The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15

badly twisted and the window of the
rear door broken.
Henry s. Young is son of Z. A.
Young, Of Finch, Van Slyck, Young &
Co. and was on the platform
of the second trailer of the first train
with George II. rinch and Thomas Il.
Scott The last two gentlemen left
the train before it started on its back
ward course Mr. Young was unable TO
get off After MIR. Young had been re-
leased, Lucius Oppenheim, WHO hap
pened to be near the scene Of the ac-
cident, noticed the man leaning UP
against telegraph pole with his
hands pressed to his side. Mr.. Open
helm called a cab and sent him to
his home at 6S1 Dayton avenue. DR..
Abbott was summoned and remained
with the young man for two hours.
When seen by reporter for the
@ O b e. DIR. Abbott said that the in
jurieS of Young were located on the
left side and right thigh. 1t is feared
that he may also be injured internally.
+. A. Young, father OF Henry, spoke
rather bitterly against the manner III
which the cars were run on the Selby
hill. From his sons version Mr..
Young said that there was no doubt as
to the fault resting with the company.
1T was gross carelessness, said Mr..
Young, Ito allow two trains on the
was sent to the bottom of the hill to
notify the train following that there
was any trouble on the hill
DR.. Alfred P. Keam, of the Aberdeen,
as stated heretofore, was pas
senger. cit was a piece of outrageous
carelessness of the company" said he,
3 IF the motorman of the second train
s had been Informed at the proper time
that there was an accident on the hill
and not to proceed there would have
been no trouble at all. There was a
new motorman on our train. the second
train, who was in charge, and by his
SIDE stood an old empleye, instruct
ing him. The new man did not seem
to understand what to 90 at the right
time"
Thomas Scott and George R. Finch
were on the first train, but both jumped
off in time. Mr.. Scott said he watched
the train start to make the descent
and did not notice any extraordinary
velocity in the speed, and started for
nome. He did not witness the accident
Frederick +. Clayton, superintendent
Of the Abbott Manufacturing company
residing al 43 Mackubin street, was on
the front trailer OF the second train at
the time of the accident. He escaped
without injury, but received a general
shaking up. Mr.. Clayton said to a re-
porter for the G l o b that he saw no
one but Miss Holmberg who was
seriously injured, and did rot hear
any complaints. In the same car With
MIR. Clayton were DR. Lyons, Charles
Corning, e. L. Meyers and other well
known gentlemen None of them were
injured. Fred Wilson, bookkeeper for
the First National bank, living at 81
North Dale street, was on one Of the
trains but escaped with a whole skin.
d. II. McCloud, of 534 Selby avenue,
was on the first train and escaped by
jumping while the cars were in motion.
There were so many on the two trains
and so much confusion that others
may have been hurt whose names were
not obtained
Supt. Smith, speaking of the acct
dent, said the train stopped near the
top of the hill and whenever a train
stops on the hill the orders are to back
1T down and start from the bottom tn
stead of starting on the hill. After the
train had stopped long enough to let
those who desired get off it was al
lowed to run down the hill slowly,
The tracks are always kept sanded and
both the wedge brakes and the rubber
brakes on the grip worked well until
they struck the curve on Third street.
There the snow had made the tracks
slippery and the brakes wouldn't hold
so they lost control of the car. which
continued to slide down until it struck
the second car at Pleasant avenue
Supt. Smith says that not a brakeman
neglected his duty. every one was at
his brake, and but for the snow, on the
curve the accident would not have
happened at all
Mr.. Smith also added that there was
no regular f1agman on the hill. There
is man there, and sometimes he is up
the hill. sometimes en- the grade. Some
times he signals the cars to start and
other times the train officials know
that sufficient time has elapsed to al
low the head train to reach the top
of the grade. The man on the second
train, Mr. Smith says, though the cars
ahead of them had been out of sight
so long they must have reached the
top Of the Hill and so started up after
them