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3 KILLED, 40 HURT
IN TROLLEY CRASH
Lake Shore Limited Runs Into
Regular on Curve.
PASSENGERS ARE PENNED UP
Men, Women and Children Caught
When Ohio Electric Car Tele-
scoped AHothcr-No Time to
Shut Of Power.

Vermillion, -Misunderstand-
ing of orders resulted in q head-on
collision between two cars of the
Lake Shore Electric Road in which
three persons were killed and forty
others severely hurt. The cars came
together with such force that one
was telescoped more than half way
through by the other.
The accident occurred three miles
west Of Eermillion on a curve of the
road. The west-bound Lake Shore
Electric Limited was filled with men,
women and children and the signal
apparently gave it the right Of way.
The regular car, known as No. IL,
was coming east. and, it was said,
that the signal also was set for it to
go anead.
Near the curve the road is single
track, with switches about a mile
away on either side of the curve. 1t is
customary for one Of the cars to
wait at the switch for the other to
pass, but through q misunderstand-
ed for the other.
There were eighty persons in both
cars. Thinking that there w:s a
clear track ahead, both motormen
put on full power as they left the
switches and the cars dashed toward
the curve. 1t was impossible, OF
course, for the motormen to see
around the bend in the road and the
two cars came together just as they
struck the middle of the curve.
There was not even time to shut OFT
the power before'the crash came, and
none Of those in the cars had Sec
ond's warning that the collision was
impending.
The passengers in the limited re-
mained wedged between the rear
door and the front Of the regular car
for a half hour before the uninjured
OF the other car were able to tear
away sufficient of the wreckage to
enable those not severely hurt to
crawl from their perilous position.
Many who otherwise would have sus-
tanned slight injuries were severely
hurt because of the length of the time
they remained crowded between the
two cars.
Soon after the accident word vas
sent to Vermillion for help, and half
dozen carriages containing physicians
and bandages started for the scene
of the wreck. Neighboring towns
also sent aid, and the injured, were
hurried to hospitals. It was not
until after the arrival of the wreck
ing crew, however, that the most
seriously hurt were taken out OF the
wreckage and received medical atten-
ton.
The two men who were killed in
stantly as q result of the collision
were w. D. Moody, motorman of the
limited, and Fred Smiley, Of Lima.
James Yerrick, of Milan, Ohio, was
found suffering from fractured
skull and conclusion of the brain and
died in the Lorain Hospital.
The others taken to hospitals were:
- Wells, Willoughby, Ohio; Andy
Gerrgiund, Pittsburg; H. Haddid, To-
ledo, Ohio; Jack Gaffner, Cleveland;
z. T. Warren, aged eighty-eight,
Lorain, Ohio; E. A. McElsney, Cieve-
land; Rev. F. NJ. .Praub, Lima, Ohio;
George Mills, Cleveland; c. F: Nc
Kin, Miss c. St. Lete, Cleveland; W.
l.. Lisley, Lima; w. S. Shepard,
Lima; Mrs. C. C. Washburn, Lorain;
C. Stuls, Bellevue; Mrs. M. Beckett,
Cleveland: ST Young, Beaver Dam,
Pa; Harold Gensel, Lima; - Hall,
Lakewood, Ohio; Mrs. Jordan, Cleve-
land; Mrs. Hovidh, Cleveland; H. w.,
Remlinger, Norwalk, Ohio, conductor
of limited; Fred Rudd, Cleveland,
motorman on regular; Lisle Cald-
we'll, Cleveland, conductor on regu-
lar; William Slocum, South Vermil-
lion, Ohio; Homer H. Hughes, Lima;
Mrs. Tessie Guitars, Cleveland; Ches-
ter Rieddenour, Lima; Mrs. W. D.
Johnston, Cleveland; Mrs. Sarah
Roem, Cleveland; Mrs. Laura Har-
rod, Cleveland; George Hoffman,
Shinrock; Huttenbocker, Berlin
Heights; Otto Mcbride, Lima; Allen
Shaw, Lima.