Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-12-21
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Ere derrick Gould, af GOuIdtOwn.
Very Seriously LII ,red by the
Electric Gar Oh she RiIivtIle
and BrIdgelOn Pike.

and BrIdgetOn Pike.
The South Jersey Traction Company
WAS obliged Wednesday TO make the
first report of an accident, where theI g
was injury to any person or damage
to property
MIllville Car No. 1 left Millville
promptly at five O'Clock yesterday af
ternoon with Motorman Frank Barra-
cliff on the front end and Conductor
Frank Lore In the rear The car was
comfortably filled with passengers.
The trip was made without incident
until just west of the Charles Dick
farm, whep Motorman Barricliff no.
ticed pair of mules just waking on
the track, coming from the south.
at that time the car was about one
hundred at fifty feet from the team.
The gong under the Gar WAS sounded
and then Mr.. Barracliff noticed that
the man, who proved to be Frederick
Gould, was walking beside the front
end OF the wagon. driving the team.
At this time Gould was within a foot
or two of the track He did not turn
his head toward the approaching car,
and evidently had no thought of its
presence, although the bright head
light shone down the track enabling
the motorman to see him plainly
Noting that Gould was paying no at
tenrion to the Gar, Barracllff did ev-
erythng he could to stop the car, but
the Gar was running along at rate of
twenty miles an hour, and the down
grade at this point is very pronounced.
Gould continued on and stepped to
the track. At this moment the crash
came The front end of the car struck
the team and the. mules were thrown
some few feet on the north side of the
car The left hand step struck Gould
on the legs above the knees and car
ried him with the wagon some little
distance, wrecking the wagon and
throwing the load of wood on the
south side Of the car. Mr.. B4rracliff,
although In dangerous position never
left his post or lost his head, but
promptly brought the car to q stand.
still.
When the employees and thirteen
passengers got out of the car for an 10.
vestigatiop, Gould was found lying on
the hounds of the now broken wagon
de was dszed and shocked, only par.
TALLY conscious One of the mules
died instantly, and the other q shorr
ii ne afterward One of the mules was
pretty nearly disembowled.
Gould was lifted on the car and
made as comfortable as possible. Dr..
} O Appelgate happening to be on
the car, having been In Milvi le at
tending a patient, Immediately gave
the H. jured man professional atte ption.
Gould's home Is on the road leading
south from the Gouldtown Poe Office,
and the car carried the injured man 20
that point, from there he was assisted
to his residence.
A PIONEER reporter that night
visited the Gould home. Entering
the kitchen the family were found
seated about a big stove with a mum
Der of neighbors. could was 10
bed in the front room on the first
fi,or.
DR.. Appelgate and Dr.. Henry Elmer
were making thorough examination.
They found scalp wound on the top
of the head, but no fracture. There
was no evidence of serious internal in
juries.
The right leg was found to be
broken In three distinct places all
above the knee, and were serious in-
juries. The physician bound them mp
and in the morning set them properly.
The reporter learned that Gou d wa
nearly sixty years of age, and deaf,
which probably prevented him from
hearing the approach of the train.
Atterward the reporter drove out to
the scene of the accident. The road
which crosses the track, runs through
the woods from the sou'h, and In q
slight angle. The Traction Company
has taken every precaution to prevent
accidents. For some distance on
either side the woods have been
trimmed out, giving drivers an op-
portunity of view of the track A
big s'gn pointed white, with black let
ters, to warn people not to cross the
track Without first stopping and see-
ing whether or not the cars are ap-
proaching.
Had the man given the cars any at
tention he could have stepped back
and saved himself. A matter of six
inches wou have been matter of
safety. ALI The passengers agree that
| the gong was sounded and every
precaulton given to avert an accident.
1t was an unfortunate affalr, and
ye' might have been irHuirely worse.
| The very carelessness If Mr. Gould
might have caused an awful accid- Mt,
| for had the car struck the loaded
wagon, the motormau would have
been killed outright, and perhaps
| r~e NO