The Detroit times., 1908-08-12
SCORE ARE INJURED
WHEN SUBURBAN
CARS CRASH
WRECK OUT MicHioAN.AvE.
PROBABLY DUE TO MOTOR
MANS sTUPIpITY-vIcTiMs ALL
LIKELY TO RECOVER.

Two cars OF the Detroit. Jackson 4
Chicago railway. carrying between
them more than 100 passengers. came
together. head on, out Michigan-ave..
between Cicotte-ave. and Markey-st.,
inside the city limits, about 1880
o'clock Wednesday morning. More
than score OF the passengers were
injured, but none very seriously, the
majority OF them escaping with cuts,
bruised or wrenched limbs.
Only the fact that the motormen
were able to slacken the speed OF the
cars before the crash prevented
serious catastrophe, for had the cars
telescoped many Of the passengers In
evitably would have been killed. Az
1t was, however. the outbound car had
begun to back toward the city and the
motorman Of the eastbound had shut
OF the power and applied the brakes,
reducing his speed materially. A mo.
ment before the crash he was speed
ing along at 26-mile-an-hour clip.
Blame Crew Of Outbound Car.
d. u. r. officials made q hasty in.
vestigation following the accident, and
VSAhSSaoy oAO toAAh6 NAC OSSsS-
ments OF both car crews. The
for the accident on the motorman Of
the outbound car, who, It is suspected.
left the switch west of Lvernoisave.
before receiving a signal to do so.
According to A. ]. Follinger. pas
senger on the eastbound car, the
motorman OF his car could get no sig
nal at first when he stopped at the
switch about three-quarters of mile
west Of the other switch. That IL the
light failed to show, which indicated
Fo.linger says, that the crew OF the
other car must have signaled at the
same time with the result that neither
light showed. Under these circum-
stances, neither crew had q right to
60 ahead, but moment later, Polling.
er says, the motorman Of the east.
bound again tried to signal and It
worked. The car then went ahead and
II had proceeded but a short distance
when the headlight of the west-bound
loomed into view.
The conductor of the city-bound car,
which was only partly filed. came
rushing through warning the passen-
gers to jump, and several did 30. The
mctorman hastily threw OF the cur
rent and applied the brakes and, an
instant later. came the crash.
The outbound car, which 10 known
as the theater car and Is the last one
to leave the city, was jammed with
people from Wayne. Ypsilantt and
other towns along the line, many or
whom had been to Detroit to attend
the water fete. When the cars met
they were thrown In q heap and
wild panic ensued.
Or. Strong Attends Victims.
DR.. Charles r. Strong. near whose
ONCE, No. 1905 Michigan-ave. the
wreck occurred, was soon on the
scene, looking after the injured. His
once Is In the home of William Elliott
and the place was converted Temporal
lily into a hospital. Sixteen of the In
jured had their wounds dressed here.
and the doctor attended one victim
outside.
Mrs. z. o. Huston. OF Plymouth.
was among the most seriously hurt.
She was severely bruised about tho
head and body and Ia suffering greatly
from nervous shock. Miss Bertha
Woolgar, OF Wayne. also suffered from
cuOCk anu - Cut OvVA en0 AA8At wv
Louis Davis, an Ypsilani groveryman,
sustained a badly wrenched back and
bruises about the legs and will be laid
up for few days.
Patrolman George Brozzil, No. 24S
Michigan-ave., and Perry Hall. No. 72S
Grand River-ave., were the Detroit VIC
tins. Both escaped with bruises.
The others injured are: Mrs. John
Holtz. Dearborn; Miss Bessie Crane.
Ypsilanti; Earl Goldsmith, Wayne;
Ernest Karkutt, Romulus; Elton
Firbes. Ypsilanti: Charles Ramp.
Dearborn; Wynn Matthews, Ypsilanti:
Karl Czerwinski, Jackson; Mrs.
Charles Winship, Wayne; Aid. John
w. Stevens. Ypsilanti: Aid. Joseph
Myers, Ypsilanti; Frank Davis. son or
Louis Davis, Ypsilanti; Mrs. Hall.
Ypsilanti; r. c. Bradley. Newberry.
Mich.
Most of the outbound passengers, in
Guiding the injured. continued their
homeward journey on q special car
provided by the company.
The outbound car was In charge OF
Conductor Lewis Copln and Motor
man Hartman, both OF Ypsilanti. Jay
Nelson, conductor. OF No. els Fifteenth
St, and Michael Canin, motorman.
Delray. constituted the crew of the
other car.
PoIIcsman's Story Of Wreck.
Patrolman Brozzil, passenger on
the east-bound car, escaped with a
badly sprained shoulder which will
keep him on duty for at least two
weeks.
II was sitting in the last seat says
Brozzil, land after the car passed the
switch We were going along at a good
| speed. when a man In the front seat
sprang to his feet. rushed through
the car. out the back door and jumped
over the back railing. The man didn't
say a word. but his actions aroused
me. and Jumped up. At that instant
the cars came together. was thrown
| at least 10 feet. landing with my
shoulder on the back OF q seat. ! was
so badly hurt that was unable 10
help the injured.
The cause of the collision? ! can't
say. The car stopped at the switch
and I saw the motorman turn on the
light. but I en- not acquainted with
the working of the block system, and
don't know whether q mistake Was
made or not. The greatest confusion
followed the wreck. There was not
single ambulance there. and for loux
time but one physician, DIR. Stroas-
He worked Ike hero.