Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-02

| Former Councilman j. p. Davenport
was almost instantly killed and twenty
persons were injured in a collision be-
tween two electric cars at the intersec-
tion of Washington street and Burling-
ton avenue at 1923 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Washington street car No. 279 on the
Los Angeles railway line struck Inter-
urban car No. 13s with ,terrifie impact,
cverthrnbng The big coach and injurins
s1fa-ls eS9rse l.9sgerEcr on ss'oaAft i- q ias,
! Unfamiliar with their orders the Los
Angeles railway crew attempted to
cross the Interurban tracks when the
University car of the Interurban line
held the right of way. But the fatal
accident would have been avoided had
the motorman of the Interurban car
held his tram under control.
Instead Motorman Brown of the Uni
versity car let his car speed in front
of the Washington street car. and as a
result the Interurbau electric was
hurled from its trucks, killing Mr..
Davenport and injuring nearly every
passenger on the car.
Running west on Washington street
the Los Angeles railway car neared
Burlington avenue. where the Inter-
urban tracks cross the Washington
street line at right angles. On the Uni
versity line car 1888 was approaching
Washington street from the south at
high rate of speed Both cars Stacked
their speed.
Txyo Il,
ington electric had his car all under
control and. according to passengers on
his car, would have stopped. but his
conductor gave him the signal to pro-
ceed. AS Conductor Thomas of the
University car gave the two bells" he
remarked to the motorman that they
would cross first because there was a
car behind.
Collide With Terrible Impact
As Gould turned on the power he
looked behind at the conductor and in
another instant his car crashed into the
side of the University car. overturning
1t. Passengers in his coach were thrown
from their seats and the front and
middle window glasses were broken by
the terrible impact of the steel framed
cars and several were seriously hurt.
Among those who boarded the Wash
ington car were a party of nineteen
members of the Loyal Ladies' Sewing
society of Stanton post of w. r. G.,
who We're going to party given at the
home of Mrs Alice Pritchard. There
were twenty mine in the party. but only
nineteen boarded the car because ii was
too crowded. Many of those who did
board the car We're injured.
But few passengers in either car knew
OF the impending danger, and being
taken unawares the result of the ter
riff elaf xnrga l,..-
The Washington street car was
crowded almost to its fullest capacity
and panic resulted.
Maddened by the shock the passengers
scrambled to their feet from the tangled
piles of humanity into which they had
been thrown and crushed each other in
getting to exits.
James Huey, a district messenger liv-
ing at 2400 Hoover street. was the only |
passenger on the University car who
realized the danger Seeing that col
lision was inevitable he leaped under |
the guard rail of the front end just
as the crash came.
Car crushes Victim
When the Washington street car
crashed into the Interurban car, the
latter was turned over on it's side, The
dozen or more occupants were hurled
from their seats into piles of broken
glass or through windows and openings. |
Ex-Councilman Davenport was sit
ting on the left side of the ear in
front seat. When the crash came he
was pitched through the left entry-way
onto the ground, and as the car fell on
its side the edge of the roof struck his
head and the stanchion of the entry
way pinned him directly to the ground,
having fallen on his hips.
Mrs. Austin was crushed about the
head and body and fearfully cut. She
was carried into a nearby store and
later removed to her home. Al the time
physicians examined the woman and |