The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-06
EIGHT DEAD, 20
HURT IN SMASH
ON ELECTRIC LINE
General Manager of Annapolis
and Baltim pre- Road, Injured,
Sees Daughter Killed.
SOCIETY FOLK BOUND FOR
ANNAPOLIS BALL VICTIMS
Trees Obscur ed Motorman's
View at Cur We, Appalling
r.. Disaster Resulting.
[speeIal %. lhe Ev snIng star.l

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, SJune 6.-Eight
people were mangled to death and
twenty or more were injured when two
big Baltimore and Annapolis electric
cars that operate betweers this city and
Baltimore on a fast scho dule crashed
into each other on a sing lie track last
night, and today there are doubts
whether some of the injur ed twill sur
vive.
This was the second serious accident
within two months on the Annapolis
branch. 1t occurred at a point be-
tween Camp Parole and Best's Gate,
two small stations about two and thfee
miles from this city.
A special carrying no passengersL from
Annapolis 10 Washington, n tho spe-
cial from Baltimore for this city well
filed, while travelling at about thirty
five miles an holir, met head-on on q
curve, which prevented Tic motorlnen
seeing each others car until too late to
avoid the catastrophe. Confusion or
disregard of orders is said to have be!en
the cause of the wreck.
In the car bound to this city we're a
number of fashionable n prominent
people who were on their way to tine
Naval Academy commencement ball.
Alice Slaughter, the 3-year-old daugh-.
ter of the general manage of the road,
was killed in sight of her father and
brother, the latter Z years old. The boy
was not injured. s.
Another woman victim was a Miss
Harris, of Philadelphia. James O'Neill,
motorman on one of the cars, vas in
stantly killed. His body was hurled
fifty feet. He is said to have come
from New York. A policeman named
Schriber and ]. w. Mcdaniel, both en-
ployed by the company, We're other
victims.
state senator Among Those Hurt.
One of the most prominent men
killed was A. II. Schultz. of Baltimore,
manage for a steel plant. The other
two victims were William l.. Norton
and George w. Greene, both of Balti-
more.
Among the injured were State Sena-
tor Peter j. Campbell, Mrs. Campbell
and their daughter Mignon,
The smash occurred at a point where
trees obscure the view. AS each
motorman caught sight of the other
car he put on brakes, but the cars
were under such headway that there
was lO tSCdPC. DOt hdlo N0IC= NV
on their sides.
Pathetic incidents marked the dis
aster. Schultz, Norton and MCDANIEL
were killed While sitting by their wives,
who did not learn of it until after be-
ing taken to the hospital. Traffic Man
ager Slaughter, whose injuries are
more serious than those of any of the
Others, was taken to the hospital IN
conscious. When his senses returned
he was told that his little daughter
had been killed at his side.
One of the first bodies taken from
the wreck was that of the young
woman supposed to be Miss Harris,
decked in a pink ball dress.
Rush 10 Rear Coach.
A few of the passengers caught a
glimpse of the other car as it APP
preached and rushed for the rear of
their coach. Perhaps that saved some
lives. A moment later, and before the
other passengers knew what the mo-
mentary confusion meant, there was a
terrific crash and men, women and
children, torn. bleeding, dying and dead,
were piled in the splintered and twisted
wood and steel of the two ears, one of
which was thrown entirely from the
track, as was the body of the other.
The on-rushing cars had been seen
by men living nearby, and these quick
ly telephoned here for assistance and
went to the relief of the victims of the
wreck. A special. with physicians,
nurses and workmcn was rushed to the
scene, and another was shortly after
sent from Baltimore. As quickly as
possible the dead were taken from the
wreckage and laid beside the track, to
be afterward moved to the station here,
while the injured We're put on a car
and brought to the Emergency Hos
pital, where preparations for their re-
ception had been ordered by telephone.
Naval Academy Renders Assistance.
The authorities of the Naval Acad-
emy gave every possible assistance,
sending an ambulance. cots and order
lies to help care for the wounded. The
hospital, the capacity of which was
taxed to take care of the~injured, was
soon surrounded by crowds of anxious
inquirers for friends.
The cars travel at a rate of sixty to
sixty-ive miles an hour. and compete
with the Baltimore and Ohio line for
passenger traffic. The electric cars
and the trains race at points along the
road between Baltimore, Washington
and Annapolis.
The road is owned by Cleveland cap
italists, the Bishop-Sherwin syndicate,
and had cost S5,500,000. 1t has a double
track between Baltimore and Wash
ington. but largely single track the re-
mainder of the route.
The cars are as big as steam rail-
road coaches, and run on a regular
schedule. The road was to mark a
new era in long-distance electric car
operation.