The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11
OIB OF The CARS TELESC5P1D
TROUBLE OCCURRED IN TRYING
TO MAKE A SWITCH FROM
SINGLE TRACK
BODIES UNDER THE WRECK
some of the Passengers Escaped
without Injury Heartrendine
Scene Follows the Coming
Together of the Cars.


Iul accident resulting in the loss of four
lVes and the injuring of twenty-six per
SONS occurred on the Oakland Beach Elec.
trlc road at noon today. Two cars met
In head-on collision or a sharp curve
The car coming toward the city telescoped
the down-trip car, crashing its wav
through 10 the fifth seat.
ARTHUR LISCOMB
GEORGE w. BAKER, fifteen months
LEWIS c. SANBORNE. Providence
Ed ID. b. BURROUGHS, motorman.
Inc injured are: Lieut. Gov. O q
hlmball Providence: c. n LIinoeley
Pawtucket; Mrs Kingsley. PawtTcIlet'
william Malliel, No. l Prince street. H
a Palmer, 62 Weybosset street; Fl. n
falner, 29S Point street; S. b Bragg 6i
carpenter street; Mary TourtiIlot 15N
I-ekWood street; William j. Bogerdv
OWan J. Hurley. Mansfield: Mrs. Bogerdv
ana SON. No. l Redwing street: d r
AIlcock, l34 Chapin avenue: George Ral--
er, los Livingston street; Mrs Raker
Florence Baker, Thomas Jackson and
MITE jackson, Is Gala street: e J. Elem
ing ana two children 26 Susan street.
unknown woman, thirty-two years Of
age }. q Brown, AIS Friendship street.
Il. Manchester, Oakland Beach: Henry
Hanlon, car motorman; Claude E. Harris
conductor.
MORE DEATHS EXPECTED.
Additions to the death list are hourly
expected, as several of the injured are at
the hospital in a precarious condition
The accident occurred through the efforts
OF Motorman Burroughs to make a sw. .tch
on the line, which is a single track. He
mad been given his signal to go ahead.
and followed orders, with the above ia.
suits The accident took place on the sub
urban lire between this city and Oakland
Beach summer resort some twelve miles
distant,
Ordinarily the cars run on a thirty-min-
ute schedule, but on Sundays the travel
Is extremely heavy, and today fftesn-
minute time was in vogue. The car which
left this city at 11:3O was not one of tho
regular cars on the road. being smaller
and of vestibule build. The car left rhs
city terminus, and before it had reached
the outskirts was packet passengers even
standing in the aises. When the car
reached Warwick station It stopped to al
low passengers to alight According t3
schedule, Conductor f. A Manchester
should have waited few minutes at the
turn to allow the up-bound Oakland Beach
car to pass. lie rang the signal to 60
ahead and Motorman Edward d. b. Bur
roughs put on the power and the car was
soon speeding along at a lively rate.
Just beyond the station is a curve, then a
straight stretch of road, then sharu
curve and a deep cut. 1t is impossible
for motorman to see beyond the curve.
as on the left IS a high bank hiding tho
rails from view. The regular car left
Oakland Beach on its trip to the city,
and Motorman Harry Hanlon was MAX
ing his regular time to the turn out az
the Warwick station. Suddenly thera
Mashed before his vision car sweeping
toward him. The curve seemed 10 lead
additional speed to the cars Quick as q
flash Hanlon shut off his power and ap-
piled his air brakes, which stopped the
car instantly. The down-bJund car came
on in spite of the efforts of the motor
man TO check its speed There was a
crash as the cars telescoped The OAK
land Beach car tore its way through the.
other car, crushing all before ii like an
egg shell. On to the front seat went the
up-bound car carrying death and injury
in its wake. Motorman Burroughs was
instantly killed.
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
The scenes that followed were heart
rending. Under the wreckage were IMAM
innate bodies, while grOans and shrieks
came from the car. The passengers who
were uninjured were frantic to locate their
companions. Calls for help were sent II
the city and doctors were soon at tho
scene Willing hands helped 10 extricate
the injured, who were conveyed to tho
Warwick station. Two cars were equipped
with cots and doctors and assistants vera
dispatched from this city to the wreck
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
The injured were placed In cars and
conveyed to the Elmwood station where
two ambulances from the hospital We're
in waiting. Lewis ChinbOurne, who was
internally injured. died on his way 10
the hospital.
A woman, who was afterwards identi-
fled as Mrs. Fred Andrews, a daughter
of Mrs. Sanborn, was conveyed 70 the
hospital in a precaTious condition. Her
injuries consisted of a left arm and right
foot crushed. Her spine was also lnjur-
ed. She was, at last reports, delirious
end is not expected to live. The fifteen
months old child Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Baker was killed. His parents es-
capped with slight injuries.
The fourth victim was Arthur G. LIS
comb. Among the passengers was Lieut.
Gov Charles w. Kimball. He was hurt
internally and received a cOncussion OF
the brain. He was unable 10 be moved
from the Warwick station, and it is
thought that his injuries will prove fatal.
Mary Tourtilot is also fatally injured.
her back being broken.