The evening times., 1900-03-20
FIFTEEN PERSONS HURT
A Disastrous Trolley Car Collision
in Newark, N. j.
On Down Grade Motor Dashes
Into One Ahead-Paaic of the Pas
of the Wreck Painting and Bleed
inG-The Motorman Lost Control.

NEW YORK March 20.-At least fifteen
persons were injured in rear end trolley
car collision at BelIeville Avenue and
Clark Street in Newark. y. j. last night.
Several are so severely hurt that they may
die but the wonder is that they were not
killed outright.
Belleville car No. 7OS crashed at full
| speed into Newark and Paterson car No
| 27S, which had stopped to let off passen-
| gers and had scarcely gotten under head
| way again. Both vehicles were south
| bound
Among the injured are:
Joseph Sullivan. No 46 John Street
bei!eVille. head and arm hurt.
Mrs. Emma Kirk. No. 17S Bank Street
Internal injuries and head cut
MRS. Rose Weynauss. No, 14e Spr,,,i,
street; head and body cut and bruised
Daniei "alhans. No. Railroad Place
"oodslde, head badly injured
"rs. Annie Coellin, Belleville. head .nd
arm hurt. He"d ana
Mrs Rose f. Bird No eos North Finn
street Harrison. arm broken.
MISS Jennie Dolan. Harrison. body in
Jured and probably internally hurt
George Buchanan, No. 1i6 Verona Ave
hue, head and body hurt.
James HefIeran BeIleyiIle head or,,
! and hand hurt H.
Alexander Meeker. Plane Street. legs and
head hurt
When the collision occurred both cars
were well filled with passengers. II came
with scarcely an instant's warning and
that the half dozen persons on the rear
platform OF the Paterson car had time to
escape injury by jumping was little short
OF miracle
inside the cars when the crash came the
passengers were thrown into a heap in
one end OF each vehicle. and instantly there
vas panic. Men and women were piled
up in a struggling mass Everyone was
lighting for himself or herself Women
we're screaming and men were yelling.
Women tainted from fright and from
sight of the blood which was fowing from,
faces and hands. Men in the crowd whicn
gathered sprang into the cars and carried
the injured and fainting men and women
TO neighboring stores and dwellings, where
they were treated by physicians. The Of
| lice ot DR.. Sweeney. near the scene of the
accident was converted into a temporary
| hospital. As fast as those who had tainted
in cabs. ana the others were taken home
in ambulances or cabs furnished by the
trolley company. as soon as their injuries
could be attended to.
Several of the most seriously hurt were
accompanied to their homes by physicians
at the request cf the trolley company on
cials. who reached the scene shortly after
the accident. Much feeling was shown by
the crowd against the motorman of The
Belleville car. and if anyone had been
killed it would have gone hard with him.
His excuse for having crashed at full
tilt into the Newark and Paterson car was
that because of the rain and consequent
slippery rails on a slight down grade he
was unable to avert a collision. The mo-
torman and conductor were arrested and
locked up in the Second precinct police
station. They are Williams McLane. of
81 WakcmaR Avenue, and William Reid. of
1f Court Street Both cars were badly
damaged The front platform OF one and
the rear platform of the other were de-
molished. and all the windows were bro
ken.