The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-11

In the Trolley Car Accident Near Column
bia six People Were Killed and sixty
two I~njured-The Coroner's Jury to
Make a Thorough Investigation.
COLUMBIA, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE fatal
trolley car accident near this city Sunday
night was far more disastrous than first
reports indicated. There were about ninety
passengers aboard, who became panic
stricken when they realized that the car
was beyond control. The hill was a long
one, and every moment the runaway gath
cred additional speed, until 1T is estimated
by those on board that It was running
fully a mile a minute when it struck a
sharp curve n left the track. 1t ran
across the turnpike running parallel with
the trolley road, and struck against a tree
and then toppled over into a deep ditch,
being turned upside down. To add to the
horror of the situation there was no light
of any kind until some time after the
wreck.
The first body taken u was that of
Henry Smith, an iron worker of Column
bia, who had been instantly killed by q
piece of wood, which pierced his head.
Adam Foehlinger, the motorman, was
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having been crushed to death. He had
stuck to his post to the last, inc met death
in anoble effort to avert the catastrophe.
William H. Pinkerton, boy, Columbia,
was also instantly killed.
Chief Burgess H. H. Heis, of Columbia,
who had been riding on the real platform,
jumped a few moments before the car left
the track, and his ~lifeless body was found
about a quarter of a mile away, his neck
having been broken. William Metzger,
of Columbia, had both legs so badly crushed
that they had to be amputated, and he
died "A few hours later. w. J. Ludlow, of
Sea Girt, N. j., manager Of the Atlantic
Fish company, was so badly injured that
he died shortly after being removed to the
Columbia hospital.
Those most seriously injured are as fol-
lows: Mary Bradley, Philadelphia, cut
and bruised about the body; John Carl
son, Columbia, leg broken; Samuel Wike,
Columbia, ribs broken and badly cut
John H. Tragessor, Lancaster, shoulder
crushed and cut about body; William
Stauffer, Lancaster, cut on head, serious
Maggie Conley, Columbia, shoulder dis
located, cut on head and arm broken Mrs.
Mary Stautfer, Lancaster, head and body
injured Benjamin Wolfe, Columbia, leg,
wrist n ribs broken; Charles Rine-
hart, Columbia, arm and hip injured Mrs,
George Rinehart, Columbia, shouldersand
back jammed Susan Shall, Bainbridge,
arm, head and face cut; Jennie List, Co
lumbia, head and face cut and badly
bruised about the body; Tillie Mckenzie,
Lancaster, arm broken Orrick Richards,
Columbia, badly squeezed; Reese Frank,
Columbia, four ribs broken. The injuries
of the others consist mainly of bruises and
are not considered dangerous. Sixty-two
in all We're injured. There were a number
Of children on the car, some being on the
front platform, but they escaped injury.
Deputy Coroner Payne ~empanelled a
jury at Columbia last evening to investi-
gate the accident. The jury is composed
of representative citizens of Columbia,
and the purpose is to make "A most ex,
haustive inquiry into the cause of the
accident.
The injured in the Columbia hospital
are all doing well with the exception OF
Miss Elsie Fitzgerald, of this city; and
Cyrus Strayer, the Columbia boy, both Of
whom are in quite a serious condition.