The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-01
Broken Timbers Irnprison Them
Until Relief Speedily
Comes.
YOUNG LADY TELLS HOW .5a, q.
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED
Says Motorman Of Approachin
Car Apparently Could Not 5Ap
ply His Brake a When He !. 81
Saw the Dan ON ~
pany Did Every ...l
thing for Relief. 81
Ter o,,F5.THE INJURED.

List oF56THE INJURED.
Thomas ~. Doyle, n,otorman, 81 1904
North Twenty eighth street, foot mas hed,
knee ',r' vsrenched and b adly bruised about
the body. Small toe OF rl1ht foot ampu-
'tated r at Virginia & Ho.pltal last night,
Mrs. y. .. stelnbreeter, 61e East Broad
M sMstrtst. r ght leg bruised below knee and 4
cash across forehead. ~ III Saii ss
s% lllan, limerick, cut Ii, back of held
with Iylnu glass. I. s5's
III Miss ,n ntarIea stelnbreeher, shock and leo
leo slightly brulsedl
Mrs. Sarah Pepram, shock.
NJ, NJ. Albert n. Green, shock ana riaht
leg bru lsed l3g,.5gs g$Es
S Josep h 3 Randolph, shock. s5'
John Glover tcolored), slight cut on
head, 4E3 S;5
Mary jackson (eolored), shock. ; 5ss
w. NWooIdrloh Z. coored) " antlss
spralned. El5 M. II
4 T'homa. smith (eolor.d, shock ana
cut on head. S5 5s
y william g. Garter coIored) shock f
lth u tsrrld N vo large i stFoiisss I,
cars of the 'Pines line came III
gether at the North end Of I'll Peace ~
switch. five miles below the city Il as Il
night s hortly after seven o'yiosk, dennol .
ishing one car and injuring eleven pass
senaers and Motorn1an 7. h N. Doyle. who
was IN charge Of Car No. &145,8 into which
Car No. 141 dashed. KS rs
That none OF the passenger was killed
outright or more seriously wounded
seems miracle. Those who we're iii juirted
received 's'e', prompt MEDICAL attention. Dr..
Collins. 9. 'enrico county j. arriving 81,
the scene within re NJ N in,ltes q afters the5
collision and ministering g to the ufferiuK
until a special car could bring them toH II
l theg rs car barns at 81 18th and p Streets
Where Dr. H Stewart Mclean, physi clan
for the rginia Passeng & Power Com.
pany and Dr.s5 r rank u shur, with Dr..
Pitt, o e the ambulance corps, TOOK charge
and did all that was possible to alle-&
viate the Ing. l w a93
Whether the switch did not work pr op .s
erly5 or whether the brake chain on Car
No al was out of ord Ter Is not exactly Il
clear, but either would have caused the 1
accident. Passenge on Car No.2145 go-$5
lng to- Seven Pines, say that the moi tor
man IN charge of the southbound car
was powerless to apply the brakes lin
time to- prevent the collision and t hat Z
before any one could jump from the front
seat the two cars met with a crash h,$
throwing the passengers helter-skelter
through both cars and injurtng those
Whose names appear above, NJ ID
This Is by far the W orst accident that y
has happened on any of the city or tn-
terurban lines within years It occurred i
fat$7;15 o'clock and hal e an hour fter-$3
wards exaggerated rumors had spread 4
through the city Ike wild /, hre Many
were under the lmpre sion that several
had been killed outright and that q U
score were injured. # u t4 \
Cause Of Collision. Il.
Car NO. 49, In charge OF Motornnan5
Doyle and Conductor e. T. Scott lett
Richmond at 6 O clock. 1t was due to pass
car No. 14l In charge OF N1otorman IA (
K Oakley and Conduct or r! !chard john
son, at T'eco's 5 switch at I: rs o. clock. This
switch Is near Seven Pines and q Is two I
hundred and fifty feet long. From pass
sengers itls learned that when Motorman4
Doyle realized that his car had jun ped A
the switch or thatSthe brake chain was J
not working no threw up his. hands with
a cry OF alarm. An instant later the crash
came Both cars were moving, but the
}north-bound car was travelling at faster
ratio. 81 5fSf Il .SSss8N
Mortor,nan Doyle was pinned hetwsena
the OF the car and the front seat.
L His leg was caught and notSHntil prizes
We're put In and the cars pushed apart
could he be extrlcated. 81 AZ 81 h 3,s
Mrs! steinbrecher was sitting with her
daughter. Miss Marie Stein brecher, dlrect-5
3ly behind tho motorman HerSright leg
was pinned between tho edge 4 Of the /
seat and the switch box, and she also had
to be extricated, Considerable trouble
was experienced In getting Mrs. stein-
brecher. as we'll as the motorman free. a;
The cries OF the wounded rent tho air
and the greatest excitement PREVAILED
Miss Marie steinhracher was I tnro own vio-S
Elently against the front Of the car and
her knee was slightly bruised, Miss Els
nora Steinbrecher was sitting on the.
second seat and beyond a severe shocS
escaped without injury. a5 +! 9
M Within ten nlni1utes more, a great crowd
was on the scene. Every county offi cor
that could ba gotten was forced into (
duty, and they handled I his vast crowd in 1
IA wonderful manner. Or. Collins was 4
8huTrled,y sent for and arrived within !
a short time, Ha did what ha could for
those Who were suffering. The negroes
who were slightly injured created sintsnse
excitement by their ertes OF pain and 4
Tor half square around the cara THE y
crowd jost!ed and pushed ana twisted.