Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-07
ONE WOMAN, MRS. JOSEPH
kEEHN, is KILLED AND MANY
ARE INJURED.
SIXTY PEOPLE ON BOARD
Frightened, Many Leapeo Froa. the
Car and Were injured-Hill Looked
Like BattIefleld-Mayor Caster
Orders Investigation AS to Cause.

Like Battletleld-Mayor Caster
Orders Investigation AS to Cause.
Burlington, Juno c. tSpecial An
electric motor while coming down the
steep Valley street grade Sunday after
noon broke a brake beam and tbe
car rushed with terrific force down
the hill to Central avenue, where il
jumped the track, dashed across the
pavement and crashed into heavy
shade tree, tearing it from it's roots
and badly wrecking the car. The car
was jammed with people. They be-
gan TO leap off as the car sped down
the hill. They struck on thoir heads
and shoulders or on their feet, in many
cases receiving frightful gashes in the
head and face, some having legs or
arms broken. Mrs. Joseph keehn,
wife OF Joseph Keehn, of Keehn &
Haffner, book binders and printers
was almost instantly killed by having
her head crushed in jumping. The fol-
lowing persons We're injured.
Mrs. Joseph Carlson. arm and leg.
broken, badly cut about the head and
shoulders.
Mrs. Carlson's little daughter,
bruised.
Ora j. Gould, publisher city di-
rectory, 1917 West avenue shoulder
broken.
Miss Jennie Munson. cut in back
OF neck, badly bruised about shoulders
| Mrs. Charles A. Munson, slight
| ly injured about the shoulders and
head.
w. l.. Kisler; two fingers broken.
head and shoulders badly cut.
i Mrs. Mesens, Davenport, Iowa, sister
|of Mr.. Kisler, face badly cut and right
arm broken and sat se..s.ssk'
Mrs. Louisa Herman, bead p'1 Sa11
! Mrs. Louisa Herman, head cue bad s..
and seriously bruised in body.
Miss Anna Fried, head and shoulders
cut and bruised, face lacerated.
Miss Bette Sandborg cut about the
head and shoulders, NOT serious.
Charles Treger, wrist broken and
head cut.
Mrs Charles Traeger, hands and face
cut, body badly bruised.
Edward M. Helliwig, face terribly
gashed and head and shoulders bruis
| ed.
Mrs. Andrew L. Sederburg, face cut,
eye Injured, shoulders skinned and
bruised aud left hand sprained
| Miss Emma Thuline, head and, shoul-
ders cut and bruised.
| William Kettkamp, foreman Rand
Lumber Co., bad scalp wound.
| Hill Looked Like Battlefield.
| Most of the injured were so badly
murt that they had to be taken to the
hospitals or to their homes in ambu-
lances. A number Of them are in
dangerous condition, but it is not
thought that any further fatalities will
occur. The hill looked like battle
field with the injured scattered right
and left along the street car tracks.
Groans and cries filled the air. The
seyerly injured were carried into the
neighboring houses temporarily. Mrs.
Keehn died shortly after being picked
their power to help the injured. Mayor
up. Physicians and citizens did all in
Caster and a number Of policemen took
charge Of the wrecked street car and
/ that portion Of the track on which the
accident occurred.
The cause of the accident is believed
4 to have been a broken brake beam
striking loose paving bricks along the
rails, smashing off the brake and rem
dering it useless.
viii Make investigation.
4 The mayor has ordered the track
on the fatal hill blockaded. No cars
Twill be permitted to run until the track
lis put in safe condition. A rigid inves-
litigation of the cause of the accident
will be made by the coroner and by
city officials. 1t is said that the street
car company mas been repeatedly warn
| ed that their roadbed was in danger.
Gus condition.
Two Street Cars Collide.
/ Indianapolis Ind, June 6. - Two
| street cars, one OF which was return
ing from Riverside park. carrying
/ sixty-one passengers, collided Sunday
night, resulting i'll the injury Of eight
| persons, one of whim, Walter Dunn,
conductor will probably die.
/ Seriously injured:
i Michael G. Hurley.
John M. Wells, salesman, Chicago.
/ Charles Specs.
/ j. Moore,
Hazel Clark.
Harry G. Everetts.
/ M. Beshum. motorman.
The accident occurred at loop,
/ where the outgoing car crosses the
track used by the returning car. Ac.
cording to Motorman Cheeseum of the,
outgoing car, he saw the returning car
j approaching the loop, but supposed
that it would be brought to stop be-
fore crossing the tracks. Too late he
saw the car was beyond control. and
he attempted to increase the speed of