The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
BRAKES FAIL TO CHECK
ITS RUSH.
Thirty Passengers Are Carried
Down to the Waters Of
a Slough.
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT AND
MANY INJURED.
The Motorman Deserts His Post as
the Car Tears Down
Steep Grade.

PORTLAND, Or, April 27.-City and
Suburban car 50, containing thirty pas
sengers, coming in from Mount Tabor,
escaped the control of Motorman John G.
Kieffer at o'clock this morning, left the
rails on East Morrison street, a few feet
east of the corner of East Eight b, plowed
its way across the bridge with quick
swerve to the south struck the sidewalk
and, carrying away planking and string
ers, plunged into the slough below, taking
with it a score or more of passengers. OF
those aboard three are dead:
w. w. BLANCHARD engineer of the Acme
FIGURING mills, As years of age, living at
East Thirty-fourth street.
NORTON HANSEN, Is years old. employed
at The Great Eastern Tea Company and
residing at Sunnysidc.
Miss CATHERINE BAILLIE, aged 25 years, OF
Illinois, who was visiting Mrs. Alexander
at Mount Tabor.
Others OF the passengers have been taken
10 their homes badly injured. They were:
Miss Lizzie Lawrence, EN- ploye of the
Troy Laundry, living at Glencoe, injured
internally.
Larsen brothers OF Glencoe one with
an arm broken and the other bruised
about the shoulders.
Andrew Gatzkd, living at Glencoe, arm
broken and legs slightly bruised.
]. \. Casey OF III East Thirty fifth
street. employed in Gadsby's furniture
store, injured slightly on the right leg
and arm.
Ernest Brown, an employe of the cigar
box factory on Front street, received few
slight scratches.
J. c. Butler, living at 1867 East Morrl-
son street, ini iured on the right shoulder
and severely bruised about the limbs.
Earl Hunter Sunnyside groceryman,
slightly bruised on the back.
c. NJ. Atwood of 10 East Thirty fourth
street, employed as ianitor by the United
Carriage Company, bruised on one leg
and an ankle badly twisted.
Robert Thompson, an apprentice cleo
trician employed by the Portland General
Electric Company, right arm dislocated
and badly injured internally; face Sc
VeTely I'M jured; is in a hospital.
Mr.. Trlssom, an old man living at Mount
Tabor, broken arm.
Mr. Benninger of Prettymans station,
shoulder hurt and rib reported broken
found his way home unassisted.
Unkncw young man. wounded in the
head.
c. G. Miller of Miller, Smith G. Co.,
grocers at West Park aid Washington
streets, internal injuries.
George Howell of Sunnyside, cut and
bruised about the head and shoulders.
r. O. Coils of 942 East Morrison street,
rib broken, internal injuries, head cut.
r. L. Coils of 942 East Morrison street,
hurt about head and shoulders.
Adelbert Matteson, manager Palette
Printing Company, living at Tabor
Heights, arm dislocated and internally in.
jured.
Conductor Guthrie, arm broken and re-
ceived internal in juries which may posi-
bly, result fatally.
Motorman Kieffer, slight bruises.
A. Teller of Mount Tabor, injured on
right shoulder and arm.
Plunging and tearing along over the
ear hen pavement, the car flew on 10 the
bridge crossing the slough. There was q
rattle and crushing of planking, and then,
when about sixty feet from the bank, the
car swung off to the left. With crash
the front truck struck the wooden curb
ing of the bridge walk. Like so much
pasteboard it gave way, and, pushing the
sidewald to its own width ahead of it, the
car plunged head downward into the
slough twenty feet below.
There was one agonizing scream from
the doomed passengers as the car toppled
over, above which rang the cry of Con.
ductor Guthrie, "Jump or you'll be
killed" The brave fellow remained a,
his post and went down with the car.
The scene was horrifying. Aside from
the bodies of the dead there were to be
seen those still living but unconscious
and slowly drowning, their struggles,
momentarily growing moro feeble, driv.
ing the rescuers to giant efforts in the
endeayor to save those plnioned under
the wreck.
The first victim extricated was voun o
Norton Hansen. Hansen was frightfuIly
mangled, his left thigh. left arm and bac OK
being broken, while cash had been Gu,
in his groin from which the lifeblood
wellsd in flood.
The next one removed was little ANDY
GatzKs. an Evening Telegram newsboy.
He had received crushing BLOW on the
head, cutting the scalp in a long deep cash
and stunning him.
Following little Gatzka, came the still
inert body of w. w. Blanchard. He was
dead. The frothy foam on his lips plainly
denoted drowning, although a sharp line
oil bruises on the rlgut SIDE OF the face
would indicate that blow had produced
Inconsistencies as Blanchard reached the
water.
The next body drawn from the wrecked
and submerged car was that of hand
some, weil-dressed woman, apparently 2t
years of age. Her appearance and every
part of her apparel denoted culture and
refinement. When taken from the water
the.body was still warm and every effor
was made to resuscitaie it, but all effort.
proved fruitless. This woman had re.
ceivcd severe bruises about the right side
of the lace. She WAS Miss Catherine
BailIie.
Patrol wagons were soon on hand, and
within fifteen minutes the last njureu
survivor had been taken from the scene
Then the car was raised to make certain