The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-24

| a collision on saturday afternoon be-
| tween a passenger car of the Scranton
Railway company and IL car used for
carrying culm, at u point about mid
way between Court street and Dia-
mond avenue. resulted in the death
of one man and the serious injury Of
nine other passengers.
The man who received injuries
! which resulted in his death at the
Lackawanna hospital about two hours
after the accident happened was
Thomas Wright, of 1926 Swetland
street. The other persons who re-
| ceived serious injuries were as follows:
JOHN NJ DONOCGH. letter carrier, liv-
ing at 40 West Market street, leg
broken and bad body bruises
MISS HELEN JONES, of Putnam street.
leg broken and bruises about the face.
MRS. ARTHUR JONES. Putnam street,
bruises about the body
MRS. ANDREW COLEMAN of 1903
North Main avenue, ribs broken and
serious bruises.
MRS. WILLIAM n. LCrZ, of so. Dean
street. internal injuries.
DAWSON ,WEATHERHOG, of 403 Deck
ei's court. bruises about the legs.
DANIEL COLEMAN, Il years old, of 26o9
North Main avenue. foot badly bruised
and toe broken.
THOMAS RUDDY. Lacl'awa,inn avenue.
jaw broken and laccra tons about face
and body.
RICHARD \. LEWIS of los Dcckers
court. severe shock.
A number of other passengers whose
names could not be ascertained re-
ceived slight bruises and cuts.
Used the Down Track.
Since work was begun on the Provi-
dence road pave some time ago all
cars bound north have used the down
track from a point near Diamond ave-
nue. about q one-half the distance 10
Court street. They have back
switched at this latter point onto the
north-bound track and have proceeded
c.? in the ordinary way.
On Saturday afternoon about 4.l5
o'clock an old car used by the COM
pany in the transportation of culm
from the Bulls Head colliery to the
power house on Providence road
stopped near the cut-over below Court
street to permit Il north-bound car to
back onto the north bound track. The
culm car was in charge of MotOrman
A. Colvin, who was assisted by an
Italian laborer named Dominicll Boca-
cano.
1t is understood that Colvin made no
attempt whatever to go back along the
line and signal any other inbound car
to stop, despite the fact that there IS
a steep grade at the point where his
would prevent the motorman of an ap-
,S,i
within less than fifty feet
At any rate Car No. 149. loaded with
upwards of sixty passengers. and ten
minutes late left Providence square
about 4.12 o'clock. 1t was in charge
of Motorman II. Fl. Garren, who was
dc sirous of making up lost time. and
who kept the car bowling along at
pretty lively clip.
AS far as can be learned he did not
aprreciably slacken speed after pass
ing Court street and knew nothing Of
the culm car ahead until warned by
cry from passenger on the platform
who spied it as Car No. 149 was round-
ing the curve.
Rails Were Slippery.
Garren put on the brakes, but the
rails We're slippery and the car slack
ened speed only slightly Garren, re-
alizing a collision to be inevitable,
jumped from the car after warning
the passengers inside of their danger.
The latter gave startled screams of
terror, and had no time to prepare
themselves for the shock Of the coll
lision before it came.
Wright who was standing on the
front platform, was pinned against the
front of the car by the vestibule. which
was broken in pieces by the force of
the collision. McDonough, who was
also on the front platform. was caught
in similar manner.
thrown in confused heap on the
floor and in the wild stampede which
followed many We're trampled upon
and sustained serious injuries. A num-
ber were cut by flying bits of glass
from the shattered vestibule and brok-
en- windows.
- Wright was rendered unconscious
and was removed to the Lackawanna
hospital, where he was found to have
sustained fractured skull as we'll as
broken jaw and broken leg. He
lived until shortly after 6 o'clock, when
he passed away. having never reSaned
consciousness. The other injured pas
sengers We're taken into the Eureka
house and into dwellings nearby, and
were cared for by number of physi-
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