Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11
C0LL|DEO.
FRlGHTFUL COLLISION ON A
PROVIDENCE, R. l., SUBURBAN
ELECTRIC RoAD-HEART-
~z7 RENDING SCENES.

! providence. Il. l., June 11-By COLI
hslon which occurred in Warwick on tba
SUBURBAN line OF the Union railroad yes
eeluay afternoon. two cars striking end
on 1our persons Were killed and about Or
injured, of whom three are probably IA
tally hurt
Lieutenant Governor Kimball is among
phose who are not expected to live
Inc dead: Arthur Lscomb, George w
Baker, Is months old; Lewis G, Sanbnrn
OF providence, e. d. Burroughs. motor
man. l'i'.oi
The injured: Lieutenant Governor O
o. kimball of Providence, C. Kingsley
or PaWtucket, Mrs. Kingsley of Paw
tucket William Maliet H. A. Pelmer.
II. i. Palmer. A. B. Bragg, Mary Tow
| ni!ot. william J. Bogerdy. owen J. Hur-
icy OF Mansfield, Mrs. Bogerdy and son,
y; b. Alcock. George Baker. Mrs Baker.
Florence Baker. Thomas jackson, Mrs.
jackson. E. J. Flemia and two children.
unknown woman, 32 years old: j. E.
Blown, r. e. Manchester of Oakland
LeBach, Henry Hanlon. ear motorman:
Claude e. Harris. conductor.
The accident took place on the subur~
ban line between this .ity and Oakland
beach, a summer resort Il miles distant
| Ordinarily the cars run on 3U-minute
schedules, but on Sundays the travel is
extremely heavy, and today 15-mnute
time was in vogue. The car left the city
and before it had reached the outskirts
,of the city was packed passengers even
standing in the aisles. When the car
reached Warwick station it stopped 10
allow passengers to alight. According 20
schedule Conductor f, A. Manchester
should have waited few minutes at the
turnout to allow the up bound Oakland
beach car to pass. He rang TIA. signal
to go ahead and Motorman Edward D.
Burroughs put on his power. and the car
was soon speeding at a lively rate. Just
beyond the station is a curve then
straight stretch of road and hen sharp
curve in deep cut. 1t is impossible for
a motorman to see beyond the curve, as
on the left is a high bank, hiding the
rails from view.
The regular car left Oakland beach on
it's trip to the turnout at the Warwick
station. Suddenly there flashed before
his vision a car sweeping toward him.
The curve seemed to lend additional
speed to the cars. Quick as a flash Han
Ion Shut off his power and applied the
air brakes, which stopped the car in
stantly. The down bound car came N
in spite of the efforts of the motorman to
check its speed.
There was crash and the cars te1e-
scoped. The Oaklan. beach car tore ts
way through the other ear, crushing all
before it like an eggshell. On to the fifth
seat went the bunter of the upbound
car, carrying death and injury in its
wake. Motorman Burroughs was in-
stantly killed
The wounded were placed on the cars
and conveyed to the Elmwood station.
where ambulances from the hospital
were in waiting. Lewis G. Sanborn. who
was injured internally. died on lis way
to the city. Mrs. Fred Andrews. daugh-
ter of Mr. Sanborn, was conveyed to the
hospital in a precarious c.ldition. Her
injuries consisted of an arm and foot
crushed and her spine was also injured.
She is reported in a dangerous condition
and is not expected to live. The 1i-
months old child of Mr. and Mrs George
w. Baker was ki.led. His parents es-
capped with slight injuries.
Tha fourth victim was Arthur ]. Lis
comb. Among the passengers was Lieu
tenant Governor kimball. He was hurt
internally and received a concussion OF
the brain. He was unable to be moved
from the Warwick station, and it is
thought this his injuries will prove fatal.
Mary Tourtolliot is also fatally injured.
her back being broken.