The San Francisco call., 1897-09-28
For Want Of One Calvin
Nutting Very Nearly
Lost His Life.
Was Knocked Down and Man
gled by a Mission-Street
Electric Car.
Received Conclusion of the Spine
and Other Injuries Which May
Prove Serious.

Calvin Nutting, manager of the Pioneer
Iron Works, was nearly killed by one OF
the Mission street electric-cars yesterday.
The accident occurred at the crossing of
Fremont and Mission streets, and the
unfortunate man was dragged several
yards before the momentum of the car
could be stopped. His escape from in
slant death was something marvellous,
but, as it is, his injuries are very serious.
DR.. Hill of the Branch Receiving Hos
pital sums them up thus: "Laceration of
the head, conclusion of the spine and
severe 6brasions of all parts of the body"
At first it was imposs bic for Mr.. Nutting
to use the upper portion of his body, but
now feeling is gradually returning, and
DR.. Hill say that in time and with care
he will be ss well as ever
There seems to be a conflict as to
whether the bell on the car was rung or
not. Mr.. Nutting says it was not, and
some of the passengers agree with him.
Other passengers again assert positively
that the warning bell was rung.
II heard no warning bell," sal Mr..
Nuiting, when seen in the hospital yes
terday. II was crossing Mission street
on Fremont when / saw one of Wells
Fargo's wagons followed by an electrician
p
any car gong toward the ferries, aad
when the one bound west passed I at
TEN pied to cross the track. Some one
shouted Look out and the next instant
the car bound east struck me. | grab bed
hold of the iron bar on the front Of the
car and held on as long as possible; then
, dropped, and in an instant the car was
on top OF me. ! remem ber trying 10 roll
out of the wav, but those who saw the
accident say the car did all the rolling
necessary.
"When the car was stopped the pas
sengers got levers and pried 1t up while
others pulled me out OF MY dangerous
position. Then they carried me into the
car and took me to the Receiving Hos
pital. The men who helped me were
kindness itself. and | could not have been
better cared for in my own home than |
have been here in the Receiving Hos
pital. A strange part OF the whole affair
is that while the railroads employees took
down the names OF the passengers who
witnessed the accident, not one OF lhem
came near me TO ask my name or find out
how badly | was hurt.
Il am The patentee of two car-fenders,
and strange 10 say l nearly came to my
death for want of one. Had there been a
fender on car 1905 yesterday | would have
fallen on it, and would not now De in the
hospiial. | tried to get the Supervisors to
adopt one of my patents, but they would
not and that ended the matter. While
hanging to the car tell you l was pray
ing that one OF my patents was under
me-"
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Nutting was
removed to his home at the corner OF Van
Ness avenue and McAllister street. Tie
doctors of the Receiving Hospital have no
great love for car 1908. Only recently il
smashed their am bulance and injured the
driver. The ambulance had in Frank
Moore, who had been capsized from a
whitehall and was half drowned. The
driver rang for he car to stop and give
him clear road, but the motorman held
on his way and crashed into the am bu-
lance. 1t is said that an extraman was in
charge OF 1905 when yesterdays accident
happened.