The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-07

1ataHty occurred at the Chicago
Gfeat western railroad CROSSING Cbi
CdSo avenue and Starkey street Wee
ot Paul, shortly before s o'clock last
evening, by which Miss Alice McKier-
nan lost her life
a. B. famous. her cor,n,rt,,,
seriously injured
IannoHs and Miss McKiernan vert
orlVlng. and while crossing the railroad
tracks were run down by q Soutb St
Paul motor.
MISS Mchlernan was dragged nearly
IQV teet under the car wheels ard ter
rlblely mangled. Tannous escaHaS a
like fate, possibly. bv betne tbro,,,t' a
cI@ar OF the buggy by the force OF the
co!llslon- He was picked up in a dazed
condition, with blood flowing from n
wound on the left side of the head Ha
vas taken to Thomas drug store. MS
South ROBERT street, where he was at
teLtoea t oy DE Artz. His body is bad
~ o,ulzed and { is thought has sustain
ed internal injuries He was later re-
moved to his home
famous and the girl were driving TO-
ward the home OF the latter. 214 E,as,
INDIANA avenue, when the accident oc-
cured. They We're proceeding east on
Chlcago avenue. Owing to n largs
building abutting on the railroad tracks
they failed to see the motor until dI-
rectiy across It's track There was a
crash, a scream from the woman as
she fell, and when she was taken from
Eeneath the trucks, nearly the length OF
the train from the point of the collision.
@ @neF iorm was scarcely recognizable as
tfat OF human being. The buggy was
ground to pieces. but the horse ESCAPED
without being hurt
Inc train, In charge Of Conductor s
ii. Diehle and Engineer J. w. Cograve
was held until Deputy Coroner l. A.
Nelson concluded an investigation. An
Inquest Will probably be held.
Miss McKiernan was the eldest
daughter of Daniel McKiernan. a labor
er living at 214 East Indiana avenue.
ana was twenty-one years OF age Tan
nous is Syrian, living at SO East Chi
sage avenue, within fifty feet of where
the accident occurred. He formerly
cCnaucted a grocery store at las South
Robert street. Of late he has been
selling jewelry for an installnent
house.
To a reporter for the Globe Tan
nous said neither himself nor his COM
panion had any warning OF danger un-
I'll the train struck the buggy. He
says he was driving slowly. and that
there was no light on the rear Of the
train. He heard no bell ringing, he
says. and on accoElt OF the somewhat
hidden approach to the tracks. knew
nothing OF the backing down motor
Conductor Diehle gives a somewhat
different account of the accident. He
says the motor trains are always back
ed from this side Of the river to the
West side yards, where the engine Is
switched to the head Of the train. No
headlight Is carried, but to provide
against danger. he says, conductors are
Obliged to stand on the rear platform
with their lanterns and ring a big gong.
Conductor Diehle seys he was ON the
1 n RP C.
I ringing the gong while approaching the
! Chicago avenue crossing. he says he
saw famous driving rapidly toward the
tracks and shouted to him to stop. but
that the man whipped up his horse and
attempted to cross ahead of the train.
Conductor Diehle says he at once ap-
piled the air brakes but could not avert
the collision. The train, he says, was
going at a rate OF about six miles an
he UT.