons were
upon the scene within a few minutes
and the dead and dying were quickly
transferred 10 the city hospital. where
the entire medical staff was soon busily
engaged in rendering such assistance as
was in their power.
The killed are:
Mary Malouey, aged -, instantly
killed.
Mrs. Sarah Dublin, aged 35, fractured
skull, died at city hospital ten minutes
after arriving there.
Fatally wounded:
Lizzie johnson, Clara Beckley. Mary
Beclley. Edna Ford. Louisa Best. Albert
Best.
The seriously injured: Carrie Gertz.
Louisa Ehrhardt. Harold Burman, Al
bert Burman. Carrie Reed. Fannie Reed.
Mrs. Walter Richards. Leslie Tull. Mary
Mahoney. Jennie Cooksey. Mrs. Adolph
Schwaill. James McDevitt, Lille I'M
bach. Mrs John Mahoney. Mrs. Clara
Paul and her five children. James Levin,
Charles Smith and George Devine.
Coroner Querner has already begun
an investigation of the accident. but the
cause will not be made known officially
for several days. The motorman claims
that the car had attained no unusual
momentum when the brake refused TO
do its Office. OF the six given above as
fatally injured. il il believed that not
ono can survive for forty eight hours.
while others of the injured may develope
more dangerous wounds than appear at
first hasty examinations.