The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-11
TR0LLEYCARSCRASH
-Four Killed, Twsnty-six In
jured, at Providence.
CROWDED WITH PLEASURE SEEKERS

CROWDED WITH PLEASURE SEEKERS
Accident Caused by Efforts of a Mo-
t0rman to Make a Switch ON .
single Track ROad-Curve
Hid Approaching Car.
PROVIDENCE, June ia frightful
accident resulting in the loss of four lives
and the injuring of rs persons occurred
on the Oakland Beach Electric road yes.
terday. Two ears met in a head on col.
lision on sharp curve. The car com.
ing toward the city telescoped the down
trip car, crashing its way through to the
fifth seat.
The killed are: Arthur Lscomb, George
W. Baker, IS months old; Lewis G. San.
born, Providence; Ed u. Burroughs, mo.
torrnan.
The injured are: Lieutenant Governor
o. o. Kimball. Providence, not expected
to live; C. N. Kingsley, Pawtucket; Mrs.
Kingsley, Pawtucket; William Malliet,
l Prince street; H. A. Palmer. 81 Wey.
bosset street; H. r. Palmer, 298 Point
street. s. B. Bragg, 81 Carpenter street.
Mary Tourtilot, $50 Lockwood street;
William J. Bogerdy, Mrs. Bogerdy and
son, l Redwing street; Owen J. Hurley.
Mansfield; d. Balacock, 1874 Chaplin ave
nue.; George Baker, 10S Livingston
street: Mrs. Baker: Florence Baker,
Thomas Jackson and Mrs jackson, is
Gala street; E. j. Fleming, Mrs. Elem
ing and two children, 26 Susan street
unknown woman, 80 years old; J. E.
Brown, 41S Friendship street; +. T.
Manchester, Oakland Beach; Henry
Hanlon, motorman; Claude f. Harris
conductor.
The catastrophe H the worst on rec.
ord hereabouts, and additions to the
death list are hourly expected, as quite
number " the injured are at the hos.
pital in precarious condition. The &C.
cident occurred through the efforts Of
Motorman Burroughs to make a switch
on the line, which is a single track. He
had been given his signal to go ahead
and followed orders with the above re.
suits.
Ordinarily the cars run on 30 minute
schedule, but on Sundays the travel is
extremely heavy, and yesterday 10 min.
ute time was in vogue. The car which
left this city az II 80 was not one of the
regular cars on the road, heing smaller
and Of vestibuc build The ear left the
city terminus and before il had reached
the outskirts of the city was packed
passengers even standing in the aisles.
When the car reached Warwick stath94,
it stopped to allow passengers to alight
According to schedule, Conductor +. A
Manchester should have waited a few
minutes at the turnout to allow the up
bound Oakland Beach car to pass. He
rang the signal to go ahead, and Motor
man Edward d. Burroughs put on his
power, and the car was soon running at
a lively rate of speed. Just beyond the
station is curve, then straight stretch
of road, and then comes sharp curve in
a deep cut, where the hill was cut
through to make way for the rails. Ii is
impossible for a motOrman to see he.
yond the curve. as on the left is high
bank, hiding the rails from view. The
regular car left Oakland Beach on its
trip to the city, and Motorman Harry
Hanlon was making his regular time to
the turnout at the Warwick station. He
was unconscious of the fact that the
down hourd car was speeding on its er.
rand of death and destruction. Sudden.
ly there flashed before his vision car
sweeping toward him. The curve seem.
ed 10 lend additional speed to the ears.
Quick as a flash Hanion shut off his
power and applied his air brakes. which
stopped the car instantly The down
bound car came on in spite of the efforts
of the motorman to check it's speed
There was a crash, and the car telescop
ed. The Oakland Beach car tore its way
through the other car, crushing all he
fore it like an eggshell.