The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-01
TROLLEY CARS
IN COLLISION.
Ran Into Each Other on EDDY
Street During the Fog.
NO ONE DANGEROUSLY HURT
Moiorman Waterman Was Taken 10 I'M
Hospital, but Later Went TO His Home.
OTHER MISHAPS IN THE DENSE FOG
Rumford and Riverside Cars Came Togeihsr
The East End Of Washington 6rldgs-Tug
Hodges Aground In The SsssOnk.
Mutorman Waterman Was Taken TO the
Hospital, but Later Went 10 His Home.
OTHER MISHAPS IN THE DENSE FOG.

Two electric cars came into collision
on Eddy street. this morning, in such
a way and at such a place that II Is
remarkable that several lives were not
lost and that many were not badly in
jured.
The cars which collided were Wash
ington Park, No. 40 and ocean street
No. rs. The former was in charge or
Conductor Charles Mott and Motorman
Herbert Waterman, and the latter was
in charge of Conductor Charles +. Val
pey and Motorman Frank Mayo. The
Washington Park car was'a regular
and left the park terminus at s:4o
O'Clock.
The Ocean street car was an extra,
ana, as was asserted, had the right of
way on the straight track; the 'regu-
lar' should have taken switch which
begins at Potter's avenue, and extends
to Willard avenue, on Eddy street.
At the time of the accident a dense
fog prevailed. The park car was bowl
ing along at pretty good rate. 1t
| kept to the main track passing the
switch and was on the down grade OF
| Willard hill. Half way down the hill
| Motorman Waterman discovered the
Ocean street car coming up the main
track. He jammed his brake down hard
and began throwing sand on the rails
10 check the sliGing of the car on the
wet steels. At the same time he cried
7 TO those in the car to run back.
A TERRIFIC CRASH.
The passengers jumped to their feet
and were about to run for the real
door, but before they could move a
| foot the cars came together with a
terrific crash and the passengers were
! thrown to their feet.
The force of the blow was spent upon
the bunters, and this prevented the
general wrecking OF both cars. AS IL
was, all the windows were demolished
and the cars were filled with-bFeken
glass.
Waterman stuck to his brake, and
was found hanging over ,he dasher,
one arm being around the brake han
die.
Detective Nickerson and another
passenger took Waterman from the car,
but not until after there had been an
other slight colnsion. The extra" had
been driven back by the force of the
blow, and as ii slid down the rails the
regular travelled after 1t. and kept
bunting 1t along until the extra struck
a coal cart, both shafts of which were
broken, ana which finally, acting as
a buffer, stopped both cars.
THE INJURED MoToRMAN.
Waterman was placed upon the front
steps OF a house, and the ambulance
was sent for, He was unable to speak,
but by pointing to the pit of his stom-
ach, Indicated that there was the seat
of his injury. He was taken to the
Rhode Island hospital, and an hour
later was able to go home He had
suffered no internal injury, and his
condition was due to the shocking OF
his system to the force OF the blow, and
probably by -tetug thrown quite vio-
lently against the dasher.
Detective Nickerson who was the on
ly passenger on the Washington Park
car who kept his seat, saws that -four
men and woman were thrown against
the rear end of the car and then to the
noor; but that none OF them appeared
To have sustained material injury Al
were more or less shocked and one
woman complained of her back one
man had bruised knee, one a cut on
has jaw and one had a cut over his eye
OTHER MISHAPS IN THE FOG.
huIhlolu ana RlverpOint car
came together al the = ST end Of the
Washington bridge iust before S o'clock
this morning. but as far as can be learn
ed no one was injured. The Rumford
car was pretty badly smashed up.
It was in charge of Conductor Dorsey
and the Riverside in charge Of con-
ductor Chipman.
The tug Eben Hodges of the Prov-
dence Tow Boat company's feet IN
charge OF Can't Walter sutton. ran
aground lust north OF Tea Cake island
In the Seekonk river early this morn
ing. She has not sustained any dam
age, having struck a bed of mud. She
was floated late this afternoon.
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