Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-26
TROLLEY CARS CLASHED
ONE MAN ALMOST INSTANTLY
KILLED NEAR BALTIMORE.
half Hundred Injured, Several
Probably Fatally-Victims Were
Pleasure Seekers.

BALTIMORE. Md, May 26.-One man
was almost instantly killed and half hun
dred men and women were injured. several
Of them probably fatally. in a collision be-
tween two trolley cars returning to the
city from Westport, a suburb of this city,
soon after midnight. The dead:
William Stemler
The injured whose recovery is doubtful
are Sebastian Helldorfer, motorman of rear
car, who sustained a fracture Of the skull;
Henry Parker, injured limbs and body, and
Daniel Jones. The two last named are
negroes
The others hurt included Kate Brown.
colored, injured about legs and body;
James H. Brown, colored, injured about
limbs: Ella Caffey colored, lacerated head;
Louis Carroll, general contusions; John
Dunn, head hurt; A. c. Hirsh. bruised
about body; Edgar Joyce, injured both
legs; James Johnson, colored, sprained
ankle and bruised about body; Clarence
Lafferty, badly cut about face; Lewis Mark,
suffering from shock; Columbia Mckee,
suffering from shock; Edgar Miller, injured
about face and arms; Thomas Miles, bruis-
ed about body; Mary E. Payne, colored IN
jured about limbs and body; Joseph Perlna,
injured about body and limbs; Henry
Sauerwald, cut and bruised about legs;
VIM. H. Schreck, badly cut about head; {;
Clara Sproil, bruised about body; James
lyman, injured about limbs and body;
Mabel White, bruised about body; Julia
Wolf, lacerated face and injured shoulder:
Matthew Williams, colored, injured about
limbs and body.
A number of others less severely injured
went to their homes soon after the acci-
dent, and their names could not be OBJ
tanned.
Cars Filled With Pleasure-Seekers.
In the neighborhood of the terminus Of
the Westport car line are several summer
resorts. and the cars which were the last
to come to the city were filled with pleas
ure-seekers. The last car but one had
reached a point where the tracks cross
those Of the Western Maryland railroads s
new tidewater extension. The conductor
had gone ahead, as is customary to make
sure that no railroad train was approach
ing. Before he could signal the motorman
that the crossing was clear the last car
appeared at the top of steep grade, al the
bottom of which the Western Maryland
tracks cross the railway. The rear car
was running at full speed. The motorman,
Sebastian Helldorfer, attempted to stop it,
but the brakes failed to hold, and the car
rushed down the incline with constantly
increasing speed.
There was a crash that aroused the
neighborhood, and then shrieks that were
heard in the city, which is separated from
the scene of the accident by wide arm
of the Patapsco river, known as Spring
Gardens. The forward car was hurled
clear across the railroad tracks, and both
1t and the one that followed were badly
wrecked.
The lights were eXtinguished and those
who remained in the cars fought each other
in their efforts to escape, and in doing SO
trampled those who had been thrown to
the ground by the collision.
Victim Horribly Mangled.
The fire bells of Westport summoned the
citizens of the town, and they set to work
to aid the injured, and telephoned to this
city for ambulances and further aid, which
was promptly sent. When light was OBJ
tained Stemler was found horribly mangled
on the rear platform of the car upon
which he had been riding. His had
been torn from his body. He died few
minutes after being taken from the wreck.
Helldorfer, the motorman, was found tn
unconscious condition on the front plat
form of his car.
His escape from instant death is little
short of miraculous. He was taken to
hospital and Is not expected to live. Pri-
vate carriages belonging to residents of the
neighborhood We're used to bring the in
jured to the city, and as soon as possible
after the accident the railway company
sent special cars to assist in this work.