The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-08
Car from kinIOCh Park and a
Private Car, Occupied by
President Turner, Came
IOgether-Passengers
Cut and Bruised.

, collision on the Suburban road between
IN, private ear kininch. westbound. "cv"-
pied 10y President Charles II. Tusn':. ana
passenger ear No. l3i. eastbouud. occurred
last night at a point about u quarter oi "a
mil,. wrs, Of Ramona Park.
The ,arS met while running at "A hiSn
rate oi speed. ana the shock was :" s'N'l"
that il came near resulting seriously i"I
:, veral uf the passengers. mi~Hn'."i-
StaIdine Of orders MAS IN, reason AS
sigued tor the accident.
Th, last regular passenger ear from h'A-
Iuch Park ieuvcs rher" al ga a m. ""h
Yesterday it WAS crowded with pa-S'A-
g,r-. rycn tl.c rear platform hcinS filled.
Tn, ear has 4 clear run lS - usual 'hiAS'
connections being mad" 1T Nai!"nS
switches >, the mot"rnan started II of
at a rapid rate.
The private ear K:uloca, occupied b.
President Charles ". Turner. had lcft Wells
Station short time before. and the ~"
cars came in sight "f each other about a
quarter Of a mile west OF Ramona Park
II i supposed that Mutorman MuSSrdFe
of the passenger ear imagined that tn" 9th
er ear was waiting on switch fyf him nj
that MuInrman Ford OF the private ear was
under the same impr, ssiou. Al any rate.
| the cars ran at rapid rdi' uni' ih"y NeE"
| 20" close l. each other IL 10" stopped
| Both mutormen saved themselves ny
jumping. ana the ears came toG the! vi II
sr,at lore, ne pass[rseFT ~, n,,flrn 1aTrS
| wee thrown Violently against the door anu
. The rear ia aSi board. ~ there were srN''' II
| women on board. the greatest eNriitmyn NJ
| prevailed The cars struck Zach other Win
| such force that the front platform ne
| came wrdEed together aud could not Oe
| disconnected.
| several Of the passengers were badly
| bruised and the leg of one was badly M
| iurcd. r. :. Lockwood of No. *ii Chestnut
| street. employed in J. u. l.Ucas's office AZ
| Knloch. was badly cut in The forehead and
| nose by being thrown against the door -
| the ear. Several of the women were 50
| badly shaken up mat they were almost
4 frustrated. Nh lockwood said last night
| The car 7 was was running very rap,
| idly-at least twenty miles an hour ! u'I
| to stand ON the rear platform with others
4 ant, a few minutes before the COLLISION lnt
speed became great that w wer" all
commenting on IT
all Knocked violently iihSt the eud oi the
/ car and | cut my head badly on the door
/ TN, women were greatly scared and began
| 10 scream, and instead of helping them the
| nrotoruan said that II WAS wonder some
\ Of them did NOS get killed. they got so eN-
| cited.
| "A man they said WAS Turner got off the
| private car and commenced telling MS wt
| Were not hurt. Then they sent smother ca'
up from the terminus and pulled both carr
back to the switch
| One mans leg YVES badly hurt and u was
4 said to ne broken. He was taken 10 a nous
| near by. | believe An old lady was also
quite BADLY injured.
| AT the general office of the Suburban Al
| peHodiamont /, was said that a Inisunder
| Standing of orders caused the collision an'
that no one was hurt. The private ear va
In charge uf Muturmar Ford and Conductor
| Keavenev and the passenger car III 'u.'ts'
| of Natorman MusgraVe and tondu|tol
| Tcister Among the passengers on tne csti
| who ver. badly shaken up WtL' l. -
I ..
| Jjftl. of No go Benton street and MIS-
| Charles Grant Of Prairie avenue. near Eas
| exceDt President Turner and the porter
| Both escaped injury.