The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
ONE TRAIN SLID DOWN HILL
STRIKING ANOTHER TRAIN THAT
HAD STARTED TO FOLLOW
1T UP.
LIST OF THOSE WHO WE'RE HURT.
SO Far as Known Last Night None
+ of the Injuries VIII Prove
Fatal.

Juna NJ. Holmberg. 1882 Dayton avenue.
Doln legs 1ammed ct knees face cut and
bruised and teeth knocked out; deep cut over
leit temple and across cheek; injuries serious.
Anna L. Manson, 500 Seiby avenue face
is Daoiy confused and hip and spine injured;
Henry 8. Young, 632 Holly avenue. left side
bruised and right hip strained; perhaps In
Jured internally.
Samuel vassau, 1909 Marshall avenue right
leg 1ammed and confused not serious
The accident occurred at $40, an hour
When the cars were crowded with
fome-bound passengers A train OF
tnree cars, the control of which had
peen lost by the gripman, backed down
the hill into another train of three
making the escape of the passengers
with crash which struck terror to
the hearts of those aboard the cars Of
each. and for few minutes the ex-
citement was intense. Womens
screams added to the confusion and
reused those who had escaped injury
to the fact that mangled forms might
De In the debris caused by the wreck,
ana an effort was at once made to re-
lease those pinioned between the cars.
No one on the train standing at Pleas
ant avenue was hurt, but between the
two coaches Of the other train four
people were found wedged in a mesh
OF tangled iron ratings and splintered
platforms occasioned by a partial tele-
scoping of the coaches. 1t was impos-
sible to release the injured until the
coaches had been uncoupled and backed
apart, when Miss Holmberg was ex
tricated and carried to a neighboring
house
Miss Munson had been standing on
the platform beside Miss Holmberg
When the crash came and was also
pinioned in the wreckage She had
tainted by the time her rescuers sue
ceeded in getting her out
Henry S. Young was caught in the
collision in attempting to jump from
the car, but was hemmed in so as to
De unable to eXtrieate himself without
assistance. Samuel Nassau. q conduct
or IN charge OF. the second coach, was
Jammed against the gate on the plat
form and held fast, although only his
Egnt leg was imprisoned, and this in
Sucn manner as to prevent more than
a painful injury. The Injured persons
With therexception Of Mr.. Young were
taken to the house of Mrs William
Campbell, Third and Pleasant avenue
where their wounds were dressed by
1(r. keam, who had been en- the run
away train, but jumped before the col
ilsion. Later the two young women
were taken to their homes in carriages
Where they were reported to be resting
comfortably at midnight Miss Holm
berg is the more seriously hurt and the
1uH extent of her injuries will not be
known until today, when a thorough
examination will be made Miss Mum
son most dangerous injury is a con-
fusion at the base of the spine, the full
extent of which is as yet uncertain.
bruised and there is a possibility Of 4
fracture about the temple.
Ihe coaches of the runaway train
We're badly demolished, while every
WlndoW In the six cars composing the
two trains was shattered to bits. The
signs OF a wreck were most evident be-
tween the two coaches of the train
which slid down the HILL The plat
forms were jammed together as one,
ana making the escape of the passengers
standing outside when the crash came
all the more remarkable The door af
the rear coach was broken out by the
force Of the collision, and on the plat
form of the other car were copious
blood stains from the injuries sustain
ed by Miss Holmberg. In contemplate
ing the wreck every one was thankful
that the results had not been more
serious.
The accident was caused by the grip
on the car ascending the hill slipping
the cable just as the brow of the in
cline was reached. The wedge brakes
We're set and the train stopped momen-
tarily, While most of the passengers
in the two coaches left the cars. All
OF those in the grip and one of the cars
got Off, While something less than A
dozen in the first coach retained their
seats. Then the train began to slide
slowly down the grade under apparent
control until the curve was reached
ON al
tum. AT this point the remaining pas
sengers, with the exception of those
caught in the collision, Jumped from
the platform. The women were crowd
ed back and could not escape the i'm
pending danger. 1t was not realized
that a collision was imminent until the
curve was rounded wheE it was seen
than another train had started up the
incline and was already at Pleasant
avenue. Gripman McCollor, of the up
coming train, Immediately brought his
car to stop and Conductor Fullerton
of the rear coach of the runaway, who.
up to this point, had stuck TO his post.
Jumped to the street No one else was
on this coach
When the cars came together many
of the passengers on the train at the
foot of the hill OF whom there had
been about eighty, were frightened. but
no one was injured and all at once ser
| about assisting those on the other
cars Most OF them had jumped before
the trains struck.
The runaway train was In charge OF
Gripnan Edward Heaney, a new man
who has been running regular but one
week. and Conductor Samuel Nassau
and William Fullerton, respectively. Of
the first and last coaches.
The tracks on the incline are kept,
sanded and the rubber shod brakes
held fairly well until rounding the
curve. where the snow made the rails
slippery and the appliances for hold
ing the train ineffective. The train
gained speed after reaching the curve,
though had not the upcoming cars
heen so close in the rear it is thought
that it might have been readily stopped
| before 1t had slid much farther down
When the cars came together the
grip car on the second train received
| a severe smashing up. The hood Of
the grip was splintered and bent, and
one of the side steps wrenched from
its fastenings.
Trailer No. 80 was the rear car of
the train which made the descent and
probably received the worst injuries
The dash on the rear platform was
twisted and bent out of shape. The
! two brakes were bent almost double
and the hand rails, fastened in front
/ of the windows of the car, fiattened
against the woodwork Some of the
car windows were broken Trailer No
| 129 was in front Of trailer No. 80 and
| Jared much abettsr. Its railing was