The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12
A Sutter Street Trailer DemOl-
ished by a Fillmore
Street Car.
MET on A DANGEROUS CROSSING.
Blame For the Accident Laid to the
Employees of Both
Railways.

An electric car on the Fillmore-stl eet
line crashed into a car on the Sutter-street
cable line at the crossing of Sutter and
Fillmore streets early last night and sew
eral people, passengers on the cars, were
| injured. The officials of each road claim
| that the employees of the other were re-
sponsible for the accident.
The Film ore rect car was sou tn bound,
| and il was coming down the steep grade
on the approach to Sutter street al a rapid
speed. It was about halfway up the
block when a car on the Sutter-street line
eastward bound started to cross the street.
Under ordinary circumstances there
would have been no danger, as the Fill
more-street car could have been easily
controlled, but last night the tracks were
slippley, and the motorman was una bic
to lessen the speed of his car, much less
stop it. Before the Sutter-street car could
get across the tracks OF the crossing line
the electrician crashed into it.
Theodore Peters, the con uctor of the
Sutter-street car, was standing on the
platform of his car when the crash came,
and he was thrown off into the stree
and tie car as it left the tracks under the
force of the collision crushed him against
the pavement causing serious injuries to
him. His left side was badly bruised and
1t Is feared that be sustained internal in
juries. He was taken to his home at 2910
Bush street.
Miss Johanna Dillon, who resides at 1926
California street, was passenger on the
cable-car. She was thrown from her seat
IN the car and dashed to the floor. She
was taken TO 3 neIg boring residence
i
HeT left shoulder was dIslocated and she
was bruised considerably about the body
She went TO Il residence of her brother
at 363H Eleventh treet.
/. GILert of 21l2 Suttsr street was also a
passenger on the cabe-car. He, 100, was
thrown about in the car and considerably
bruised. he suffered most from injuries
to his right leg. The passengers on the
dummy jumped when they saw that a
collision was inevitable and they escaped
injury.
There were a number of passengers on
the electrician, but they all escaped re-
celving serious damage. They, however
were considerably shaken up and received
some slight bruises. The windows of the
car were broken but fortunately the pas
sengers escaped the flying pieces of glass
The Sutter-street car was in charge of
Conductor Peters and Gripman Al bert
Eckman. The gripman says he did not
lHlnh WAS any Qdn ger Wle0 ne
started his car across the tracks of the
electric line. TIE Fillmore-street car was
we'll up the block, but coming toward his
car at rapid rate. He believed The mo-
torman would slacken the speed of his
car, as is usual in such cases, but the car
seemed to be beyond the control of the
man at the brakes and the collision was
tEe result
+. Reed was the motorman of the cleo
tric-car. He blamed the gripman of the
ca ble-car for the accident but would not
give any reasons for his opinion. NJ. J..
Merrltield, the conductor of the car, also
blamed the cable-car for he accident.
Hugh Long, who Witnessed the acci-
dent from the street, said the electrician
was coming down the street, and when
near the crossing there was report from
beneath the car like the crack OF a pis to ,
| accompanied by a fash of light, and from
the efforts of the motorman he received
tha i'm preston that the m otor of the car
had been reversed, but it along
with the brakes was not sufficient to check
The speed o: the car on the slippery rails
Both OF the cars were thrown from the
tracks and damaged cons dArably.