The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-26
Accident on Traction Con-
 pany Line. HENRY LOEB AND JOHN
 JOHNS BADLY HURT ,>& ~a
 Many Female Passengers on 3. Crushed Trailer. Car Stopped For Young Woman and Inexperienced Moterman Allow
 eA Rear Car to Crash Into the Trailer. A

Henry Loeb. leg broken.
 John Johns, legs badly bruised and injured internally.
 Miss Fanny Englehardt. cut on right temple.
 Miss Matte Englehardt, cut on wrist. Motorman Myrick. cut and bruised about the face.
 A trailer on the Pickett Springs line of the Montgomery Traction Company was crushed between two of the heavy summer cars yesterday evening little before z o'clock near the slaughter house switch and haH a dozen persons were more or less injured.
 Both cars were going in the same direction. The forward car which was pulling the trailer stopped for mo- the trailer before its brakes could be successfully applied. The trailer being of lighter build than the cars was crushed in at both ends and lifted bodily from the track by the wedsing cars. All the persons who sustained injuries were on the trailer. Messrs. Loeb and Johns occupied the front seat of the trailer. When the crash came the front platform of the trailer was crushed back and the injured men were pinioned to the seat by the iron apron of the platform. The two cars ana the trailer were so tightly wedged together that for long time they could not be pulled apart. For full i've minutes Messrs Loeb and Johns were pinloned to the front seat suffering excruciating agony while eager hands were hacking and prizing at the crushed platform for their release.
 Many Women on Car.
 Over three-fourths of the passengers or the two cars and the tra1lers were women. It was ladies' day yesterday at Athletic Park for the league pail games. On account of the rain num- Der of them did not leave the park III the first lot of cars. They caught the two cars and the trailer which passed about twenty minutes after the ball game going to the city. With the great preponderance of female passen- rrers it was considered fortunate that no more were hurt. The Misses Engle- hardt, who received injury were sitting on the second seat Of the trailer lm- mediately behind Messrs. Loeb and Johns.
 The cars came together with sharp shock, but the compact was not hard enough to cause any great excitement among the passengers at first. Untli one of the men screamed with pam IL was not realized that serious accluent had occurred. The passengers sprahg hurriedly from the car and in the in tense excitement that followed t"o UT three of them fainted. ...-.
 As in most occurrences of this sort on railroads and street railways no one thing but combination or clrcum- stances caused the accident On the front car, car No. 60, which was pulling the trailer, three young women occu- pied the front seat Immediately pehlno the motorman. When this car hao gotten a hundred yards beyond the switch coming to the city shower or rain started The young ladies on the front seat asked the motorman to stop the car<to let them get out or the ram. The car was brought to standstill while the young ladies moved around the running board to get seat within the car.
 In few seconds the car behind, in charge of Motorman Myrick, new man, smashed into the trailer Myrick reversed his current and some of the passengers say that he threw on ms brakes. But the track was wet and slippery and the wheels slipped ana slid. Mr Loeb. who occupied the left hand side of the front seat was worst injured by the collision. When all the other passengers had Jumped from the trailer it was found that he and MT. Johns were caught by the iron apron of the platform. and pinioned to the seat. Willing volunteers from among the passengers tugged and prized at the platform to release the wounded men while MT. Loeb moaned in the agony he was suffering.
 Johns Showed Nerve.
 Mir Johns with his legs crushed and bruised gave a remarkable exhibition of nerve. He sat silently on the seat, his hand tightly gripping 1t while the cold sweat rolled down his pallid face. Without a word of moan or complaint, he watched the rescuers, advising now and then in their work.
 An axe had been secured from some where. One of the men passengers was hacking away at the seat and platform.
 Be careful with that axe," he ad- vised the workers, and hurry up and get me out of here" he added
 When he was finally released he painted away on the pine straw where he had been laid MT. Loeb was first to be removed from the agonizing po- sition. He was carefully moved under some pines near the car track and made as comfortable possible.
 The presence of Miss Hutton, q trained nurse of 46I Clayton Street. proved to be a blessing to, the injured men. passenger on the forward car, she rendered the men invaluable aid in assuaging the sufferings of the in jured. Without hesitating a moment and before the men had been laid upon the ground she began alleviating the pain of the wounded. With such means as were at her command she knelt In the pine straw and gave them such first aid to the injured as she could. She treated their hurts and bathed the faces of the men as they were on the verge of fainting.
 Gypsy Brought Whisky.
 A camp of gypsy fortune tellcrs Is near by. The gypsies were witnesses to the accident and one of the first persons to reach the scene WIS a gypsy woman with a bottle of whiskey for the injured, a service that was timely and valuable to the sufferers so soreIy in need of stimulants
 The forward car, car No. 60. was in charge of Conductor Hendrix and Mo torman Duncan. The regular crew Cn the rear car which bumped into the trailer, was Motorman Jones and Con- ductor Cox. Motorman Myrick, who was at the controller al the time of the accident Is a new man who was learning the duties of the motorman | At the time of the accident as the rear | car left the switch and the shower be- | gan Motorman Jones had swung along | side of the car to pull down some cur 1 tains at the request of passengers |