Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-24
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IN REAR END.
Collision of Trolley Cars
Near Worcester, Mass.
Eighteen Persons Receive IN.
juries, Some Serious.
Slippery Rails Accountable for the Ac.
cident.
IN REAR END.
Slippery Rails Accountable for the Ac.
cident.

| Worcester. Mass, Oct. o3-TrolIa,,
! ears in rear end collision on the Vest
| boro a Marlboro Street Railway. two
ana ON" half miles west OF Westhoro
injured Is people about 9.45 O'clock tht,
| morning. n.
| The injured
Ldward Paine. motorman Of the
Worcester g. WeStboro car. right wrIxt
ana arm badly sprained and nervous
from shock. Z
John y. Mahoney. Worcester, motor
man on 2 WORCESTER Consolidated car
riGht leg and hip bruised and suffering
from shock.
Edward II. Mallet. conductor on Wo,.
cester Consolidated, shaken up and
bruised.
Charles w. Clifford. Westboro. right
side bruised.
Frank Z. Cutler. Wcstboro. both
ankles injured.
George Tewsbury, Westboro. hands
cut by flying glass
George Parker. Westboro. hands cut
by glass.
Mrs. George A. Parker. face ana
hands cut by glass. bruised about the
sody ana suffering from shock.
Arthur J. Aubrey, Woodville. left leg
spraned
Frank \. Stcphani, Hopkinton. suffer-
ing from shock.
Ernest Nash. Hudson. right foot
damned.
Edward Faucher. Westboro, right
knee badly sprained.
sidney whiting. Hopkinton, left leg
bruised and sprained.
Mrs. Sidney Whiting. Hopkinton.
hands cut ana suffering from shock.
William Lombard. Westboro head
and hands cut by glass.
Louis West. Hudson, right leg
sprain"d and bruised
John Thorassen. IIopkinton, right
hin bruised
Walter w. Aldrich. Marlboro. right
Mp ana leg badly bruised and suffer-
ing from shock
slippery rails are accountable for the
accident. A Worcester Consolidated
Street Railway car used on the Wor-
cester X Marlboro division, was being
sent TO worcester for repairs by the
way OF the Westboro & Marlboro
tracks for the reason that the formers
tracks were torn up in Northboro, dur
HS stdte Tpau construction. This car
was i'll charge of Conductor Halet and
operated by MotOrman Mahoney. IT
left Westboro several minutes ahead OF
the regular car on the WestborO &
Marlboro line due to leave Westborus-.
az ?35. Its progress was safe until
meeting the hill near the Fay place,,9f
when the car kicked before the motor
man could get control 1t was running
backward down the hill. At the foot or
ne hill at the curve 1t was met by thes
'egular car from Marlboro to Worcesa.
er which was making good speed to
limb the hill.
me ears crashed together with ter
tic force, demolishing the vestibules
m both cars and ripping every seat
rom its fastenings on the Westboro 4. /,
ar which had 20 passengers aboard. n
mere was no passengers on the other
ar A panic among the passengers
ollowed the crash. in frantic effort OF
he people to get out of the wreckage.
Iotorman Mahoney was caught under
he controller. which fell upon Him.
iotorman Paine jumped and was in
ured when he struck the road. COM
Inctor Halet also jumped a'|
The wreck was cleared away so that
raffic was resumed at 100 o'clock. -,