Evening journal., 1897-06-25
JUMPED OUT OF CARS.
Second M. p. Excursionists
Scared and Jared Up.
UNFORTUNATE SLIP OVER A FROG

UNFORTUNATE SLIP OVER A FROG !
FIRST ACCIDENT ON THE NEW
CASTLE TROLLEY LINE CAME
NEAR BEING A SERIOUS ONE.
SUPERINTENDENT ]. w. MILLER
HURT.
While returning to Wilmington carly
last evening with a party of excursion
lists who had been down the bay, two
electric cars on the Wilmington and
New Castle Company's lines jumped the
track when just outside of New Castle.
The accident happened at the switch
leading to the pOwer-hOuse. There
were over 100 passengers ON the cars
and several were thrown out and
bruised. The injured are:
Mrs Nellie Mulford of No. 9l7
South Broome street, left arm and hip
badly bruised
Miss Eva Mullen. aged 16 years, OF
No 20 Sixth avenue, left shoulder side
and back hurt
Miss Abbie Baker, aged 10 years, Of
No 326 Seventh avenue, back and left
arm bruised, face cut.
These three persons were found on
the ground, and Mrs milford, who is
the wife of Harry S Mulford, a con-
| ductOr ON the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, seemed to be the worst hurt.
Superintendent J. w. Miller, OF the
! trolley company was on the first car
and, i'm jumping to escape 4 telegraph
pole. was thrown over a fence and bad
ly Jared.
AS soon as the excitement had par
TALLY abated, medical attention was
given the frightened and bruised wo.
men, and they were sent to Wilmington
in carriages. The injuries are all slight
as the cars were running slowly at thC
time
As soon as possible after the acciden
riggers arrived to replace the dislOcateC
cars. but this work consumed fully foul
hours
The affair created intense excitemen
and hundreds of people came from botl
ends of the line to the scene, as a re
port had gone out that several wer'
killed.
SUPT MILLER'S STATEMENT.
To an Evening journal reporter TO
! day Superintendent Miller said:
II was on the car and know exactl.
how it happened We were riding aloni
toward the power-hOuse at 4.40 o'cloc
on car No. 23. in front with the MOTOR
man. The motor car had passed tn
switch, and in some way threw tn
switch The motor car turned the rub
her spring by passing over it, and tn
mo'ior car then pulled the trailer dow
off the track. and in going Off the trailt
pulled off the motor. Seeing the motto
car was about to strike the post
Jumped out and struck the barbed wiz
fence
Il saw the people get out Of the ca
e hut think they all must have iumpe
u as the car wasn't careened enough I
throw them As soon as | saw SON
were hurt | telephoned Drs. Black an
r. McCabe, OF New Castle and the con
pany's physician, Dr. j. r. Smith, an
O he has since informed me that the il
C iuries were not at all serious and DR.
c Black and McCabe, at the time, assure
y me that there is nothing dangerous Z,
serous in any of the injuries. 1t W;
Z purely an accident, such as would n'
n occur once in fifty years.
"Motorman Doris had his car mo
ing at the ordinary rate of speed;
fact he could not have run fast ov
the switch. The motor car is not dar
/. aged to any extent ana 30 VIII lepd
g the damage to the trailer.
~ ENOUGH TO BRING ON A PANIC
It was not much of a wonder tn
the unfortunate mishap occurred. ~
"a excursionists. who were from Secoi
ss NJ. p. Sunday school, In Browntow
e. kept up a continual shout and sol
and acted as though they had nev
seen a trolley car before. Their nerv
were wrought up to a semi-hilario
state when they felt tho first jolt, al
at once turned their vociferOus sin
ing TO shrieking.
There was no necessity for the pa
sengors jumping and had they renal
ed seated nobody would have be
scratched except Mr.. Miller, who h
to dodge a telegraph pole.
Motorman James Doris, when tw
= ted to-day about getting a weeks "N
cation" replied that he would ratf
had several weeks than see any of
Y passengers hurt. Had the people k6
: their heads, no harm could have
fallen any of them. Some actua
leaped off the cars after they h
stopped.