The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

later an east bound car struck the ma
chine. The motor car was overturned
and Mrs. Pattison was thrown out. Her
head struck the pavement, fracturing
the skull She died without regaining
consciousness.
After the collision the gasoline tank
of the motor car exploded and the car
caught fire The electric car was crowd
ed with passengers returning from the
park. The wreck, the explosion and fire
caused a panic among the passengers
of the street car. The automobile was
knocked part way across the east bound
car track. An east bound park car
speeding along a moment later crashed
into the burning wreckage. The electric
car was knocked from the track and
the lights extinguished. Many persons
jumped and were slightly hurt
The automobile was being driven at a
rapid rate along the north side of Fifth
street. It drew up alongside of the
electric car and for block or two kept
pace with it. Then the motor car grad
uaIly forged ahead of the car. The
chauffeur began gradually to turn into
the track ahead Of the electric car. The
front platform of the electric car was
crowded with passengers and they
watched the race between the automo-
bile and the electric car. The chauffeur
did not get his car clear of the electric
car.
The fender of the street car caught
the rear wl-ee1 of the motor car and
turwed it at right angles across the car
tracks directly in the path of the car
In a moment the crash came
Mrs. Pattison and her daughter were
riding in the tonneau of the motor car
Mrs. PatttEon was thrown to the pave
ment and lay where she had fallen.
Eloise Pattison, Mr.. Pattison and
Phillips. the chauffeur, we're thrown
out onto the car track, but scrambled
out of danger and beyond few
bruises were unhurt
The glass in the front vestibule of
the electric car KS scattered. Then
the gasoli=-S tank of the automobile
exploded and the automobile took fire
the explosion and the flames which
shot up caused a stampede on the
electric car. Men and women rushed
from their seats and became jammed
in the aisle in their frantic haste to
escape. Many jumped from the win
dows. A minute later an eastbound
electric car crashed into the burning
automobile and a second panic ensued.
The police arrested the crews Of
both cars and took them to police
headquarters. c. II. Palmer was the
motorman and Henry Enike the con-
ductor on the westbound car. W. O.
Rice, motorman, and ]. NJ Snyder.
conductor. were in charge of the east
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The Pattfsons drove to Electric park
early in the evening. They spent the
evening there and were returning
home when the accident happened.
The Pattisons live at 1895 Warwick
boulevard.
Charles *Pattson came TO Topeka
from Abilene in 1900. and was one of
the organizers Of the Continental
Creamery company He left the Con-
tinental in 1902, and went to New
York. where for a year he was man
aging the Creamery Products COM
pany. In 1903 he went into the oil
business at Independence, and in 1904
moved to Kansas City. He Is presi-
dent of the Wyandotte State bank al
Kansas City, and also vice president of
the Bankers Trust company. He owns
gas franchises for natural gas IN about
| twenty-five towns In southern Kansas
Mr.. Pattison's wife was Miss Nellie
Dewar before her marriage. She was
81 years of age at the time of heI
death. Mrs. Pattison's parents now
1--we in Shawnee county but her. father