Evening journal., 1902-03-08
Runaway Crashed Into Wagons Along Its
Route, Manning Men and Animals
and Causing CONSERVATION.

wise OF the street. 1t is a completel
wreck. Ihe front was crushed in, andl
'ndd the mOtOrman remained on thel
platform he would have been killed.
After jumping across Front street, |
the car struck a wagon, in which twol
little boys We're sitting. The vehiclel
was damaged, but the youngsters es-
capped unhurt They disappeared with |
out telling their names.
! When it was seen that It was impos-l
Sible to avoid a collision in Markell
street just north of Front street. thel
motorman locked the doors and adj
vised the people to crowd as near thel
rear as possible When the crashl
came the people were tossed from theirl
seats, despite the fact that they hadl
/ gripped them to steady themselves.
i Flying glass and splinters of wood en-
tered the car. All escaped injury with
the exception of Mr.. Culbert and Mr.
Baldwin.
Railway Men Were Cool
j Too much cannot be said in praiseI
of the conductor and mOtorman.
! Throughout the fearful ride they were
cool and collected, and repeatedly as
lsured the passengers that they were I'M
j no danger if they kept their seats.
i When the car came to- a standstill inI
Market street between the railroad
and Front street, the passengers we're
helped off. The women were as COM
4 posed as the men. They soon disap-
7 peared in the crowd.
4 The wrecked car was soon sur
| rounded by people. Hundreds who saw
> the runaway ran down Market street,
and were on the scene soon after the
car stopped. One of them was George
Anderson, a dispatcher
Il was standing at Fourth and Mar
+ ket Streets he said when the car
3 eleped past me. It was going so fast
that l could not see how many were
in the car. l ran down the street, but
the passengers had alighted before
arrived. There is no doubt but that
the crew did all possible. Both men
were pulling at the brakes when / saw
q them. There is no doubt but that
Il the car got away from the men. We
e have not yet made an examination to
q ascertain just what part of the machin-
r cry gave way. We will do so as soon
e as possible.
:. Although the accident was a hOrri-
r BILE one, we were lucky that there was
b not another car at Front and Market
S streets. Had such been the case. there
s is no telling what the result would
g have been.
Many Narrow Escapes
70 It would be impossible to tell of all
the narrow escapes Joseph Bridges
e colored, was riding on the Bush coal
T. wagon with Jefferson. He was thrown
d off, but was not injured.
. . Caring for Injured
y The injured were given the best
(, possible care under the circumstances
n After Chambers was Thrown from his
8 wagon and his wounds were temporar-
, lily dressed in Bringhurst's drug store
- he was taken to his home in the Phoe-
n nix ambulance. William Jefferson
who was the most seriously hurt, was
l. placed i'm the patrol wagon and takeI
o to the Delaware Hospital IL was re
= llported that his leg was broken in two
is places AT o'clock this afternoon ht
n was resting as we'll as could be ex
h pected.
10 j. H. Morris, the express driver
n was treated by DR.. II. G. Buckmaster
10 His back and hip were hurt. He wal
removed to his home.
,oI DR.. j. II. Mahany's ambulance re
r moved the injured horses to his hos
~ pital. It may be necessary to XII
70 them. Both were badly mangled
,el A few minutes after the acciden
"a the wreck car arrived at the scene. ant
n began the work of clearing away tn,
70 debris. Travel was delayed but ;
n short time.
sel Hundreds of people remained at th
A. scene for over two hours after the ac
70 cident, inspecting the car and trying Il
IN learn the facts. Many carried ava,
ID pieces of wood and iron as souvenirs.
", Mr.. Culbreth's Story
n Thomas NJ. Culbert. of the Wate
SIS Department, got on the car at tn
Is. Baltimore and Ohio depot, and intend
ne ed to get OFF at Sixth street. Whe
as seen by an Evening Journal reporte
as at - o'clock. Mr.. Culbert said: Il di
10 not tell Conductor Jones to stop a
oy Sixth street. because Mrs. Good, VIII
"a sat next to me. had told him to do 81
- As the car crossed over the People
NC railway tracks at Sixth street and wa
i. nearing the City Hall, l hailed tn
-is conductor and asked why he had nc
,Ie stopped.
to "I can't stop. The car is runnin
yn away he replied.
sci 81 am going to get off, said, bl
ev before l could reach the platform /
oil grabbed me by the collar, saying: N
elk no; if you do you will be killed
m III land all right in that sno
bank and will not be hurt / told hir
ID The conductor would not let go of n
nd until had promised not to jump
lesl Fifth street we narrowly missed hi
et, ting the team of Sheriff Mcdaniel, an
il was as much as Conductor Jon
lsh could do to keep the passengers
thy their seats.
bly, when We struck the coal wagon
Fourth street nearly everybody in Il
at car was thrown from their seats.
thcl was in the final crash at Front sire