The sun., 1901-04-08
CAR DROPS INTO CANAL
Forty Persons Badly Injured In Acct
dent at Syracuse.
TROLLEY BREAKS A BRIDGE.
Several Pedestrians and a Horse and
Wagon Pile on Top of the Heap.
Lack of Water In Canal
saves Many Lives.

Syracuse, April 7.-While Il car on
the old east side suburban line OF the
Syracuse Rapid Transit company was
crossing the James Street bridge over
the Oswego canal, in the heart Oh the
city, the bridge suddenly gave way,
dropping the car and its 4o passengers
to the canal bed 80 feet below. Several
persons who were crossing the bridge
at the time went down with the car,
while horse and loaded lumber
wagon piled ON top of the heap.
About 40 persons were injured 1t is
not believed that any deaths Will re-
suit, although there are reports of sew
eral of the worst injured being danger
ously hurt.
Long List of Injured.
The list of seriously injured is as fol-
lows:
Mrs. A. w. Arnold, severe scalp
wound and shock; Mrs. John W. Mas
! ters, daughter of Mrs. Arnold, severe
cash in chin and badly bruised; q. nj.
Hall, dangerous wound in abdomen
and cheek lacerated; Fred Hall, in
ternally injured and severely bruised;
Miss Mary Mabelle Smiling. right leg
| fractured, head and body bruised arms
and knees injured, back strained ana
severe shock; Miss Carrie Chaffee,
rlavicle fractured, right wrist sprained,
both legs bruised, severe scalp wound
and shock; Hamilton Beardslce, two
left ribs broken. left shoulder sprained.
internally injured and ear sashed; Mrs.
James J. Barry. right side strained. left
knee hurt aud severely bruised; Mrs.
III. X. Hopkins. back strained: Charles
Wcinheimer. scalp wound and Internal
injuries; Ross w. Dennis, badly bruis-
cd and cut; Mrs. Ross W. Dennis. his
wife, similar injuries; Miss Lulu Den
mis-, face, scalp and leg cut; Michael
Tenz. two ribs broken; Miss Catherine
McEniry, chest and back bruised and
internal injuries Miss Agnes AIcEni-
ry, sister, right leg broken and arms
hurt: Mrs. NJ. ii. Hamilton, spine in
iured, right ear nearly severed. bruis-
ed about the body and severe shock;
Miss Maud Hamilton. cut about face
and head; Miss Minnie johnson. right
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face cut and severe shock; lSador
Poulot, bones of left foot fractured at
ankle, right leg dislocated and fore
head cut: Miss Grace Houser severe
shock; Richard Murphy, internally in
iured, body and head bruised: Mrs.
Hewitt, severe shock; Jacob Iwick.
, badly bruised and shocked Charles
Edward Derby, motorman, internal in
iuries, wrists and back cut: John Bar
ry, conductor back and hips bruised,
knees cut possible internal injuries.
Fortunate Absence OF Water.
, Had the canal been filled with water
the result of the accident would have
been terrible. The car struck the tow
path end first and then slid off into the
mud at the canal bottom, where il
. stuck. The water would have been
deep enough to cover all but few win.
/ lows and the front door, and many OF
0 the passengers would have undoubted
: ly perished.
When the crash came. persons on the
street called the fire department Lad
lers We're quickly lowered ami the in
n iured carried up and sent to theil
IS homes or TO hospitals i'll carriages an,
y ambulances. For n few minutes til,
y shrieks of women and children CAV,
II tile impression that several persons
: were killed, while The bloody condition
of those rescued gave terrible appear
ance to the scene.
For more than a year there hav
l. been criticisms of the condition Of In
= bridge, many predictions being mad
= by press and people that unless it WA
=. speedily strengthened an acciden
a. would happen. The bridge was abou
SO feet long and 80 feet wide. II wa
broken sharp off at both embanlmcnts
the entire structure going into til
a canal