Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
AWFUL CATAST.ROP H
1xirhtful Plunge ct Motor Oar'
Through . Draw.

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CLEVELAND. Y. NOV. 16-A lll.n 49,
full accident which occurreo ne. 49, Z.
evening. suddenly threw mum ue. u
South side families into mourn1ne.,
and 1t was al due 90 the criMlnal .n0
still unexplainabie carelessness OF =
streetrcar conductor. The careless
ness of the conductor VIII, however
never be explained, 1or NO = amonK
the victims OF the catastroPl'e.
teen lives were iost, ana so.ne - 49,
who were eyeWitnesses OF sn.s w ~.
plunge into that dark abyss OF i-o ,eec :
assert that the mosormAn, a. Wen -
the conductor. was Responsible.
The accident occurred q 9:oo ociock
at the draw OF the Centrai viaoucss -
long stone-and-iron structuIo WnicA
crosses q valley ana inc Ouyanoge.
river and connects JenninR 1enuo
on the south side ana Ccntrai avenue.
on the east The oraoge - ls0 ieoCr
above the river ana . draw immot.
ately above II TO admit the passage oA
tall -masted vessels.
The draw was open .or tug or.w-'
ing schooner wnlcn was about S
pass beneath the bridge AS usua. Inc
gates were closed on ootn Sizes VI INC
draw and the danger lights OF req were.
displayed to guard against just such
accidents as occurred last night. An
electric car was seen coming along
from the east towards the south side,
but Capt Charles Brennan. who nad
charge of the bridge. had no thought,
of danger, as the usual precautions,
had been observed. The car was one
of the Cedar and Jennings savenue
branch of the Big Consolidated line
and had fifteen passengers, = conductor-
and motorman aboard.
At what is known as the derailing
switch. some 200 feet from the draw.
the conductor mechanically alighted.
as Is the won't OF all the conductors at
this point. to see 1t all was right and
whether the coast was clear. The
car. as all cars do, came to sudden
staudstill. and the motorman waited
for orders The conductor. for some
nnaccountable reason. failed to see the
red signal of danger an the closed
gates, or perhaps custom made him
careless, and he signaled to the motor
man, named Rogers, to came ahead.
The motorman turned on the electric.
fluid, the conductor jumped aboard
the car, which at considerable speed
went rolling toward the draw.
Why the motorman did not see the
danger lights or the closed gates.
sooner than he did will perhaps always
remain mystery, but the fact remains
that he did not. Nearer and nearer
came the car to that awful abyss and
few feet from the draw it first.
dawned upon the motorman that the
draw was open. He made extraordi-
nary efforts to turn of the current,
but it was of no avail. The bridge
captain shouted like one possessed and
screamed incoherently, but there was
nothing left for him to do.
The mo,orman rs.,;.;nr HE oun
danoar forsoolr th. ,,ra,;o,. f,.s;rht
If men women and cb;ldran .rtr,st..5
To his care laanad off The fro-,t r1at.
form inst as the car was nearing tha
d., -o,, d,,,vn +ha DO 5,,ot =, -. AZ
rection of Central avenue and d;aan-
reared in the darlxness.
II the sauna inafnnt fyun una1n nm g.
.argars iuurad a. The c.r r,l.tfs.-r,
and ssc. rod da.tb as - hv r,;r.o,.
fo,. ths cer h.d .l-a.dv o~ashaa TO-
tla ,lS,ea5 ;xo- 49, Ths $1,000
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Draw
A moment after the car struck the
river a few suppressed proans were
on the docks below and then ali was