Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-16
Electric Crashes Into Cart. on
Western Avenue,
Benz. Copp Thrown Under Wreck. and
Dies. Soon After-Conducsor Jo,.e
Sustains Broken Leg-Autopsv Held
Pending investigation.

"a thu t'ity hoSnit:i and Ior.p,a =,
Jones. conductor of the car. sustai,,od
!, fracture Of the left leg which nacnsN
STATED his being taken to he same in
stirt.oE.
Ih'- H''l!'nt happened on tho Winth-
TIP h.'' ~ "" -N"1uSth' Winthrop K
'iIf'lI". i,lll"d|. at the crossing
Wtrr" 'UShlHan street reaches Western
nvtnur. about nnpnsitn the residences RI
| Chas. W. Trask. at n noint where Their.
/ * Il considerable grade.
'"rp WAS driving = Iair of horses be-
| longing To- AlphnusC Gay. attached TO
| i heavy vrh - known as n dunn cart
ANA WINS engaged in hauling earth from
! n hanl. further ~ Western avenue
| from Where tn ;,rril"nt happened II
| bc lls"I IN grading nroi;nI the new 7 in
| cain scbooIhcuen He hid inst co,,,o
ao,,., ~. ,,..ui,. vitb J lo,I a., Vii,
| turned ~ ,,css ,ba track onto Cre,,
man street Whom = car came alone
Tbn ,.,r w M II M. Of ia ro,,r
| v.hn,I.I anon GAYS ana was v,ba, -
l,oo,,,, .,. tho l,.,if bo,,,. ,.,,, from, H.,
| r,o,,.l.s nr,yc bnin,r II ,.h,rpa or III,
,luctor Jones ANA Nntornan Arthur
| Palmer Tn, car WIS Iur NJ, y,4ar
| street ;it H.Iu \. Nj ana was 1phtly
i, Io,1,d having }nt five p,ssong..,,I
| fou,. of whom were ladies Fortun,talv
| nona IF III. nassnno.rs were. ini,,rod
| conn WAS m old man Of over 20 wears
| and might not have hr9rl the car COM
| inn MI .is H.. t1,,n..,l W. ~ tha tr,c,,
n, Looked M ana saw the ear. ;ircorI-
in, to -, si.,;,r.,,t Of an ava ,,.itnos,
| At tElt rnmcnr The horses were d-
r,ctiI an thn track. ON Seaing the car
| coming. tnpp tri-d frlnticallv to gn.
his team across. ana succeeded in get
| fin. tn" horses over. but the main pnr-
| tiou of III" cart was directly between
thc rails
| The c1r was running MT good rate
! of speed. as cars are run on the
| Winthrop line. in order to mako time
ANA before. The. unfortunate man could
| = { The cart from the track. the ra,
| had crashed into it,
As the two vehicles met. the forward
whr, Is of The cart were somehow de-
tachcd. the force nf the collision crowd
ing th, near horse over onto his mate
and throwing the latter. at the same
time breaking the pole. but the main
portion Of the cart received the full
der the forward end Of the car like ~
egg shell ana carried nearly 100 feet
down tho track before tn" ear clme to
a standstll. With the exception OF
| one wheel. the cart was completely de-
m"lished ard was crushed under the
''ir' "Hii' Ut" FORWARD trucks OF the ear
"'f'' H'rdll"h.
Corp WAS in some way thrown under
tn" car ana when helm arrived, he Was
found clos" to the rear trucks. lying
With his head just insid" the south rail
ANA his feet over the north rail. He was
| bleeding prnfUscly from wound in his
head AMI from his ears and nose. Plum
rl"rs ambulance WAS secured as soon
as possible and the injured man was
carried to the city hospital but he was
past all aid ana died rs above stated.
| Motornnn Palmer was not injured
but was nearly Frustrated by the shock
ana for Il long While afterward was I'M
abb" to give very clear account Of
what had happened. 1t is not known
Whether Conductor Jones was injured
by ~ ing thrown from the car when ii
ran the cart down. or by jumping. but
he fen in such a way as to fracture the
| Ni'iftil JIM ~ III I'il tibcut nun
way between the ankle and knee. He.
too. was taken to the City hospital,
where tho fracture was reduced by Drs.
F'r"dercks and Davies, and last night
he was as comfortable as could be eX-
rcctrd.
| The damage to the car was not seri-
Gus. 1t was somewhat battered about
the forward end. but the motive narts
of it were all right and after being
lacked IN ana placed on the irons again
il proceeded to the barn using its own
motors. The horses We're said to have
Sustained injuries from the collision.
the. off horse being badly lamed.
George +. Temple. who lives at the
corner Of Western avenue ana Florence
|strcet. stated to the Journal Monday
levening that he was an eye witness to
the accident. Mr.. Temple stated that
just before it happened he was out in
the yard. working around his team.
when he heard IN outcry. on locking
out toward the street. he saw the cart
on the track and also saw Copp en-
deavoring to get the team across. Mr.
Temple Startpd quickly toward the