The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-07
CAR ACCIDENT N TACOMA
SIXTY PERSONS WERE KILLED.
EaGhteen Injnrea IN m Aeeiaent--
Electric Car Went over Graae-
D9wa sSxty Feet Isto the Deep
GuIeh.

Tacoma, Wash, July GA crowded cleo
the car from South TaeOma crashed
through bridge At Seventeenth and ID
streets at $3.50 wednesday morning.
Twenty were killed and thirty injured and
horribly niAngled. People were coming
into the city TO witness the esisbratiOn-
The most appalling accident ever known
In the history Of Tacoma occurred yester-
day. when al $3.50 an Edison car. loaded
with e1cursionists coming 20 see the pa
rade, was dashed down 70 feet over the
bridge al the guleh where the track runs
from d street, burying the Passen-
gers, among whom were many wOanrn and
children, under the wreck u the car. The
car turned completely over and mansied
the unfortunate victims into UNI ecogniE-
able shapes ~ the debris crashed on down
The steep side Of the guleh.
Where the car sent off there y sharp
curve, At the foot Of q steeP grade. Iuss
how the accident occurred will neleT be
known, but a. the car struck the curve
instead Of following the rails. IL ~hiried
completely over and pitched from tne
bridge, striking on its top, the heavy
trucks and body Of the car crashing the
irail upper works 10 splinters and smash
ing down upon the mass Of men. women
and children. Aith which the car vas
loaded.
In the guleh confused mass II wrecked
car, bridge tinaberH. and killed and
mAngled Peopls made the heart Of the be
holder sink.. Telephone messages foT dee
tors from the 81. Joseph hospital To tA'
rentral station brought quick TesPcnse
polirenea and ciyilians Nere seat in hAsts
and every physician In the city Was noti
aed. Telephone wins were kept hot aitr
repeated calls and not an effort VAS losi
70 get every available doctor in toHn-
A. the bodies Of the victims wen
brought up cut OF the guieh. sope q
them HaAngied Out of all recognition
hsartr~hiing soen-a were eveTyNfef'
s.~n as mothrrs found their dead an
manRied children. Others SeT@ add.
rushing around hooking for friends thai
had brrn On the fatal car, and sEerynler'
scattered about on the ground at the cde'
1 ot Inc EnAch NefN ppassA " N'"s NN'''N'
and children. some Of Them Stli alive AM
sane just gasPing their last breath. ofte'
with nobody TO give them the least Atten
ton, 80 busy Was the crowd in The vol
oi r~scne OF In hunting for frieads Wis
might be- in the wreck.
Mangled remains Of the victims ~ei'
hroaght up out Of the guien in blanket
and gunnysAoks. and those not kiile'
were borne TO the waiting cars to carr!
them to their homes OF TO the hospitals
the sight making the stoutes: hoAT: sink
The fire department., As ael as the 20
iice patrol, ~As early on the ground q
assist in the work Of rescue
Twenty-Five dead wsFe counlei sroun'
on the ground or ON the b'idge. Aher
they we're half covered IN ~iih gnnny
sacks. OF lay stark and mAnslei IN pool
81 blood under the ier4 Of the nlnlu,1d,
who passed thrm with shualrr TO loo'
n the wreck far down the hank Of III
Rulch. More than a. many m"rc Ser
earned away in carriages, Alnbulanccs an
the patrol wagon and in the cars ~h'c
the railway company scnt 70 the scene
Parry away the wounded.