Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-12
FEARFUL CABLE CAR COLLISION.
THEY COME TOGETHER IN THE
WASHINGTON TUNNEL.
A Grip Breaks, the Car bushes Down
the Incline, Crashes Into Another
Car and the stoves Set both ON
Firc-Long List OF Injured.

Chicago. H.. Dec. lin a collision
between cable cars in the Washington
tunnel this evening one man was fatal
~ hurt, fifteen or more people were seri-
ously injured and a score OF others more
or less bruised. The cars were set on
fire by the stoves and for time there
was a fearful panic around the wreck.
Those most seriously injured are;
John Smith, internally injured and
both legs broken; will die;
George Newman, head and face badly
cut;
William Joyce. right leg broken and
severe bruises;
James Mcdonald, left side OF face
crushed aud head cut;
John Frems. les twisted. bruised about
the hips. nose broken:
James McGinty seriously bruised
about face and shoulders,
Mrs Thomas Heman, seriously bruis-
ed; head and face cut.
Mrs. George Reiss, head hurt and
temporarily deranged BY the shock;
Mrs. william Parker. both ankles
broken ana severe bruises;
John Donohue. right leg broken; head
and face cut,
william Mulroney, Jaw broken:
G.. B. Burtle, head cut and face
crushed;
Mrs. Estelle vieman. injured about
the shoulders and hips.
Harry Goddard, face cut, head and
legs hurt:
". II. Moran. motorman, badly bruised
ana injured internally.
Nellie Schott. head cut and badly
bruised:
n. G. b. Baton. face fearfuny la
cerated and teeth knocked out;
Miss Olga Schroeder. fingers mashed
and head cut.
N. Petersen. left arm broken;
John Speth, face lacerated and nose
smashed In;
NJ. Nelson. knee cap torn of and bad
ly bruised.
In addition to these, there are large
number OF people who sustained In
jurics and smashed fingers. Knocked
out teeth, spralned ankles and wrists
were very numerous.
Both the West Madison street and
the Milwaukee avenue car lines run
through the tunnel and at the time the
accident ocouTed-6.30 o'clock-all the
wegtbound cars were damned to suffo-
cation with people returning from bust
ness on the south side.
a Madison street cable train, con-
sistlng OF n grip car and two h'allors.
was two-thirda each way down the
incline toward the bottom of the tun-
mel when n cable train OF the Mil
waukec avenue line. also consisting OF
three cars. entered the tunnel Almost
Immediately after starting down the
/ slope Gripman n. II. Moran Of the
Milwaukee avenue car lost his hold on
the cable and the cars leaped forward
down the steep incline at a fearful
speed
Moran rang his bell and he and the
conductors set all the brakes, but We're
unable TO hold the train and just as
the bottom of the tunnel was reached
the runaway cars struck the Madison
street train with awful force smashing
ita rear car into splnters and demolsh-
Ing the Milwaukee grip car.
Both cars were piled up In heap
from which passengers who were
capable OF moving. crawled out bat
| tered and bleeding Each Of the two
wrecked cars held about seventy-nve
| passengers and that Il number OF them
were not instantly killed was n Won
| dor, To add 20 tho horror OF the acct
dent one OF the cars caught fire and
! began to blaze furiously All the PEG.
! pie injured on this car had been re-
/ moved before the fire became danger
! Gus however number OF people were
( linioncd IN tho wreck and others We're
I held fast between the wrcckage and
! the walls OF the tunnel. All were quick
/ ly removed and the fire was extln-
| guiDhed by a nro engine company
| which responded to the a'arm.
/ The cause OF the accident was the
( breaking OF the grip OF the Milwaukee
avenue grip car
Later-Morris Smith died tu the
county hospital Mt II o'clock.
John Donohue. ono OF the injured
died in the county hospital at mid
! might