Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-14
WRECK OF
CARSFATAL
One Person Killed and Six Dangerously In
iured at South Omaha
ELEVEN OTHERS HURT. IN COLLISION
Street Cars Come Together in Binding
Snow Storm of Morning,
ONE LEAVES THE TRACK ALTOGETHER
Strikes the Other, Which Causes Terrible
Mixup Of Big Crowd
DEAD MAN CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED
Injured Taken to South Omaha Hospital
Where Pathetic Scenes Are Enacted,
OTHER STREET CAR ACCIDENTS REPORTED
One Dodge Motor Loaded with schOal
children CoIIides with Freight
Car, but All Passengers
Escape Injury.
KILLED.

KILLED.
| UNIDENTIFIED MAN, supposed ~ be
James Ratican of Fort Worth, Tex.
DANGEROUSLY HURT.
| ABRAHAM, MAItY, 1722 South Thirteenth,
omaha; unconsciousi full extent OF IN
juries not determined; concusston OF
| HOFFMAN. FKEDA, OF Albright. daugh-
ter of a blacksmith living near the Laurel
itill cemetery concussion OK orslni
crushed about chest; arms broken; Will
likely die
PETERSON, I. E. as porcas street,
Omaha chest crushed and ribs broken;
internally hurt; will likely die.
! RIGHT, WILLIAM, 22lO jefferson street,
South Omaha; conclusion OF brain; chest
| crushed; will nKely die.
| WENNLUND. RICHARD, 2O23 South Sew
enth street, Omaha; head and chest
MGrfRE sGHrShRd VII nEo Seiy ss se North Nineteenth
street, South Omaha; ribs broken; chest
crushed; will likely die.
OTHERS INJURED.
! ANDERSON, FEGA, 4-year-old son OF Rns-
| mus Anderson, 8i south Nineteenth
! street, south Omaha; slignt
| CHRIS rr.4N Si1N, THORN AID, 1922 Canton
street, Omaha; head ana back slignt
| EPPS1INE, ALkAANDEh, 1913 Mason
street, Omaha; contusions about head
| JACOBsoN, j. A., elO North Seventeenth
street South Omaha; shoulder injured:
I,Ar E;R, c. W.. 1924 Arbor street omaha;
confusion OF shoulder; slight.
| LOHR, l.. L., All south thirteenth street,
Omaha; bruised about body; slight.
/ PAuLSEN, JACOB, 400 - street, South
Omaha: bruised and shaken: slight
| OLIVER, LOUIS, lAJ Dorcas street.
RYNKAS, JOE II, 3e5 South Eighteenth
street. south omahai shoulder bruised:
slight; taken home 80, ..s.a
Omaha; fafe and head injured; serious
rogI,ER oqy NIX Miss MISS - ifO7 Madison street.
South omabq, injuries to chest and head
serious but not fatal
WENZ, TlLLIEs Seventeenth and streets,
south Omaha; crushed IN body a;id
bruised about head; serious, but not
thought to be fatal: taken home.
MAKfVK, JOSEPH, bruised mead and face
Later investigation proved that Jacob
Paulsen. watchman for Eggerss-o Flyng
company OF Omaha, who lives at Four
teenth and streets. South Omaha, was
not killed, but injured in the wreck.
The dead man lies at Brewers undertake
ing parlors in South Omaha. He cannot be
identified. On a key ring in his pocket is
inscribed the name James Ratican, Fort
Worth, Tex His clothing bears the laun-
dry mark XII" II is a mark OF Hinchey's
laundry in South Omaha, but Mr.. Hinchey
says he has no record or it and cannot
trace down the mans name, which may be
Ratican The man was tall and well pro-
portioned, about 80 years Of age, blind IN
the right eye, had light nair and sandy
mustache dressed like a laborer He had
$3.50 in his pockets. His other eye was
gray. The fatal blow was struck on his
head, which was bleeding. The coroner has
charge Of the body and efforts are being
made TO ascertain whether the man lived
at Fort Worth.
All the injured were taken tosthe South
omaha hospital except those otherwise in.
\ dicated as having been taken to private
homes. Paulsen was able to go TO his own
home.
wreck I'm snOwstorni.
I The foregoing list tells the snmediats
results OF the collision OF two Albright
Walnut IIill cars at $50 q. m. Tuesday
at a point on Thirteenth between
. and ] streets IN South Omaha. The south.
bound car jumped the track and the
smashup occurred. It is feared others OF
I the injured will not long survive Th'
binding snowstorm. making the rails slip.
perry and cars therefore hard to manage
4 is assigned as FIRST cause of the accident.
j. A. Morgan. motormsn. residing Al
Benson, and ]. p Boland, conductor
27sO South Sixteenth street, were IL
charge OF car No. 2. southbound, and
Tom Kelly. 9O2s Binney. motorman, anG
willis NJ Crosby. 2s2o North Twenty
d car No. i2 northbound.
Crowded with workers.
h The cars met between / and streets OF
: Thirteenth. At that point the southboun'
a car jumped or the rails on the east sid
Of the track and plunged into the north
e bound car at the moment when they shoul,
i have passed. Both cars were loaded will
i men and women hurrying to work.
! The snow which was falling in suei
It heavy volumes is given as the prime caus
e Of the accident. Il made the rails so clip
perry that the motorman could not eontro
his car Then, as they passed over som
, unevenness in the track, the car Jumped OF
with the fatal result. More thai
. twenty-five people we're injured and on
Was killed outright Three, and perhRp
four others will die OF their injuries. Tn
reason why so many were hurt is beoaus
the two cars met in such way the Who'll
g. side OF each was ripped from end to enc
is and those people sitting on the side seat
n were exposed to the full force Of the coll
d sion.
ss Taken TO Hospital.
re Most Of the injured we're taken to tn
rs south Omaha hospital, where eleven ar
d. stin being cared for. TWO were abls 70 (
T. homo after their injuries were dresses
is Three Of the houses In the neighborhoo
OF the accident have parties more or les
seriously hurt. There was scarcely a ma
on either OF the cars who was Withou
4 bruise. l. g. Hopkins Mrs Ewing Z
" the bakery. Mrs Teeters and Mrs. Erict
70 son. whose homes are In the vicinity, q
X ran out al the nrst crash to Asalst n
ia wounded and In q few minutes tholf hom.