The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-06
TROLLEY CAR CRASH.
Eight Killed and . Score Badly Hurt
at Annapolis.

Annapolis, Nd, June 6.-Eight
dead and nearly score badly injured,
is the result of wreck on the
Annapolis branch OF the Washington,
Baltimore & Annapolis Electric rail-
way last night between Camp Parole
and Best's Gate. small stations near
this city. A special carrying no pas
sengers and a regular car well filled.
while travelling at about IS miles AZ,
hour, met head-on on a curve, which
prevented the motormen seeing each
others cars. The road is single track
Confusion OF orders is said to have
caused the wreck. The dead are.
WILLIAM L. NORTON, Baltimore.
4. n SCHULTZ, JR.. Baltimore.
J. w. MDANIEL, Baltimore.
GEORGE WHITE, Baltimore.
JAMES O'NEAL, New York state,
motorman of one of the wrecked cars.
POLICEMAN SCHRIBER, en-
ployed by the railway company
RUTH SLAUGHTER, aged 10
years, daughter of W. E. Slaughter,
general trafiic manager Of the road.
An unidentified woman in ball cos
tom, possible MISS HARRIS of
Philadelphia.
Among the seriously injured:
William E. Slaughter. general traf-
fic manager of the Washington, Balti-
more & Annapolis railway.
Mrs. A. H Schultz, r.. Baltimore
State Senator Peter ]. Campbell.
Baltimore.
Mrs. Campbell, his WIFE
Miss Mignon c. Campbell, their
daughter
William Fine, Annapolis
Thomas Wilson, Annapolis.
w. w. Whitelaw, Baltimore
Judge James r. Brashears.
Annapolis.
Harry Jacobson, Baltimore
Thomas Williams, Baltimore.
II Wf1ljanG Po1fiYr1nro
Thomas Walker, Annapolis.
All the injured persons were re-.
ported to be doing nicely today at the
Emergency hospital. General Mana
ger slaughter was said to be resting
easily. He may, however, lose the
sight OF one eye. The identity of the
young woman in ball costume who
was killed has not been established.
The responsibility for the accident has
not been definitely determined. but it
was caused. it is said, by a confusion
of orders, as to where the cars were
to pass. 1t is said that the Baltimore
car was ordered to wait at Bests
Gates, but that the orders were not
received or understood Both cars
were completely wrecked. The one
from Baltimore ploughed almost en-
tirely through the other before ii
rolled off into an embankment. Peo-
pie living near at hand quickly began
the removal of the dead and injured.
from Annapolis with physicians and
others on board who cared for the
injured the latter being removed to
the Emergency hospital at Annapolis
after aid had been rendered. Later
the dead also were taken to Annapolis.
Never did the Emergency hospital
present such a scene as when the IN
1ured in the wreck were taken there
In one room lay a woman writing
from pain and in entire ignorance Of
the fact that her husband lay corpse
in nearby undertaker-s esta blish-
ment.
J. j. Doyle, manager of overhead
wiring, thinks the orders were mIsun-
derstood. He said the originai .n-
structions were for a meeting Of the
two cars at Best's Gates; that these
were countermanded by orders to stop
at Camp Parole. Motorman Wads-
worth OF northbound car said:
There were no passengers aboard
the special OF which 1 was the motor
man. Our orders were to SOP at
Best's Gates. Suddenly car which
we were supposed to pass at the Point
doomed up in front Of us andI jumped.
When 1 recovered consciousness the
wreck was over"
Motormon James O'Nea1 of the
southbound car was instantly killed.
The body Of unknown young woman
was identified this forenoon as that OF
Mrs. George w. Greene of Washington.
Her husband also was killed. He was
| an architect employed in the con-
struction department at the Soldiers
home at Washington.