Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-08
CALAMITY CORNER
One Passenger, Young Man, Likely
TO Dle-Four Sisters Among the
More Seriously Hurt-Aeeident
Was the Worst That Had Happened
In Newton, Mass, for Several
Years.

Newton, Nashville within
stones throw of the terminus of the
route, crowded to its capacity with
homeward-bound shoppers, and speed
ing at rate of nearly 20 miles an
hour, a car of the Commonwealth and
Brighton avenue line of the Boston
elevated road crashed into standing
car at the corner of Washington and
Park streets on what is known as
Calamity curve" seriously inJuring
l6 persons, one Of whom will prob
ably die, and slightly injuring about
10 others, who were able to go to their
homes without assistance.
The injured, as reported to the pol
Ice and railroad officials, are as fol-
lows:
William Getro, Newton, concussion
Of the brain and internal injuries
viii probably die.
Miss Nora O'Brien, Newton, injured
about head and body bruised.
Miss Katie o'Brien, Miss May
O'Brien, Miss Annie O'Brien, sisters
Of the above, Newton, all cut about
head and face, and bruised about
body.
Miss Alice Kersting, Waltham,
face cut and cash on head
Patrick Lee, Brighton, head badly
cut and hand dislocated.
Cornelius Keefe, foot dislocated and
head and hands cut.
Miss Addie Fiske. Waltham, bruised
and suffering from shock.
Mrs. w. c. Fiske, Waltham, suffer
ing from shock and face cut
Miss Clara Barnes, Waltham, contu-
sions and head cut.
Roland ]. Wilson, Brighton, head
cut and wrist sprained.
Mrs. Grace DeSault, Nonantum,
scalp wound and hands cut by flying
glass;
William Grace, Newton, bruises and
contusions.
William Segreve. Newton, cash on
head.
Miss Annie Lush, Newton, broken
elbow and head and face cut.
The 10 or more other passengers
who suffered were injured by being
thrown to the car floors and cut by
flying glass and debris. Most of these
walked to their homes and refused to
give their names to the police.
The accident was one Of the worst
that has occurred in this city for
years. The scene of the affair was
on a sharp curve Just where the out
, ward bound cars swing over the
Washington street bridge OF the Bos-
ton & Albany railroad into Nonantum
square. 1t has been the one place on
the line that motormen fear and
many narrow escapes from calami-
ties have occurred there within tn
past few years.
Just how the accident happened,
nobody seems to know Both cars
were bound from Boston. and the
first car, in charge of Starter George
Ducette, had stopped to allow pas
senger to alight. This passenger was
Miss Annie Lusn, a domestic In the
employ of ex-Alderman Trowbridge.
Miss Lush had one foot upon the
ground, when the brakes set hard in
vain endeavor to check its speed,
car 400 rounded the curve and
crashed into the waiting car. There
were about rs passengers all told in
the two cars.
Miss Lush was hurled to the ground,
as were Motorman Walsh and Con
ductor Erickson Of the car following.
The passengers, many Of whom
were standing, were hurled in mass
to the floor, while the shock shiverel
to atoms the windows IN both cars.
The rear vestibule of thR standing car
and the front vestihule of the other
were crushed like eggshells.
Above the din Of the cTunching
woodwork and glass were heard the
cries of the injured as they scram.
bled over each other in their endeav-
ors to escape from the cars. Within a
few minutes after the accident hap
pened Sergt. Burke and several pa
trolmen were on the scene, and die
good work in getting the injured to a
place of safety. In this they were
aided by the car crews, who worked
hard to secure order out of the chaos
and to assure the passengers that
there was no further danger.
AS soon as police headquarters was
notified Of the affair. the police am.
bulance was hurried to the scene,
with Patrolman Mullen in charge.
Drs. Stubbs, Utley and Stanton were
summoned. and the injured persons
were cared for as rapidly as taken
from the wreck.