Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-02-25

'"ue crossing Long Regarded
Death Trap-Probin= at once.
Newark. y. ]. Crowded with 100
laughing. light-hearted High School pu.
piIs, trolley car was in collision with
an express train, with the result that
seven girls and one boy were killed ana
twenty-four were seriously injured.
Fifty sustained slight injuries. which
uid not make necessary their removal
to hospitals.
The accident occurred in Clifton ave-
nue.. where the tracks Of the North Jer.
sey Street Railway Company and of
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
D prn Railroad cross Mt right ANGLES. An
express train was flying past the street
~ S.4O =. m. when the trolley came
sliding down a slight incline on slim
peGy rails AMI struck the side of the To-
tomotive. The body of the ear was
htted oil the trucks anu sent in spliu-
terS ia all sides Boys ana girls were
lited high in the air and thrown bleed
ing ana dying on the snow 1t was
ave hourS before the last of tho dead
had been identified ana the last trace
Of the disaster removed from tho cross
ln"
Quick rs was the work of rescue. it
mad hardly begun before stems were
taken TO place the blame for the acci-
1eEt. The conductor of the trolley car
was arrested and placed under $4,000
oall on charge OF manslaughter The
poilcc. the County Physician and the
county Prosecutor started three sonar
atc Investigations. Orders Were sent
1iit IN arrest rhe motormnn and the OIL
npQr hlt fEn.- -,
oial@. and Were probably fatally in
iGred
svev public official in Newark has
condemned the crossing where the ac-
c.uent occurred as the worst kind OF n
lcath trap. 1t was said for years ef-
forts have been made to have the
rrossin" changed. and it has been re-
2eateuly urged that the chief danger
was to children going and coming
from the High School. In his annual
message. made public last month. Nav
or Doremus called the crossing n
death trap" and said il was danger
ous to children on their way to school"
Newark was thrown into deem ana uni
VerSal mourning by the accident. and
get no one said it was unexpected
The dead are: Alma Loehnberg. four
teen years old; neck broken and terri
bly iaancled; identified by rings on
eand. Maude Baker. sixteen years old:
bruised and manGled beyond recogni-
hon; identified by cards and note from
schooimate. Roy Morrow. Ella Wer-
oerpuc. nineteen years old: head almost
torn off and identified by ring in left
ear. Viola Ill. seventeen years old: so
man@ ed that She was not identified
Tor hours. Ernostine =. Miller, six
teen years old: head crushed and iden-
lned by sister. Mabel Karschner.
scalD wound and internal injuries: died
IN st. Michaers Hospital; daughter of
2. w. Tarschner. merchant of TiHn.
Ohio. Rosetta Ilohn: head crushed
md identified by relatives. Evan l..
Eastwood. internal injuries. and died
IN German Hospital.
Peter Rrady, who has been on the
road for four years. was the motorman
running the car, and George NJ. Gould
was the cor ductor.
Mounted Policeman William StucI<v
Of the Second Precinct. accomDanied
by Mounted Policeman Henry Wolfe,
arrived at the railroad tracks on their
way from the station house to their
heats Just as the gates were lowered.
They We're on the north side. refining
IN their horses they waited for the
train TO pass. Both saw the approach
II the train and the car and witnessed
the crash.
Policeman Stucky knew that his
daughter Edna was one of the passen-
gers on the car and did not wait to
search for bis child. but galloped away
10 the nearest Datrol box and tele-
phoTed to the Fourth Precinct station
Tor policemen and ambulances. Then
he .;allnned hack TO the wreck and be-
gan 70 look for his daughter.
Policeman Stuckv had helped remove
three CT the injured when he took hold
Of the hand % his DAUGHTER Edna, six
feen years old. Apparentlv she was
lifeless. Franticallv her father tore
away the timbers that held her and
carried her TO one side. A physician
found that she had not been injured.
but had been overcome by the excite
ment or stunned BIZ the shock. She
was revived and sent home. but IS still
III 3nd under q physician's care
The mangled bodies os the boys and
girls We're lying in the snow. some Il
considerable distance from the railroad
ackS. Severed hands. arnns and legs
were strewn about After the dead
and injured had been removed the no
lice gathered I'D watches. earrings.
finger rings, ch2telaine bags. nineteen
rubber shoes. several leather shoes.
pieces of garments. schooibooks. papers
c~~@iihS ESSAYS anu cOnnDOSttioNs-
those tho chrdver had nrennred IN ne
scnt ut tho s"h0ol--rotes fror, friends.
lrn n"hc01 Nne'<Pt= nnS other friro~
TITO rolico n"-eeted Ceo~oe W. Could
ccrdr"to~ ~ the trolley car. Could ut
frSt d"ciincd ~ mako rnv st"tar, [,
Int i"ter ho told County Pl,vsi"'nn Ntc-
EcrZ'e's dctertires thnt tre ca- he'd
almost stnn~ed short o1 the rni'ro"d
croSsi1". nrd TINT hn was atout tn 20
forw""l IN two usu"' wav IN soe
whpt1er Tho wHv w"s c'anr whom the
ca ran past him and crashed into The
train.