The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
WAGON RUN DOWN
BY TROLLEY CAR
Frightful Accident at Dutch Gap Last
Evening.
ONE KILLED AND THREE INJURED
Horse SHED and Plunged Across the
Track Directly in Front Ofa Rapidly
Approaching Peckville Car..The
-Four Occupants Had No Time to
Jump and All Were Caught in the
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Peckville car No. S crashed into a
wagon containing four Slavonians, two
men and two women, near Parker
street, at 6.15 O'Clock last evening. kill
ing one of the women, Mrs. Mary Ka-
walchick. of 427 South Washington ave-
nue.; seriously If not fatally injuring
her niece, Miss Mary Simpka, Of Buff
falo, and causing painful injuries to her
husband. John Kawalchick, and a
friend of the family, George Hackulich,
also of South Washington avenue.
Their horse SHE'D just as the car was
within a few feet of them and plunged
across the tracks. The rear part Of the
wagon was struck by the car and the
occupants We're hurled in all directions.
Mrs. Wawalchick fell across one of
the rails and the wheels passed over
her left leg lacerating 1t in a terrible
manner and almost completely sever
ing II between the ankle and knee.
She also sustained frightful scalp
wound, and being woman of 260
pounds no doubt suffered what at all
events would have proved fatal
shock. She died at the Lackawanna
hospital at 1l.40 p. m.
The Simpka girl was hurled forward
about twenty feet landing on her left
side and fracturing two Of her ribs
just to the rear and slightly below the
arm-pit. She had great difficulty in
breathing and it is feared the ends of
the fractured ribs press against or
possibly have punctured her lung. She
is nineteen years of age and large,
fine looking girl.
Eawalchick and Hackulich, who oc-
cupied the front seat escaped with
comparatively slight injuries. The
husband was SO frantic with grief that
he would not allow the doctors to ex-
anime him but judging from the way
he limped and exclamations of pain
which occasionally dropped from his
lips he is badly bruised about the hips.
An examination of Hackulch showed
that his shoulder was painfully bruis-
ed and lacerated
SIMPKA GIRLS CONDITION.
Nothing definite can be told of the
Simpka girls condition until today. She
was in too great pain last night, and too
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amina''om SO the uoctors ueciueo 10 put
IL OH uhtii this morning. ihey are sat
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pu. as 10 "hether OF not TINS VIII en-
tail any very serious results they could
not say. She Is at the house of George
Shiras, near where the calamity occur
red and where she was Immediately re-
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