The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-07
Sideuok Penciiings
Pnnic in a street Car.

Panic in c Street Car.
 The nervousness which most or the citizens of Montgomery feel in riding on street car since the numerous ac- cioents of the past two months, was illustrated last night on a Cloverdale car when witnessed one of the widest stampedes I ever saw, by the passen- gers on that car said a suburban res- ident yesterday.
 The excitement from ths prospect i've accident which never occurred. was so great that two young men in differ ent parts of the car literally dived through the glass windows of the car, How they escaped, Injury, which they dlc ,s..ia was marvel to me, This ear ,bn in crowd returning from Electric Park at II o'clock. The car had been detain- ed down town for perhaps fifteen min utes by the collision between Jack son Street and a Highland Avenue car. The passengers on the Cloverdale car had witnessed this accident. They had seen the two cars go together and the burst of flames as the motor burned out.
 ''In time, the car dlsabled by the ac- cident was drawn out of the way, and the Cloverdale car continued its jour ney As 1t swung around the corner of Dexter Avenue and Hull Street, an- other car came dsshing down the steep hill on Hull Street To all appearances the car was beyond the control of the motorman. or the motorman was affect- tu Dy speed UdQneSS. ID tHOSS Otl tilo first car terrible accident seemed in- evitabl- and a wild rush was made to get on the ground. As the crowd was packed in the two doors, added terror was given to the situation by the crash Of splintered glass. This redoubled the efforts of the flying ones to get out of the car, for they thought the col lision had already occurred.
 But the splintered glass came from the dive of the two active young men through the car windows, one in the front part of the car and one in the roar. At the same moment, as the first car was now sliding slowly bach ward, the trolley slipped. the rape a sheet of flame flashed out and loud explosion added more fright to the es- caping passengers.
 Above the excitement some bis mans bass voice could be heard fery- entIy crying Oh Lord. oh Lord and mixed with his cries were the screams of the feminine passengers. who, ignor- Ing all possible danger to their new to safety.
 The motorman on the downward car at last began to work frantically at his brakes. The first car slipped back distance of about ten feet and the downward car was stopped with out a collision. but with the head light of the two cars within an inch of each other.
 One of the young men who took the sustained a bruised knee when he and this slight hurt was the only dam- age of the near-collisfon. But for thirty seconds. the excitement was as wild as I ever saw
 Editor F J. Waldo of The Rising Sun Und) Recorder is in the city. ac- companied by his wife. on an annual visit to their sons. Messrs. W. w..
 His friends will regret to know that MT. D. M. Mclean Is quite i'll at his home on Clayton Park
 General J. B. stanley of The Green vtlle Advocate. was a visitor to Mont gemery yesterday.
 Mr. Kelly Murphy of Eufaula is in the city and is stor?ing at the Impe' rial Hotel Mir. A. T. Newell of Birmingham Is in the city. and is stopping at the Sum- mers Hotel
 Mir. E. B. Van Kaeren of Birming- ham is guest at the Summers Hotel MT. J. H. Johnson. of Talladega, is registered at the Exchange Hotel. -.+= f + .5,tl .s.s. Mr. W. T. Clarke of Auburn. has been in the city for a few days. +
 Mr. J. B. White Of Centervilie is registered at the Imperial Hotel. 4 %
 MT. J. S. Hend erson of SBrewton is stopping at the Exchange MT. Richard Brown of Birmingham Is guest at the EE~hange