The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-21
Two Serious Accidents on the
 North Side J. |. GILLESPIE DIES
 FROM HIS INJURIES His Wife, Injured in Second Collision, Goes to Hospital With Spraned Back-Engine Smashes
 Into Trolley Car.

Ni'ifSSPAO was d NoiUutlpA Ou lue street car which eolllded with a Frisco engino at Ninth avenue and Thirteenth street at $40 o'clock. His back and two ribs were broken. He lived at Fifth avenue and Twelfth street and leaves a wife and two children. He died at St. yincenfs S at o'clock this morning.
 The Birmingham Railway Light and
 Power company was mixed up in both collisions. In the first collision one of it's cars was struck by a swith engine of the Frisco at Thirteenth street and Ninth avenue
 In the second collision one of the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power com panys electric cars struck a carriage con- taining three persons at Fourteenth street and Third avenue, north, partly demol- ished it and seriously injured woman riding in it.
 Both collisions occurred at night. the first at $40 o'clock. the second at Il o'clock.
 The persons injured in the first col lision besides Gillespie, are:
 Motorman W. B. Holmes, slightly hurt on the arm and face. He left the hospital last night for his home.
 George Wilson, slightly injured. He went from the wreck to his home on Foun- tain Heights.
 the arms.
 James Watts and Sam Earl, negroes their wounds are nothing more than bruises. They will be able to leave the hospital today.
 Another passenger, a white man, escaped injury but left before making known his name.
 The persons injured in the second col lision were:
 Mrs. J. l. Gillespie; back spralne6 and suffering from nervous shock
 D. W. Gillespie, injured on the legs and badly shaken up.
 singular feature connected with the two accidents Is that Conductor J. I. Gil- lesple Of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company and his wife are the persons worst injured, though In differ ent accidents. D. w. Gillespie. a brother of the injured conductor was hurt in the accident with Mrs. J. l. Gillespie.
 Conflicting reports are made concern Ing both accidents. Superintendent George H. Harris of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and Superin- tendent H. II. Brown of the Frisco line gave out statements, in which each denied that his company was to blame for the accidents
 The accident at Third avenue and Four- teenth street was clouded in as much mystery as the former.
 Engineer Brown and Foreman Welch of the train crew of the Frisco were arrest ed last night and released on bond. charged with recklessly running train.
 shortly after the accident at Third ave- nue and Fourteenth street John Murva1 the negro who drove the hack that was suuek by the car, was incarcerated in the city jail, and charge of reckless driving was lodged against him. Murval stated that he was attempting to oross the thoroughfare and added that he did not hear the going of the car ring. The conductor says that the gong did ring. as a note of warning. Murval when seen in jail was intoxicated.
 The city council will investigate the first collision.
 The First Collision.
 In the first collision, which occurred oar ly In the evening at Thirteenth street and Ninth avenue, north, switch engine No. S612 of the Frisco system ran into car No a00 nf tho prp,in.,i,o.s. n., Light and Power company.
 The Frisco engine was backing up with a long string of cars when it struck the car on the crossing. The train was not moving fast when the accident occurred. according to statements made by different persons The distance from the train to the crossing where the swltchman IS the signal to "back-up'' is not more than 100 feet.
 Motorman Holmes is said to have stated that when the train struck the car he knew nothing, as he was rendered un- He states that the car was stopped and that Conductor Gillespie in- speeted the surroundings before the car moved ahead in an attempt to cross the 
 The car was greatly damaged. After being struck by the engine 1t was showed or dragged about fifty or sixty feet before the train was brought to a standstil. The car was turned over on the side, the wheels were knocked off and the broken
 The manner in which the car was hit and afterward carried along the track Is shown by the way the ground is torn up where the wreck occurred.
 That all the passengers, the conductor and motorman were not instantly killed or mortally injured Is mystery to those who examined the wreck and the sur roundngs.
 As soon asl information of the wreck was received Superintendent George II. Harris of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, and Superintendent H. H. Brown of the Frisco railroad or dered ambulances to the scene. The ann balances of Gaudin & Co. and Green & Go. conveyed the injured conductor mo- torman and passengers to St. Vincent's
 
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