Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
BLAME IS LAID
ON M0TORMAN
EYE WITNESSES TELL OF THE
COLLISION
Full Power Of Current Said to Have
Been Turned On and Sends Car
Rushing to Its Work Of
Destruction
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with her escort, Fred Almstedt. were
about to alight at the corner when the
crash came. Both were standing on
the rear platform. and were precipitated
to the asphalt street. both being pinned
down, but surgeons say neither suffered
broken bones. These two were hos
ptably cared for by Mrs. o. T. East
man of Hotel Sole on Pico street, just
east Of the scene of the accident. who
| rendered the use of her apartments to
all the injured
Motorman Pfeiffer headed for Grand
avenue with II. 10. Price at the bellcord
and about half dozen passengers on
| broad, when, as he neared the fated
corner, he found the Grand avenue car
blocking his way. S. T. Humer was at
the controller on this latter car and
r. +. Bean was his conductor.
Motorman Jaumps Back
Pfeiffer worked at the ir brake but
either pulled the lever too far or the
air would not work. An instant before
the inevitable crash Pfeiffer jumped
backward and saved himself from being
crushed, as with a crunching, deafening
sound his car ctruck the Grand avenue
car squarely in the center and lifted
1t off its trucks.
Shouts and cries came from ndi-
vlduals in the capsized car and through
the broken windows mems and women's
hands were seen clutching at the wood
work and here and there some one
could be sen working upward to get out
of the wrecked car. Willing hands
helped them out and when the unfortu-
nate Umann was seen pinned down
there was a ccy for strong arms to lift
up the wrecked car. The cry was not
in vain.
Rescue Women
Attention was quickly given the in
jured women, several of whom were
evidently in need Of quick surgical aid.
Mrs. M. M. Kavanaugh, who with
her husband, Dudley Kavanaugh of
Kavanaugh & Frasher, was seated
near the middle Of the car, had sus-
tanned an awful jolt. Most of her
teeth had been knocked out, her spine |
was injured and her head cut. Her
husband, unmindful of his own bruises, |
assisted the men in lifting her ten |
derly through the rear door and she |
was carried towards the Pacific hos |
pital, which is only a half block dis |
tant.
half dozen nurses from this insti- |
tuition had in the meantime responded !
to the call for help, and they assisted |
In giving first aid to the victims, some !
of whom were carried to the nearest |
drug stores at their own request.
Mrs. Kavanaugh, on reaching the |
hospital front yard, suddenly insisted |
on being brought home.
Auto an Ambulance
Some friends of the Kavanaughs
happened to be passing in an automo-
bile and she was lifted into the ma
chine and conveyed to her home at |
1922 Olive street in a few minutes. |
Telephone messages from there brought |
DR.. Knox and others to the scene.
Dudley Kavanaugh, almost beside |
himself with anger at what he termed |
the inexcusable accident, shouted:
II am told they are breaking in |
green men on the Pico Heights line. |
If they will show me the motorman |
on the car we were struck by / will |
break his neck"
And as he talked the groans of his |
wife in the next room were plainly |
audible as neighbors worked over the
suffering woman.
Mrs. Eastman's Herolsm
Meanwhile another good Samaritan |
in the person of Mrs. o. T. Eastman, |
lessee of Hotel Soule, on Pico street |
just east of Grand avenue, did heroic |
work With q few male guests and |
an improvised stretcher Mrs. Eastman |
directed that Miss Agnes Anderson and |
her escort, Fred Alnstedt, both in
jured, be conveyed to her apartments. |
With presence of mind she bandaged |
Miss Anderson's wounds until the sur
geons came, telephoned messages for |
other victims while waiting and gave |
temporary aid and clothing to other |
bedraggled women so that they could |
reach their homes at once. /
II have been In street car accidents |
in St. Louis and Lowell" said Mrs. |
Eastman, "and l know a little about |
what is best under the circumstances" |
said the plucky woman.
Identifying Victim
Umann's body was first taken to- |
wards the Pacific hospital to get posi-
tive assurance that the man was dead I
and then conveyed to the Overholtzer- |
Mills undertaking company's morgue |
at 1886 South Main street.
The mans name was not known at |
first. His watch bore the monogram |
"a. A W and inside was a pretty |
girls photo. His hat also had his ini- |
tials perforated in the sweatband. On |
a slip of paper was found the inscrip- |
ton in lead pencil "Abbie Dale, Tele- |
phone Private Exchange 66, Call a."
This is said to be the store room of |
the Pacific Electric company, but no |
one answered the telephone inquiries |
made last night in an effort to ascer- |
tain Umann's identity.
DR.. l.. ]. Huff and other surgeons !
who had been telephoned for ascer- |
tanned that Umanns heart had been |
pierced by a broken rib and soon after |
the victims identity was learned
a card showing that he had a
bicycle store.
Umann was we'll dressed and ap-