Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-22
ROBBINS SH0WSCREA BRAVERY
Later Saturday Night Passenger Car Rams
Freight at Granite Hill Siding==People
Cut by Glass and Shaken Up.

| A head-On collision occurred on the
Winthrop branch of the Lewiston, Au-
| gusta & Waterville Street Railway at
about $50 Saturday afternoon, in the
village of East Winthrop and a short
distance east of the company's sub
station which is used for supplying adj
street railway system, between car No.
26, the regular car from Winthrop to
| Augusta, in charge Of Conductor Rich
| ard f. Trask of Augusta and Motor
man Oceola Robbins of Hallowell, and
| car No. l., a special running from Au-
susta to Island Park, Lake Cobbossee-
contee, III charge of Conductor Dana
Sanborn and MOtorman Merton l..
Taylor of Augusta, in which both cars
We're badly wrecked and four persons
more or less seriously injured as fol-
lows:
Oceola Robbins of Hallowell, motor
man on car No. 20, had cut . L.
inches in length on left side of head
severe bruise on the head and on the
right hand, also on the left side, and
possible internal injuries.
Miss Geneva T.. Hartman of Gardi-
ner. clerk for III" Snow-IIaZzard Co.
small bone of left leg cracked above
the ankle: also suffered from shock.
Mrs. Raymond l.. Bond Of New
York, wife Of the leading man Of the
Fenbcrg Stock CO., now playing for
the summer at the Island Park The
atrc, Cobbosscccontec. suffering from
shock and slight injury to right Shout
der and arm.
Frank Sabin of Winthrop. section
foreman for the railroad company. cut
on head and shaken up.
The place where the accident oc-
cured is on q curve and in front Of
the residence If w. +. Hewitt Of East
Winthrop. Car NJ. Is. which is one Of
the big cight-whoelcrs, left Winthrop
village at 5 o'clock, having on board 4
fair number OF passengers. and is said
to have been few minutes behind
time on reaching East Winthrop. The
car had stopped ut the sub-statiOn on
the way and after rcsuminS its trip
toward Augusta is said to have been
slowing down again as it approached
the point where the accident occurred.
AS it did 50 car No. Il came into
view around the curve, but 4 few rods
ahead aud running rapidly. AS the
cars approached each other Motorman
Taylor jumped to the ground and the
next moment the two cars crashed into
each other. There was a sound not un-
like that of a clap of thunder followed
by that OF rcnding wood. in which
were mingled the cries of the frighten-
ed passengers, ana then the ears stop
ped Some Of the passengers We're
thrown against the backs of the seats
in front Of them, but by i miracle none
were injured with the exception Of
those mentioned above. In the collision
neither car left the irons, but the for
ward end of each was badly wrecked.
Car No. &c. being higher than the four
rode over it. crushing in the
front and dem0lishing it for 4 distance
of four seats back. SO that when the
force Of the impact was expended the
forward trucks Of the two cars were
nearly together.
AS soon as the cars stopped the pas
on No. &c rushed to the aid of
the injured. Motorman Robbins who
hid been caught in the wreckage and
had received blow on the head which
opened n cash and rendered him I'M
was taken from the car and |
laid on the grass by the roadside, and |
4 telephone call was sent TO Augusta
for surgeons.
Miss Hartman, who had been sit |
ting on the trent seat Of the same car, !