The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-09

westbrook was pressed backwards
on the broken front seats of his car,
with the dashboard pinnlng down his
legs and the front end OF the other car
bearing down upon his body. a great
part of it's weight resting on his arm
and thigh.
His blood was dripping through the
broken floor of his car, and he was in
the most intense agony, but during the
full half-hour that he was imprisoned
he never as much as urged the rescuers
to hurry.
Never mind me-" he said when the
first help arrived. Get the others
out"
Rev. ]. L. Race, pastor of the Stew
art Memorial church. together with a
number of his congregation who were
assembling for the 10 o'clock service,
and Conrad Lang, whose house is just
opposite Nebo church, were among the
first on the scene. Rev. Mr.. Race
doffed his coat, let his morning service
go by the board, and directed the work
of caring for the wounded.
BURIED IN THE DEBRIS.
Mr.. Lang carried out the wounded
motorman. It was impossible to raise
| the car that held him down, so Mr..
Lang went underneath the debris, tore
| away the splintered boards and got
him out in this way. The uninjured
male passengers, who numbered less
| than a dozen, also did all that they
| could in the way of succoring the
| wounded.
| A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Morgan was sitting between them, but
although both her parents were in
! jured and she was only released by
chopping away the wreckage that sur
rounded her, not as much as scratch
was found on her person.
The injured were carried to the
grassy commons by the side of the
road and made as comfortable as pos
sible till the arrival of physicians. DR..
Adam Stegner, of Rendham, was the
first to arrive. After him came DR.. j.
j. Timlin, of Old Forge; DR.. ]. l.. Grif-
| fiths, of Taylor, and DR.. Myer, of Reno
| ham.
Mrs. Judge, who is the wife of Post
master Judge, of Old Forge, was taken
home. The others were removed to
nearby houses and cared for by the
physicians, till the Railway company
officials came with carriages and an
ambulance to take them to a hospital
or their homes. as they chose.
Mrs. Brown was cared for at the
residence of Rev. and Mrs. Race until
removed to her home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan We're attended at the home of
John Murrane. Mrs. Lewis was taken
to the home of her friend, Mrs. Pascoe,
in Rendham, and is still there.
DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS HURT.
Grady and marlborough were able to
proceed on their journey without as
sistance. Watres, the young Pittsburg
man, who sustained a sprained ankle.
did not know he was injured until half
an hour after the accident when his
foot began to swell. He was visiting
| Mrs. Lewis, who is his cousin, and was
taken to her home in West Scranton.
Motorman Westbrook was placed on
a stretcher and laid in the shade while
| the doctors bound up his wounds. The
mine ambulance at the Jermyn col
lieries was in the shop for repairs and
the West Side hospital ambulance was
telephoned for. In the meantime, he
was taken to Fallon's hotel, and when
the ambulance arrived he was taken to
the Scranton Private hospital.
Chief Clerk Landers, Special Agent
Dyer, Master Mechanic Mullen and a
number of other officials Of the trolley
company, with a wreck car arrived
early on the scene and, after seeing ia
the injured, cleared the wreckage and
In three hours had the road in running
order again.
At late hour last night Mrs. Nor
gan's condition was reported to be ser.
ious by her attending physician, DR.
George Reynolds. 1t is feared that heI
internal injuries are much worse thar
the early symptoms indicated.
Motorman Westbrook's father anC
mother, Mr.. and Mrs Daniel West.
brook, arrived ten minutes after theil
boy passed away. A message was sent
to them as soon as possible, but they
did not receive 1t till 2 o'clock and the
firt train they could take arrived herr
at a few minutes before o'clock.
An undertaken from Brooklyn vii
come here this morning to take the
remains home for interment. Young
Westbrook was a member of Company
G., Thirteenth regiment, during the
Spanish war. He was in the employ
of the Scranton Railway company fol
about a year and boarded at 707 Adams
avenue.
| Coroner Roberts will make an In
| yestigat atiOn of the accident todnv