The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-22
CLOSE CALLS ARE FREQUENT.
Daily Experiences of street Car Mo-
tOrmen.

tOrmen.
Not quite so many street car accidents
seem to have happened during the last
several months as formerly. Either The
motormen are more careful or luck is sid
ing with the street railway company. To
the careful observer who rides frequently
upon the street cars and keeps an eye
out for possibilities of accidents the many
narrow escapes which are run by passen-
gers and pedestrians is a source of won
der The queer games which some people
pay with the street cars is constant
source of amazement
Morning News reporter was a pas
senger few days ago on a car which was
Just rounding the market on the Barnard
street line As the car was turning from
Bryan into Barnard a seedy looking indi-
yidual stepped off the curbstone on the
east side and shambled across the street
II was in the heat of the day of one of
the hottest days of the season and from
the manner of the pedestrian he had
DOUBTLESS been creating furnace in his
lhnards' with a view to standing off the
| neat on the outside He was dead TO
the world so far as appearances went,
and evidently realized nothing of what
was going on around him. The man shuf-
ned across the street a. a snaiTs pace and
stepped on the track when the car was
only few feet away The motorman saw
nm and watched him in amazement. ror-
tonately, the car was moving very slowly
or 1t would have been impossible to have
stopped 1t in time to prevent knocking
down and fatally injuring the man
l wonder how much damages that fe.-
lows family would a wanted if we'd killed
num- remarked the conductor as the pc
destrian passed on, utterly oblivious or
the danger which he had run
On the same line day or two before
niue plckauinny was a passenger. lie
! had dinner bucket and was evidently
takihg some la boreT his dinner He want
| ed TO get off at McD0nough street bur
sot mixed up on the names of The streets
ana called for President street instead
me car was moving through Orleans
square at a pretty good pace when The
Plckdhlnhy saw that his des nation wat at
hand. President street" he screamed AZ
the conductor, can right, I'll stop there"
replied The conductor, but al the ear shot
| past McDonOugh street the bow gave a
Jump. He landed on his feet. but the
h l.rFr
whirl;np heels o,,er bes7 Ia 3et -
his knees There he .e,,5ir7 st, Liii,, on
the car with aroazeroa,,t 7e,,.,'i ~, -
| feature. le do11btlesg ttd,,,b+ tbo 49,
| ductor had n1a7,ea a iol,, ~, H.,
The next incfdent ,7oreI - on 4t,,
Whitaker street i'm ara +b1 ina 80
about II o,cloolx ar ntybt 90. ~ vs.,
i'm. south on yVhital[er ar , n,atty 49,
speed and nj tha say,,,, ttr,a a 49, 49, 49,,
| going east an Oo1atho,.,,l 80 -rto
| horse attached to HE b-lae,v u-as e1,idantI,,
a spirited animal The driver ,riea "a
| hing him to hait but ONLY nar,iali,
| succeeded A. the come tin,e iba rar
slowed down in the middle Of the avenue
Seeing The car slow down The driver cave
! the horse the rein. Al the same time the
| motorman. having seen the buggy come
| to a stop, as he thought increased the
! speed of the car The result was that 1he
! two NARROWLY missed a collision
ut is remarkable haw MANY close calls
| we have where we are not at all to
| blame" said General Manager Lotion
when this subject was mentioned to him
| q was waiting for a car on a street cor
| ner In the southern section of the city
/ the other day Two little boys were play
ing with their velocipedes on the street
| AS a car was coming down Abercorn
! street they started a race along the cross
street The little chan who was ahead
was waving a flag with one hand and veil
ing for all he was worth. He neither saw
nor heard the car and narrowly ESCAPED