Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
TROLLEYS
COLLIDE
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Score of Persons Are
Injured
Electric Cars Crash in
Darkness
Los AnseIes-Redondo Line Is Scene
Of Collision Due to Motorman's
Error in stealing Switch"
Near Flgueroa and Fortleth

Two persons we're seriously injured
and score of others suffered from
shock bruises and cuts in a head-on
collision between two cars Of the Los
Angeles Redondo Street Railway COM
pany last evening near Figueroa and
Fortieth streets.
The injured:
Mrs. A. Hinsdale Of Redondo; in
ternal injuries and possibly concussion
of the brain.
Christos Cristage.. laborer employed
at Redondo; broken leg and possibly
internal injuries.
car "stole a switch" on a Redondo-
bound car at the Englewood -Gardena
turning out point.
The accident happened a little after
6 o'clock
Front Ends Smashed
Without warning the city-bound car
turned the curve and crashed into the
other coach, smashing the front ends
of both cars and hurting the motorman
twenty feet to one side Of the track.
Every pane Of glass was splintered
and hardly a passenger escaped being
cut by the flying glass.
A panic ensued and women tainted
or screamed with fright
The car crews, according to eyewit-
nesses, utterly failed to help the in
jured and the motormer limped away
into the darkness.
A cool-headed passenger telephoned
to a nearby doctor and to the Califor-
mia hospital.
one of the first on the scene was
DR.. j. F. T. Jenkins of 1850 West Twen-
ty-fourth street. He was accompanied
by his son, DIR. j. e. Jenkins
Use Auto for Ambulance
Mrs Hinsdale, who was carried to a
nearby house, was taken to the Cali
fornia hospital in DR.. Jenkins automo-
bile
Christage was also taken to the Cal
ifornia hospital. where he was attend
ed by DR.. A. M. Voorhees, of 2202 West
Twentieth street, and by DR.. J. e.
Jenkins.
The Mexican's left leg was fractured
possible internal injuries.
When the cars came together Mr..
and Mrs. Hjnsdale were both thrown
to the floor of the coach. Mrs. Hins-
dale was pinned down by the weight
of several other PERSONS, who were
hurled in a heap. She was thought to
be fatally injured, but her physician
said late last night that there was
strong chance of her recovery.
ST saw the other car bearing down
upon us at q terrific speed" said Mr..
Hinsdale, land at first felt no alarm,
as supposed that the road was double
tracked But I understand that the
two branches come together at For
tieth and Figueroa at switch.
"I started to call to my wife. who
was sitting ahead of me. when the
crash came I was stunned and dazed,
but soon recovered and went to the as
sistance of my wife,"
Some Victims Scattered
A number of persons who were only
slightly injured refused to go to a
hospital, and either waited for a city
bound car Or secured carriage.
A wrecking train was sent to the
scene of the accident about O'Clock
and every effort was made by the Off
cials of the Redondo road to keep the
accident a secret.
This policy of withholding informa-
tion gave rise to many alarming re-
ports, and the office of the Los Angeles
Redondo company on West Second
street was crowded with anxious in
quirers all the evening. 1t was given
out at the office that the only accident
that occurred was the breaking of an
axle on one OF the cars near Moneta.
1t was learned late in the evening
that a Redondo car went off the track
not far from the city limits and the
passengers narrowly escaped serious
injury. The accident resulted from the
breaking of an axle.