Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
Street CARS
RUN TOGETHER
AND HURT TEN
Many Others Bruised
and Cut
slippery Rails Cause Central Avenue
Car to Run Into Arcade Depot
Car at Fifth Street and
Central Avenue


hurt and cut and several seriously in
jured in a collision between northbound
Central avenue car No. 413 and east
bound Arcade depot car No. 100 at the
crossing at Fifth street and Central
avenue at 1855 yesterday morning.
Miss Lita Winer, 1147 East Adams
street, was one of the most seriously
injured. She suffered two broken ribs
and internal injuries.
Edward Madden, IA years of age,
was also severely injured. He was
pitched from the front platform of the
Arcade depot car to the pavement and
was unconscious when picked up. The
boy was accompanied by his parents
and was taken Immediately on board
the overland train which left the depot
a few minutes later. His father and
mother were both injured, but said
they did not consider their hurts
serious.
e. Jenkin, 1885 East Fifty-ffth
street, was slightly injured, but was
able to proceed to his home.
Motorman Bruised
Motorman Northrup, the man in
charge of the Central avenue car, was
also slightly bruised, but was able to
go on with his work.
Frank F. DAILY, 109 Kern street, was
pitched from the front platform of the
Central avenue car, but escaped with
a few slight injuries.
Miss Edith Wilson, a tourist to Los
Angeles from Spokane, was severely
injured by flying glass and was bruised
by being thrown against a seat. She
was taken to her room. At drug
store near the scene, of the accident
she stated that she feared several ribs
were broken.
The accident narrowly escaped being
one of the most serious of any in the
history of the local street railway
lines.
Car No. 413, under charge Of Motor
man Northrups was speeding north on
Central avenue at a good rate of speed.
AS the car neared Fifth street the
motorman put on the brakes, intend
ing to bring the car to a halt. The
rails were slippery and the brakes did
not control the car At the same time
the Arcade depot car. which had
stopped on the west side of Central
avenue to allow passengers to alight,
started to cross the street.
Girl Tells of Collision
"I saw a collision was certain and
felt sure it was going to be serious
one," said Miss Winer. 'I rose from
my seat and grasped the door, intend.
ing by this means to hold myself sef
curely. At the same moment heard
some man sitting behind me shout,
Look out His cry attracted the at
tention Of the other passengers, who
made haste to grasp things to hold on.
"At the moment of the shock my
grasp on the door was torn loose and
was pitched to the aisle. Several
passengers fell across my body and
for moment I thought I would be
crushed to death. After the accident
was taken to my home and expect
to be laid up for some time.
HAD 1t not been that the man, Who
ever he was, gave his cry Of warning
when he did I feel sure there would
have been an even larger number Of
serious mishaps. The crash would
have caught the passengers unpre-
pared, but as it was they all knew
what was coming"
The man who shouted out the warn
ing was e. Jenkin, one of the injured,
and had 1t not been for his presence
of mind 1t is probable several of the
passengers would have been fatally
hurt.
"I saw the two cars were bound to
collide" said Mr.. Jenkin, land shout
ed to the passengers, intending to
warn them so they could save them
selves I endeavored to spring from
the car just at the moment of the
crash, but was knocked to the pave
ment by the jar and received a number
of serious bruises"
Motorman Northrup, who was in
charge of the Central avenue car, re-
fused to discuss the accident. He has
been motorman but three months,
previous to that time having been a
conductor.
The forward platform of the Arcade
depot car was demolished, while the
front wheels were knocked several feet
from the track. Nearly every window
in the car was smashed by the crash,
while the Central avenue car was also
badly smashed.
The police were at once notified of
the accident and the patrol was sent
to the scene. BY the time It arrived
the victims of the collision had been
taken to their homes in private We
hicles.