The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-13
CAR AND WAGON CoLLIDEO.
roLE OF HOSE WAGON CRASHED
THROUGH TROLLEY can.

.e.tdent Occurred Yesterday Morn
tnx nj the intersection Of DrRyton
aud nroughton streets-tIRrm of
Fire Had Deen sent IN From Box
~. ON Account of BinHc mt the
southern Naval stores Company's
store ON bryan street-Motormnn
richardson DId Not Understand
signals and Came "a stop In the
Mny Of the Hose Wagon.
The hose wagon from No. o engine house
IN oglethorpo avenue. cast. coihded yes
,.r8av morning &C about 10 o'clock with
-sr AZ the intersection 81 Broughton
I'D Drayton streets. The hre apparatus
mas responding TO al alarm that had been
--r from box No. :. corner OF Bay and
r,-,vton streets. and che car as do ali
that run on the Broughton loop. was go
ius west.
i, Vas only through the circumstance
~ the car being practically empty that
very serious accident was avcrtcd. by a
t,-tupate chance there wers only lady,
..,ored boy. the mortorman and the
.rnHINHfUF AnONiu AAAN AhAf Att@ At"ftN 20
these was in the crack that was fol-
,.osl by the pole OF the hose wagon as
d, ,nshed through the car. staving
hole In either side.
Had anyone been sitting where the pole
entered or upon the opposite side me
-.ssr would have been serious. such
,..t5e force Of the collision that the pole
81 not stop merely upon entering the
sac OF the car u first struck but came
ON on the other side. knocking OF
PORTION OF the panel.
Notormau y h. Richardson was
charged with responsibility for the acc'-
aeuf and was arrested FOR having oa-
s.ructed hrc apparatus while % was on
che way 10 the fire. the charge having
been made by Supt. Mcguire % the fire
denartment The motorman claimed thar
Do was confused by the outcries Of those
VINO saw that a collision with the ap
uro5-hing hose wagon was imminent. aud
sought 70 stop the car
The chemical engine az No. had been
fsfenhoned for from the Southern Naval
stores Company's store al the corner o.
Abercorn and Bryant streets. where the
taze was that called out the apparatus.
some one. not knowing that a telephone
message had been sent. and seeing that
there wns a IRE a. the Naval Stores Com
p1ny's store. turned in the alarm from
box No z. Il was la response 90 this
alarm that the rest OF the apparatus turn
Cd out.
when the street car arrived az Drayton
street the chemical engine hnd passed on
toward Bryan. having been driven north
On Drayton. the prescribed route. The
hose wagon was not far behind. and Fore
man Arthur T0shach Of No. was on b..
lie said the motorman WAS "rubberug'
after the chemical that had gone by ia
a hurry. and seemed absolutely uncon-
eerned as TO whether an ignore apparatus
was 10 follow.
The shouts OF the firemen on the hose
wagon and Of the driver. Charles Esense.
combined with those Of the crowd. at
tracted the attention OF the motorman,
but he then became too confused 20 know
juss what to do. The nrcmen wanted him
% go on across the street 10 make room
for the wagon to pass. but the motorman
said afterwards that ne understood those
among the spectators who We're yelling
az him 20 say stop and stop he did.
The nremen. seemed 10 believe he had
stopped already and was On intent up
or watching the course Of the chemical.
Foreman Toshach said the hose wagon
vas about Broughton stree, lane when the
mot1rmnn saw IL. and the foreman
thought there was plenty OF time 20 get
the car under way and across Drayton
street oy che time the hose wagon realued
Tho track. The motormau said he lost
bis head. however. and that was prob
ably the reason the accident could not
b. avoided.
Driver ERense pulled in on his pair Of
whites and had them pretty we'll iu hand
hy the time the car was reached. but the
horses We're IN a trot. and the force OF
their impact with the car scut them TO
:he pavement. where they lay until the
hrcmen could jump from the wagon ard
unharness them. The horses then strug
gled 20 their feet. but one was SO severely
cui about the legs that he had 60 b.
taken 20 veterinary surgeon for treat
ment The other Is biz sore from the
fal land compression he got between che
car and the hose wagon, but Is sull Ia
service.
great crowd gathered about the scene
a. the accident. People came from all
directions. as they will when there has
been an alarm OF fire and some such scene
occurs 10 attract their attention. The
police that appeared had difficulty ~
clearing tho streets. There was q rumot
that some had been hurt ia the acciden..
and that added TO the excitement until
the real state OF affairs was understood.
But little damage was done by the ire
a. the Southern Naval Stores Company
store. 4 movable oil stove was BURNING
near a pile Of -four In sacks and was
either overturned or exploded. The oi
splashod about. and the flames were com
fuunicated 10 the sacks that held the -four
Someone ran to the telephone to send tha
message for the chemical engine. while
others threw crocus bags and water upon
tho flames. practically emothcriug them
before tho arrival OF the FIRE apparatus
President W. c. Powell OF the company.
ssd the damage was but slight. and wa
covered nv Insurance