The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
SEVEN PEOPLE HURT
IN A COLLISION OF sELBY AND
GRAND AVENUE STREET
WRECK AT SEVEN CORNERS
RESULTS IN INJURIES TO A NUM-
BIER OF ST. ANTHONY HILL
FOLK.
RAILS WE'RE SLIPPERY AGAIN.
Accident in Some Respects Similar
to the Recent One Farther Up
the Hill.
WRECK AT SEVEN CORNERS


A collision between an eastbound
Selby avenue cable train and a west
bound Groveland park electric car, at
the Seven corners crossing at s15
o'clock yesterday morning, resulted in
painful, though not serious injuries
to the following persons:
D. s. Sperry, 653 Holly avenue, left nostriI
cut and bruised about the mouth
Miss V. B. Tor1ey, 266 Harrington avenue,
scratched about the face.
bruised.
Mrs. Emil Polzer. 80 East Water street.
severely bruised about left shoulder and arm
L.. G; McCollar. gripman of cable train,
sllght injuries to head and back.
George Kirwan, motoneer Of electric car.
one hnger of left hand broken and bruised
about the body.
Unknown woman, slightly hurt.
In addition to the injured passengers
about fifty others were badly shaken
UP and the front part of the grip and
vestibule Of the electric cars were
almost wholly demolished.
The fact that the accident was not
accompanied by more serious conse.
quences Is undoubtedly attributed to
the cold weather. which impelled most
OF the passengers to seek the coaches
rather than the exposed grip car.
When the two cars came together there
was an ominous crash and splinterine
OF tlmbers, which wrecked the forward
ends Of both, while the passengers
were violently thrown against each
other and the side Of the coaches. All
OF the glass was broken out Of the en-
closure surrounding Gripman McCol>
lar, while the grip itself was lifted by
the force of the collision and twisted
from the tracks. The electric car re-
NAMED on the rails and none of its
rev passengers were injured, though
Motoneer KirWan was momentariIy
pinned In the vestibule, which was
crushed like an egg she'll His was the
narrowest escape from serious injury.
All Of the injured passengers with
the exception Of Mr.. Sperry, were In
the trailers of the cable train. and s11s-
ta1ned their hurts by being thrown
ABOUT by the sudden shock Mr.. Sperry
was riding on the grip with his back
toward the front Of the car and was
hurled against one Of the roof SUD-
ports, striking his nose against one Of
the metal projections 1t was at first
supposed he was seriously hurt and he
was at once sent to the office Of DR..
Metcalf, who dressed his wound and
found that none Of the facial bones
were broken. There were but three
other persons on the grip car, one
OF them, the woman whose name was
not learned who was thrown from the
. seat but picked herself UP and ran
doWn the street. evidently more
frightened than hurt. The other two
passengers were uninjured
There were thirty passengers on the
coach next to the grip, most Of whom
were men. and there was little ex-
c1tement among these as they left the
car, but on the trailer were a number
Of women passengers, in all twenty
three, and something Of a panic fol-
lowed the collision. From the play be-
tween this car and the coach ahead it
received the worst of the shock Pas
sengers were hurled from their seats
against each other and the sides and
ends of the coach with great force,
and after the collision, left the car
somewhat precipitately. Mrs. Polzer
was on this car as well as Sister Eul-
ALA and Miss Torley. Mrs. Polzer ap,
peared to be the worst hurt and was
sent to the office Of DR.. Brimhall,
where it was ascertained she was
badly bruised, but no bones were bro
ken. She was able to proceed home.
The accident Is attributed to the
slippery condition Of the rails,
which covered by frost and fine snow,
were as smooth as glass and allowed
the cars to slide, Notwithstanding tbs
application of the brakes. The cable
made it's regular stop beyond the cross
ing and had started again, when it was
seen that Motoneer Kirwan could not
hold his car. Gripman McCoIlar and
Conductor Sweeney, Of one Of the
coaches, were also in the recent Sell
by hill accident, having had charge Of
the car which was struck by the rum
AWAY at the foot of the hill