Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-03
BOTH OCCURRED IN SAME WAY
FROM SAME CAUSE.
THREE DEAD, SEVENTEEN HURT
TWO ELECTRIC STREET CARS RUN
INTO TWO OTHERS.
Forward Cars Had Lost Their Cur
rents and the Lights Had Gone
Outcome Collision in Pitts
burg, and other in
Philadelphia.

PITTSBURG, July 2.-As a result of
street car collision tonight on the road
Of the Mongahela Traction Company, two
people are dead, five seriously injured and
ten others more or less hurt. The dead are:
o. C. Opsion, of 41i1 Friendship avenue,
this city.
w. H. kirkland, motorman, of Braddock
The seriously injured are: II. H. Smith,
tailor, of Wylie avenue. Pittsburg. hurt
internally. Mrs. Anna Lawlor, Logan street,
Pittsburg, back badly crushed. Miss Jennie
Cosby, Columbus, o., visiting at 81 Logan
street; arm and side crushed. Al Repert,
| 1So Spring Garden avenue. Allegheny; cut
about throat and injured internally. Miss
Armstrong, right leg broken.
| Mrs. Shidler. of 1908 Viceroy street, was
pretty badly bruised and ten others whose
| names could not be learned, were more or
| less hurt.
The accident happened on a steep grade
near High bridge. The two cars in collision
were heavily loaded with passengers re-
| turning home from Kennywood park.
| Motorman Griffith stopped his car near
the bottom of the hill to get a drink of
water at a spring nearby. He had hardly
| left his car when the electric current, for
some reason as yet unexplained, was shut
| off, leaving the car in darkness. Motorman
Kirkland, with his car, followed shortly af-
| terward, and as the foremost car was in
| darkness it could not be seen until too late
| to check the speed. The rear car crashed
into the other with terrific force, almost
telescoping it.
Mr.. Opsion was standing on the rear plat
form of the first car, and received the full
force of the impact. Both of his legs were
cut off and his skull crushed. He liveC
but short time.
Kirkland was badly mangied. his head
and body being crushed. He lived about
an hour.
The scene of the accident is consider.
able distance from the city. and it wa:
some time before proper medical assist
ance could be rendered the injured. In thf
meantime the greatest excitement pre-
vailed. Many ladies and children were
among the passengers, and their cries ant
shrieks were appalling. Nearly everybody
on the two cars received some kind of al
injury, but those mentioned above are be
lieved to be all who are hurt in any wa!
seriously.
PHILADELPHIA, July IA collision O.
! electric cars occurred tonight on the VII
, low Grove division of the Union Traction
company near Branchtown, near the ex
, | treme northern edge of the city. A yount
man named j. 7. Carr, reporter for th'
Evening Bulletin, was killed and severa
others were badly injured.
A car had lost the trolly pole, and, be
, coming darkened, was not seen by the ca
| which followed. and the latter crashed int
the former while going at full speed. Car
was on the rear platform of the first car
) Herbert Fitzgerald, a passenger. an,
William Alexander, the motorman Of tn
second car, were seriously injured, ant
three or four others sustained sever
bruises or contusions.
Carr was 10 years old. He was a studen
at the University of Pennsylvania. an
. pulled the bow oar in the freshmen eight a
l Poughkeepsie last week.