Evening journal., 1897-11-16
NEVS OF NEW CASTLE
A BAD TROLLEY WRECK
New Castle Cars Crushed To-
gether in the Fog.
PASSENGERS THROWN IN A PILE

PASSENGERS THROWN IN A PILE
BUT BY A STREAK OF GOOD FOR
TUNE NONE WAS HURT-MOTOR-
MAN DORRIs BADLY INJURED.
PLUCKY WORK OF TROLLEY CAR
MEN.
Passengers on the New Castle electric
railway car No. &c, leaving New Castle
at GAG a. m, and of car No. "a, leaving
Wilmington at $50 a. m, were shaken
up in a bad smash-up near Eden Park.
Both cars were wrecked, the damages
to No. 26 being of a wholesale nature.
Motorman James Doris was badly hurt
and several of the passengers were in
jured.
The fault of the nasty accident can
only be attributed to the failure of the
New Castle Company to provide auto
matte switches in the operation of a
single track line, and it seems only a
streak of good fortune that the COM
pany has been saved disastrous damage
suits.
DENSE FOG BLINDED THEM.
All the morning, trolley car motor
men on the single track roads were
greatly annoyed by the thick fog, and
on the New Castle line this was espe-
cially noticeable.
Conductor Blackburn and Motorman
Doris, having arrived at the Eden Park
switch with car No 26 ahead of time,
started in to meet No. "a, in charge of
Conductor Pagan and MotOrman Nc
Coy, at the Madeley Chapel switch.
They met, however, a trifie sooner than
they expected and with a crash that will
never be forgotten by those on the car
Everybody on No. 26 was thrown to-
ward the front of the car in pile and
/ then there was a shower of broken
glass from the heavy plate windows. Tc
make the situation more weird, the
wrecked electric apparatus charged
from the trolley pole, which had fouled
the wire, began to burn and fume, send.
ing a thick smoke through the car.
A MOTORMAN'S BRAVERY.
Motorman Doris could have savet
himself, but he heroically stood at his
post until he had reversed his car anC
was knocked senseless. Conductor
Blackburn, with great presence of mind
jumped over the pile of people an'
snatehed the limp Doris from unde
the falling wreckage and glass.
SEVERAL PASSENGERS HURT
The conductor then turned his atten
ton to Miss Elizabeth Dalby passen
ger, who had been thrown up forwarl
IN, 3 1,D 40, nF Tr1ar
| another passenger. Captain Blackburn
and Mr.. Wilson cared for Miss Dalb
: and finally assisted her out OF tn
: smoky wreck. She was only prostrat
| from the shock and a wrench in th
right side.
Meantime Motorman Doris ha
been taken care Of by Motorman Nc
Coy and Conductor Pagan, and by Mr.:
Isaac p. Sutton and Mrs Tatnall. VIII
took him into their house, across tn
, street Blood from Doris mouth an
nose had scattered all over the pas
sengers and it flowed freely while h
S was being taken into the house.
=, LIKE A TOBOGGAN SLIDE.
. J. G. Bridgewater and Wilbert Mere
! dith, who sat in the rear of the ca
!, were sent up forward like a shot, slid
\ ing across the pile of red flannel skirt
, and Derby hats. Mr.. Bridgewater
right hand and Mr. Meredith's lei
I Lhand were cut and bled freely, but the
4 were soon going around the wreck wit
their hands bandaged.
Mrs. Emily s. Coles left hand an
arm were injured and she was mad
q sick by the shock.
An Evening Journal reporter, sittin
+ forward in the car. was thrown againi
: Charles T. Bowers with enough force
. break the latter's ribs, but he escape
with only a slight injury to his rigl
: side It caused him to double up f
+ a few minutes however, and forg
. about the daring attempt at a Jail d.
+ livery last night.
Conductor Pagan. with much pre-
!, ence of mind jumped from his car an
4 tied down the trolley pole, stopping Il
= fire. Then he hurried to the assistant
j.. of Doris. Later he arranged with
|. Wilmington City car to carry all II
y passengers into Wilmington.