The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-22
TWO KILLED INACOLLISI0N
FIVE oTHERs INJURED, OWE NOR
TALLY, ON AN ELEoTRI0 ROAD.

a Special Car Triea IN vsin 20 hssch q
Staten nerors the Arrival OF . Regular
Car Gsins IN the oppspats DiFsstisn-Ths
BALTMoRn, Nov. 2l.-Two motormon were
killed. q conductor was fatally injured. ana four
passenger were severely hurt this morning In
Q collision on tho Baltimore and Northern road
at . point known as Councilman's Hollow, about
fourteen miles from this city. The Line was
completed only three weeks ego, and 10 an ex'
tension Of tho Baltimore city passenger road
1t runs from this city to Mount Warrington.
and 10 equipped with cars modelled after those
used ON steam roada They are large and very
heavy. A portion OF the road In doubled tracked,
but the part between owine's Mills and Mount
Washington, about two and o half miles long,
has only q single track
Early this morning the superintendent sent o
special car. with Theodore R Merrick az motor
man and Thomas Ewing a. conductor, from
Owing's Mnls 70 Mount Washington They
took with them B. +. Snowdon. an employee or
the company. who was directed TO look after
some work The motorman was instructed to
stop ct . point known as McDonogh's switch
and wait there until the regular car should have
passed. The special made good time and reached
the switch four minutes ahead Of the time tho
regular car was que. Morrlcks tnihkink NJ
could make the next switch. about Q mile and Q
half beyond, before the regular should reach the
main track. started at full speed. Meanwhile
the car coming from the opposite direction had
already passed the point which the ,epecial
aimed to reach. This car was manned BY VIII
liam +. Horner. motorman, and F. L. Watkins,
conductor, and had three passengers, Frank 70;
Mahon, white, and Charles Snowden and Daniel
Brown. colored.
The morning was very foegy. and Council
mans Hollow, which lies In the bottoms between
two steep hills, was invisible from either side.
So dense was the fog that II was imposaible to
distinguish objects twenty feet ahead. The two
cars started down the hill about the same time,
neither being aware Of the approach OF the
other. Merrick. the motorman. OF tho special.
drove his car along at a tremendous rate. The
regular also maintained fair degree OF speed;
the special and at once damned down tho brake.
at the same time shutting OF the current. The
impetus, however, WAS so great that he went
ahead and the collision followed.
Tho special. which was the lighter OF tho two
cars. telescoPed the regular, going half way
through 1t The two motormen were caught De,
tween the cars and were so severely injured
that Merrick. whose skull was fractured and
whose legs and feet were crushed, died almost
instantly. Horner. one OF whose legs was cut on
and who was internally injured, died within
twenty minutes. Thomas Ewing. the conductor
of the special, was fred headlong through
space, landing on his head in the debris. He has
The passengers were severely injured, the col:
ored men particularly being terribly cut about
the face By the broken glass and being, bruised
besides. Both cars were smashed into kindlin1
wood. Merrick was "a years old and HorneI
was 30. Each leaves . widow and two children,