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with them. The injured were ali hur-
Tied 10 the French Hospital and some
OF them were taken elsewhere lafrr.
Or Morton Z. Hart, with a staff Of sue
seons received the injured as fasl ..s
they arrived, and everything possible
was done to relieve their sufferings. 4
great many passengers whose injuries
were not serious did not seek medical
attention at the hospital and continued
on their journey hOmeward
MANY ARE. INJURED.
Albert Mueller, a cloak dealer resid-
ing at 1926 Devisadero street, was
thrown TO the pavement and suffers
severely from internal injuries. His
little son, Lester, was struck in the
back Of the neck and painfully hurt.
Fred Rolander, a soldier connected
with the Twenty-seVenth Post Artil-
lely, sustained a fracture Of the skull
and his condition is considered seri-
Gus. Arthur E. Maunder of 1898 Lom-
bard street did not recover conscious
ness for three hours after he had been
taken to the hospital, suffering from
concussion of the brain, extensive scalp
wounds and a fracture of the bones in
the right hand. L. Z. Stage of COS
Seventh street is internally injured, but
the physicians have not been able to
determine to what extent yet. Isaac
Stamper and wife of 1902 Buchanan
street were both painfully injured,
Stamper having q broken collar bone
and his wife a broken arm.
]. COmber. 16 years Of age and re-
siding at 13301a Lombard street was
cut about the head and NJ. S. Sprague
OF 123 California street was treated for
slight internal injuries. Arthur Willis
of Isl Sutter street was cut about the
face. Mrs. Willis, who was thrown to
the ground with him, sustained a Sc
we're scalp wound. George Jacobs, 16
years of age and living at IA Allen
street, and George Stevens, 10 years of
age and living at 2 Hall court, were cut
about the head and body, and were re-
moved to the Southern Pacific Hospi-
tai.
Motorman Reed was taken into GUS
tody on instructions A from Captain
Gleason and taken to the Hall Of Jus
tice, where he was charged with man
slaughter. Reed says his car was not
going along Eighth avenue at any more
than an ordinary rate Of speed and
when it approached Clement street he
says he applied the brakes, but for
some reason they refused to work and
before he could do anything the car
had reached the curve and swung
around it at an extraordinary rate Of
speed.
SOLDIER TELLS HIS STORY.
Charles Stutz, a private in Company
q, Coast Artillery, stationed at the
Preside, was a passenger on the i'll
fated car and had a good view of the
accident from where he was standing
on the outside of the vehicle. Stutz
declares that the car on which he was
riding collided with the side of the ap-
preaching vehicle at the curve where
the accident occurred. Stutz said
Il was returning from the ball
grounds in the park in company with
Rollander and Sergeant Curren. The
car was loaded with people and it was
with difficulty that we managed to
cling on. AS it neared the corner of
Clement street. the motorman put on
his breaks, but failed to check the
speed. It was going at a fearful rate,
about forty-five miles an hour, l should
Judge.
"The passengers did not seem to real
iZe their danger, and all of a sudden
the car gave "a lunge as it neared the
corner and swung to one side. Another
car was coming slowly around the
curve in the opposite direction and our
car bumped into its side. People were
hurled in every direction; but, strange
to say, l was not thrown from my po-
sition.
There were cries of pain and agony
from the wounded as they lay on the
street All the passengers on the car
seemed panic stricken and a wild rush
was made to get off as quickly as pos
sible / did the best 1 could to aid the
injured and then ran to the telephone
to ring up the Emergency Hospital.
TELEPHONE SERVICE SLOW.
"I could not get the line for several
minutes. The girl demanded nickel,
which / did not have, my money being
in my coat, which I left with one of
the passengers. 1 vainly pleaded with
the woman to give me the line, telling
her that it was a case of life and death,
but she turned a deaf ear to my plead
ings and l could not get the line till
a man came to my rescue with a nickel.
THE passengers were given no warn
ing before the accident happened. 1t
came very suddenly and no one knew
what had occurred till it was all over.
A number of our baseball team tried
to catch this car, but it was so crowded
that they could not board it and there
fore / think many lives were saved, as
all these men would have had to cling
on to the platforms and some Of them
would surely have been killed or in
jured."
John Clark, 5o2 Stockton street, was
also riding on the platform of the car
at the time Of the accident. He says
the car was going at a high rate Of
speed and that the mOtorman was un-
able to bring it to a standstill. Clark
is not sure about the collision, but
thinks there was none. Clark said:
II was riding on the outer right
hand platform and thereby escaped in
jury. All the passengers who were
hurt happened to be on the other side
The car was going at a tremendous