The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
BLAMES POOR
SERVICE FOR WEST
ORANGE ACCIDENT
One of Six Men Injured on Troll
ley Running Board Makes
Statement.
CARS TOO FEW AND
TOO SMALL, HE SAYS
Express Wagon Swept Side Of
Open Trolley Clear Of Pas
sengers from Edison Works.

Inadequate trolley service vas par
TALLY blamed today by one of those
injured for last nights accident in
West Orange, in which two men were
seriously hurt and four others less
seriously, in a crash between a street
car n an express wagon.
Seriously Hurt.
LOUIS BELCIIER, Sa4 Bank street.
Newark. contusions of the back and
probable fracture of the skull.
ROBERT LLOYD, $3.50 Irvington AVE.
nue., South Orange, possible internal
injuries.
Slightly injured.
BENJAMIN COHEN, III Avon ave
nue., Newark, Commissions of the right
arm and injuries to right wrist.
CHARLES WEBER, 11S Garrison
street, Newark, Commissions of back and
right arm.
FREDERICK LENT. AIS South Six
tenth street, Newark, COMMISSIONS to
right arm and twisted neck.
HENRY BAUMAN, 6 Sixth street.
Newark, injured right foot and isg.
1t was announced today that both
Beicher and Lloyd would recover and
would soon be in condition to be dis
charged from the hospital.
The accident happened in front os
Rutan's hat factory, III Valley road,
shortly after 6 p. M, and the car was
crowded with men employed at the
Edison works. 1t was an open car and
the running board was filed full. The
wagon. which belonged to the Colts
Express Company. of Orange, side
wiped the a and swept the passengers
off the running board to the last man.
Directly the crash occurred Motorman
Timothy Robinson shut off the power
and jumped down to see what assist
ance he could render to those who had
been hurt. A hurry call was sent to the
police and chief Bamford and Patrol
man Bernard Heslin responded. They
were followed by ambulances from the
| Orange Memorial Hospital. Belcher
and Lloyd were taken to the hospital
and the others sent home.
Motorman Robinson was arrested
subsequently at the East Orange car
barns by Patrolman James Dignum
and locked up in the East Orange poe
lice station pending the result of the in
~ 'to W III anu Lie SafC
his address as "a First street. The
conductor of the car was John Morgan.
Of 20 Steuben street. East Orange.
Robinson probably misjudged the dis
tance between the truck and the car
tracks.
The truck was not damaged in the
crash. 1t vas driven by Nicholas En-
mons, of 20 Day street. Orange.
Injured Man Talks.
Benjamin Cohen, Of Ill Avon ven
who has been employed at Edison's
plant for two weeks, and who was one
of those injured, said to an EVENING
STAR reporter today;
The accident brings to light the in
efficient and inadequate trolley serv-
ice maintained in that section. About
1900 workingmen who commute be-
tween West Orange and Newark daily
are subject to the worst kind of serv-
ice. Only a few extra cars are run.
and these are of the small type. The
factory employees, and there are quite q
few women among them, come out a.
Lakeside avenue, and Immediately rush
toward the cars awaiting them q few
blocks distant. When the car reaches
Lakeside avenue it is very crowded,
and the men take all sorts of chances in
getting on. The car shoots past the
crowd, and very often some of the men
have narrow escapes. Not only are
there too few cars, but the schedule Il
very poor. and If the men are not for
innate enough to catch the $3.50 car
they are detained until most 7:15. So
long as the company persists In run
ming on such poor time so long Will
there be danger and accidents"