The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-11
FOUR KILLED, MANY INJURED.
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION BETWEEN
TWO CROWDED CARS.

man Burroughs Was Trying to
Make n switch on the Line when
the other Cnr Came Upon H3m-He
Was Instantly Killed in the Crash
That Followed.
Providence. r. l.. June 1o-A frightful
accident resulting in the loss of four lives
and the injuring of twenty-six persons.
occurred on the Oakland Beach e!ectric
read at noon to-day
Two cars met IN a head-on collision on
a sharp curve. The car coming toward
the city telescoped the down trip car,
crashing its way through to the fifth
seat
The dead are Arthur Liscomb. George
w. Baker. fifteen months old: Lewis c.
sanborn, Providence; Ed. D. Burroughs.
motorman.
The Injured are Lieut. Gov. o. o. KIM
ball Providence; c. N. Kingsley. Paw
tucket Mrs. Kingsley. Pawtuckst; vii
liam Mallet. No. / Prince street; II. A.
Palmer. Providence; II. T. Palmer. Prov
idence; S. B. Bragg. Providence Mary
Tourtillot, Providence: William j Boger-
dy Owen j. Hurley Mansfield; Ms.
Bogerdy and son, No. Redwirg street;
D. Balacock, 1874 Chaplin avenue Georse
Baker, los Livingston street; Mrs. Baker
Florence Baker, Thomas jackson and Mrs.
Jackson, IS Gala street; E. j. Fleming,
Mrs Fleming and two children, 26 Susan
street; unknown woman 80 years old. j.
f Brown. IS Friendship street; f. z.
Manchester. Oakln Reach; Henry Hanlon.
car motorman; Claude Z. Harris con-
ductor.
Additions to the death list are hourly
expected. as several of the injured at
The hospital are in a precarous con-
dition The accident occurred through
the efforts of Motorman Burroughs to
make switch On the line. which IL q
single track. He had been given his sig
nal TO go ahead, and followed orders,
with the above results
How the Accident Occurred.
The accident took place on the suburban
| line between this city and Oakland Bench,
a summer resort some twelve miles dis
tant. Ordinarily the cars run on thirty
minutes schedule but on Sundays the
! travel is extremely heavy and to-day
| hfteen-minute times was in vogue. The
| car which left this city at 1l:30 was not
one of the regular cars on the road, being
smaller and of vestibule build. The car
left the city terminus and before it reach
ed the outskirts OF the city was packed.
passengers even standing in the aislss.
When the car reached Warwick station 1t
stopped to allow passengers to alight.
According to schedule. Conductor Nam
chester should have waited few min
| utes at the turnout to allow the up-
bound Oakland Beach car to pass. He
rang the signal 10 so ahead and Motor
man Burroughs put on his power. and
| the car was soon speeding at a. lively rate.
Just beyond the station is a curve, then
straight stretch Of road, and then a
| sharp curve in deep cut. IL is impos-
sible for motorman to see beyord tho
| curve, as on the left is d high bank, hid
ing 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 10
the turnout at the Warwick station.
Suddenly there flashed before his vision
| a car sweeping toward him. The curve
seemed TO lend additional speed 10 the
cars. Quick as a fash Hanlon shut of
his power and applied his airbrakes
which stopped the car instantly. The
doWn-bound car came on In spite of the
efforts of the mosorman to check its
speed.
Results Were Terrible.
There was a crash and the cars tele-
scoped. The Oakland Beach car tore its
way through the other car, crushing all
before 1t like an eggshell. On to the
nth seat went the bunter of the up
bound car, carrying death and injury i'm
its wake. AIotorman Burroughs was in
stanuy killed.
The scene that followed were heart
rending. Under the wreckage were inani-
mate bodies, while groanS and Shrieks OF
the injured filled the air. Those who were
not injured were frantic in their efforts
to locate their companions. Calls were
sent out for assistance. and corps of
doctors were soon at The scene. Willing
hands helped to extricate the injured,
who were conveyed TO Warwick station.
Two cars were equipped with cots, and
with doctors and assistants were dis
patches from this city to the wreck.
The wounded we're placed on the cars
and conveyed to Elmwood station, where
two ambuances from the hospital were in
waiting.
Lewis C. Sanborn, who was injured in
ternally, died on his way 10 the city. A
woman who was afterward identified as
Mrs Fred Andrews a daughter of Mr.
Sanborn. was conveyed to the hospital in
a precarious condition. Her injuries con-
sisted of a left arm and right foot crush
ed Her spine was injured. She was, at
last reports, delirious and not expected
to live. The fifteen -months-old child OF
NlT. ana hIS. GeOfBe w. BAKER was kllIe0.
Mr.. Baker is probably fatally injured
while his wife and daughter escaped with
slight injuries.
The fourth victim was Arthur G. Lis
comb, Among the passengers was Lieut..
Gov. Charles D. Kimball He was hurt
internally and received a conclusion OF
the brain. He was unable to be moved
from the Warwick station, and II u
thought his injuries will prove fatal. Mary
Tourtillet is also fatally injured. her back
being broken.
Some Of the Injured VIII Die.
While the list OF the injured is now
numbered at twenty-six. there are nu-
merous persons whose injuries cannot yet
be determined. At the hospital, where
eight of the injured were conveyed, Il Is
stated that II Is expected that two will
not survive the night
The fact that the regular car stands
higher on its trucks than the car wreck
ed. added to the seriousness OF the COL
lson. for instead Of the bunters me T.
ing the bunters Of the regular car. they
slid over and crashed into the body of ths
car. The down-bound car was not equip
ped with airbrakes and handbrakes were
not equal to the emergency. and in fact
had IL been supplied with airbrakes. Il IL
a question whether the car could have
been stopped in time.
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