The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-04-05

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other, till it reaches the other end,
which is the same height as the
starting point. There are two cars
on the switch-back, one of which
should be kept on one track and
one on the other. Both are never
intended to run on the same track
at the same time.
THE CRASH.
The cars we're kept running at a
brisk rate yesterday morning by the
young people and both were freigh-
ted to their full capacity when the
crash came. Each car has five
double seats holding ten persons
in all. There were ten Or twelve
girls on each Ca.
One car was started from the end
of the tracks next to the grand
stand and had proceeded a short
distance when the other car was
started from the other end by Mr..
A. F. Bowen, who was in charge OF
the switchback. He meant it to go
on the other track but when it
had left his hands ard struck
the switch or frog, to the horror
of all it jumped to the wrong track
and shot like an arrow down the
rapidly sloping track to meet the
other car coming in the opposite di-
rection on the same track. Every
heart stood still and the blood
chilled in the veins, for the awful
crash which was coming was fore
seen by everybody, and there was
no human means of averting the
disaster.
The cars met at the lowest point
of the track where both had at
tanned their highest velocity
and momentum, going at the
rate of a railroad train. The crash
was followed by grinding Of wood
work and cries of agony. The re-
suit of the collision is described
ABOVE. The scene which followed
can scarcely be described in Ian
guage. It was one long to be re-
membered.
A view OF the telescoped car
riages showed that the end of one
had been broken off, and thrown
, back upon the other, SO that the
iron axle was exposed and jammed
against the opposite car.
The two little daughters of....Dr
8 Smedes and their cousin were sit.
8 ting upon the front seat of the car
g the end of which was crushed back
d and the place on which they were
y sitting was literally smashed int
kindling. It is a miracle that tn
It little ones escaped alive. The tvs
9 carriages heing 1aade Of very ligh
IS wood made the wreck less seriou
d than if they had been heavier.
20 OFFICIAL LIST OF THE INJURED.
There were "a persons On the tw
ia cars, two of them little boys.
r. The names Of the injured are a
IF follows: Miss Annie Root, of Ral
N eigh, leg broken; Miss Mabe
a. Green, of Fayetteville, leg and CO
lar bone broken; Miss Annie Greg&
d of Texas, several bad bruises; Mis-
Bessie Patterson, of New Bern
Of ankle severely sprained; Miss Adell
g. Martiniere, bruised Miss Sadie Joh1
"a son, of Ashevilie, wrist sprained an
G. bruised; Miss Clinch, teacher at S
Mary's, bruised; Miss Florence Bo.
ar Ian, of Raleigh, head and face bad
~ cut; Miss Addie Snow,of Raleigh, g
he verely bruised; Miss Helen Smede
us St. Mary's double fracture of linn
Miss Mary Smedes, st. Mary's, bad
of bruised.
ad The following we're on the ca
but not hurt: Miss Sallie Kena
of of Wilmington; Miss Mary Calder,
IT. Wilmington; Miss Carrie Davis,
Whining gton; Mss Nell Hardin,
7as Fayetteville; Miss Lila Tucker,
H. Henderson; Miss Katharine Boyla
,es of Raleigh; Miss Margaret Smed
of st. Marys; Miss Sadie Root,
,h- Raleigh, Miss Frances Hodgson
Of Norfolk, Miss Turner. teacher at
blv Mary's, Master Rufus Boyian, q
,ad Master Jesse Degree of Charl
an. ton.
GUS Miss Hodgson, who was on c
of the cars, is niece of the gift
gia, novelist Mrs. Frances Hodgson b
but nett
No explanation can be offered
red, to how the car jumped to the wro
track. The track was examir
yesterday and found to be in &C
col order and the cars we're being I
be- today as they always have in
to past. It is one of those unfort
Gus. ate affairs which are inexplica'
clip When it was seen that the
1ch- was going down the wrong tr
heir one of the attendants tried to ca
apo the car and stop it but it
y to gained such momentum that
threw him aside, cutting his Fl
the while the car dashed on.
| in The switch is exactly like an
cred movable street car switch such
Drs. the turnout on Morgan street, ,
nox, the Y, Nj. @. A. building The
'Gee was managed precisely in the s
the manner as always heretofore,
anne. as it has safely been started
ad- kept its own track hundreds
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