The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-29
STREET CARS CRASH
MOToRMAN CURRY SUPPOSED TO
BE FATALLY INJURED.
CARLOAD OF YOUNG PEOPLE
RUN INTO by CAR GOING IN FOR
THE NIGHT.

Collision Occurred ut / O'Clock This
Morning on a Curve at Ahercorn
and Bolton Streets-Cars Nos. 400
and ia Went Together with n
Crash-Front Ends Mashed in and
Motormnn Curry Caught in the
DebrIs-Car 400 Carrying IA Thun-
derboIt Party Met No. ia Coming
From Isle of HOpe-MOtOrman
Biott Also Injured, But Passengers
Escaped.
As the result of a street car collision
at Bolton and Abercorn streets at
O'Clock this morning II. NJ. Curry mo-
torman of car No. 400 is seriously if
not fatally injured and Vardell Hot
rnotorman on car, No. ia, has his feet
injured.
Car No. 400 in charge of Motorman
Curry and Conductor w. NJ. Kensey,
was coming from the Casino at Thun-
derbolt with a party of twenty-five or
more who had been dancing there.
and had been specially chartered for
the trip No. ia in charge of motor
man Hiott and Conductor A. NJ Ed
wards, was coming from Isle of Hope,
and had turned into Bolton street TO
go TO the sheds when it crashed into
400 going the opposite direction. The
front end of car ia was torn away and
the vestibule of No. 400 was stuck IN
der its platform. Both cars being bad
~ wrecked.
Hiott saw that the crash was in
evitable. and jumped before the cars
met. sustaining sprains to his ankles,
but otherwise not being hurt. Car NO.
400 is one of the new cars with the ends
Vestibuled in. On account of this Cur
ry was unable to get out of the way,
and when the cars met he was jammed
into the woodwork and badly injured.
Passengers Thrown From Their
Seats.
The two cars met with sufficient
force to throw the occupants of car
No. 400 from the seats up, but for
tunately none of them We're injured.
Immediately after the collision Curry
was eNtricated from the mass of
broken woodwork. and laid on a seat.
He was not unconscious, but suffered
intense pain. one of his legs was said
TO be broken. DIR. Simmons was on
the car. and gave the in
jured man what attention he could
but could not make thorough exam
ination of his condition until he had
been removed 10 a proper place. The
police ambulance was summoned. and
he was taken to the Park View SAM
tarium, where the extent of the inju-
ries win be determined. DR.. Simmons
said that he feared the injuries are
serious. Hiott was also taken to the
hospital.
Conductor kensey's Statement.
Conductor Kensey stated to Morn
ing News reporter that he was col
lecting fares al the time of the crash.
His car approaching Apercorn street,
and was near the corner II was a spe
cial sent to Thunderbolt to bring in
party of dancers. There We're about
twenty-five people in the car. and
when the crash came he was thrown
TO the floor. but was not injured. The
occupants of the car were badly shak-
en- up, but none of them were injured.
He knew nothing about the cause of
the accident and did. not see car No.
ia until after the crash.
Didn't see No. 400.
Hot. the motorman of car No. ia
said that he was going to the shed
with his car and had just turned into
lobitOU street MNtn ne met NJ aOV. ne
did not know that an extra car was out
on the track and when he discovered
the other car he reversed his controller
but not in time to present the collision.
Seeing that the cars must come to-
gether he jumped and injured his left
ankle and also his right leg. Conduc-
tor Edwards corroborated the state
ment
The party on car No. 400 was COM
posed of young people and for a few
moments, there was a wild eXctment.
There were no passengers on No. ia.
Car No. 400 is one of the new cars
and very heavy one. The other is one
of the old cars and much lighter. It's
platform was smashed in, the woolS
work being damned into the front of
400. where Curry was pinioned. The
police made an investigation of the
case. and took the names of the car
men and others.