The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-25
WITNESSES DESCRIBE
TROLLEY CAR TRAGEDY
Owen carlen Fred Miller and Medical Examiner Allison Testify
Before Coroner Babcock, Little New Light Thrown the
Shocking Fatality at M0Ores Corners. Dr. Allison Gives
the Results OF Views of and AutOpsies the Bodies of the
Victims

him. but he did not know the names of
the others.
He said that the car left Crescent Park
about minutes past r. midnight. and
stopped on the way 10 take on passen-
gers. The accident occurred between 20
and 20 minutes past IL O'Clock. lie OBJ
served the motorman on the way up; but
did not notice that he talked with the
passengers on the front seat.
ABOUT USUAL SPEED.
The car appeared to come up from
Crescent Park at about the usual
speed II did not seem 10 be movi lg
unusually fast. but he had never been
over this route before. He did not
know that about 1000 feet before
Moore's Corners is reached the grourd
is descending. He noticed the hin
going down 10 Crescent Park TIE
car went down the hill at about the
same rate OF speed. The motorman
did not put on the brakes or shut
Off the power going down the hill. but
he did so just before the car went
over.
There was no jolt or jar as IL the
car had struck a stone; the night
was foggy and dark; didn't notice toe
light at all before the accident, but
The witness got out OF the car with
out help but was injured at the corner
got out about a minute after the ac-
cident. The car lay on the right side
OF the outer rail, on which IL had been
running.
The front end of the car was about
four feet from the rail and the rear
end was pretty nearly the same dis
tance.
DARK FOR AN HOUR,
After he got out IL was dark for
about an hour The light then burned
more steadily and remained at the
scene OF the wreck for some time
He heard neither the motorman nor the
conductor say anything about the acci-
dent. A large number Of the passengers
on the car were injured and he saw none
who was mot injured" The witness knew
nearly all OF the passengers who were
killed, but could not tell where any OF
those killed sat. He saw a few Of the
passengers, and all he saw had been more
or less injured: Minnie Greenwood and
Mabel Greenwood sat on the same seat
with him: This closed Miller's testimony.
MEDICAL EXAMINER TESTIFIES.
DR.. George f. Allison, the medical ex-
aminer, was next examined. He learned
OF the trolley accident very soon after IL
occurred, but didn't know the exact time.
Some one telephoned TO him and he went
Immediately TO the place. He couldn't
of the accident. He found one man dy-
Ing and nine persons already dead and
some badly hurt. He did not at that time
Inquire into the cause Of the accident. and
did not examine the ground 10 see where
the car left the tracks; later so many
people had passed over the ground that
the marks were obliterated lie heard
nothing about stone having been found
on the track.
The night was somewhat foggy and
there was some dampness In the atmos-
phere. There was a good light there: and
he could see lights or for quite a dis
tance. The fog varied In denseness and
There was a little mist about all the
time. He had previously sent in papers TO
the car rooms. He Identified one OF the
papers as a view OF Bertha NJ. Kelley,
who was killed at Moores corners. Her
skull had been crushed
The second paper was a record OF
view OF the body OF Ethel M Whitley,
one OF the dead. Her chest was crushed
In. The third paper was a record OF a
view OF the body OF Angelo Perimia. His
skull was crushed.
The fourth paper was n record OF the
view OF Edward r. Brennan whose death
was caused by the fracture OF his spine:
In other words he had n broken back
The NTH paper was a record OF view
OF Nhe pouy OF GuStaNe fuertln, whose
death was due TO crushed skull.
The sixth paper was a record OF n view
OF the body OF william w Luther whose
death was due 20 a crushed skull
The seventh paper was therecord Of a
view ~ the body OF Eunice Gamhour
whose skull was crushed and also his
chest. the seventh paper was the record
of the autopsy OF the body-of Alice II.
Franklin on her body there were no ex-
ternal marks OF injury. Her death was
due 10 hemorrhage on the brain.
The last paper was the record OF an
autopsy on the body OF John c. Snyder
whose death was due 20 internal hemor-
rhage OF the liver.