Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-06
EIGHT DEAD AND
A SCORE INJURED
Two Passenger Cars on WASH
ington-AnnapoIis Line Meet
Head-0 On on a Curve.
BODIES TERRIBLY MANGLED.
Accident said to be Due to Confusion
Or Disregard OF
Orders.

Annapolis Md. June Slight dcad
and nearly a score badly injured is the
toll taken by the second serious acci-
dent within two months on the Anna
polls branch OF the Washington Anna
polls Electric railway. which occurred
about O'Clock last night at a point
between Camp Parole and Bets Gate,
two small stations about 2 and 3 miles
from this city.
a special, carrying no passengers,
from Annapolis for Washington, and
a regular car from Baltimore for this
city, well filled, While travelling at about
IS miles an hour. met head-on on a
curve, which prevented the motormen
seeing each others ears until too late
to avoid the catastrophe. The road is
a single track one. on the Annapolis
branch, and confusion or disregard OF
orders is said to have been the cause
of the wreck.
THE DEAD.
William L. Norton. Baltimore.
A. II. Schultz. Baltimore.
j w. Mcdaniel.
H. NJ O'Nelll.
Motorman of the wrecked cars.
Policeman Schriber, employed by the
railway company.
Ruth Slaughter,aged 10 years. daugh-
ter of w. r. Slaughter general traffic
manager of the road.
An unidentified woman, possibly a
Miss Harris, of Philadelphia.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
VIM. ~. Slaughter. general traffic
manager Of the Washington, Baltimore
d Annapolis railway.
Mrs A. II. Schultz, Jr., Baltimore.
Mrs Mcdaniel.
Peter Campbell, Baltimore.
Mrs. Campbell. his wife.
Mrs. Nj. G. Campbell, their daughter.
William Fine. Annapolis.
Thomas Wilson. Annapolis.
w. w. White. Baltimore.
Mr. White, Baltimore.
Judge james r. Brashers, Annapolis.
George Wadsworth, motorman.
Jas. II. Dennis, colored. Baltimore.
Fred w Schlens, Baltimore.
Miss Van Meter. Martinsburg. w.
Va.
Harry Jacobson, Baltimore.
Thomas Williams, Baltimore.
-. b. William, Baltimore.
Miss Wood Baltimore.
Thomas Walker Annapolis.
PATHETIC INCIDENTS.
Two peculiarly pathetic incidents
marked the wreck. Schultz. MCDANIEL
ana Norton met death while sitting by
their wives, who did not know their
losses until after being taken 10 the
hospital. Traffic Manager Slaughter
whose injuries are more serious than
those of any of the others was taken
to the hospital in an unconscious con-
dition. When his senses returned he
was told that his little daughter had
been killed. One of the first bodies
taken from the wreck was that OF
q young woman decked in a pink ball
dress. She had not been identified at
an early hour.
Many of the passengers were coming
to this city to attend the graduation
ball at the naval academy. Few pas
sengers caught a glimpse Of the other
car as 1t appeared, Perhaps that saved
some lives.
THE CRASH.
A moment later. and before the other
passengers knew what the momentary
confusion meant. there was a terrific
crash, and men, women and children.
torn, bleeding. dying and dead, were
We're piled in the splintered and twist
ed wood ard steel Of the two cars, one
of which was thrown entirely from the
ttdCh, as WAS the DOdy or the other.
The on-rushing cars had been seen by
men living near by and these quickly
telephoned here for assistance and went
TO the relief of the victims, with physi-
clans, nurses, and workmen. 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 were put on
car and brought to the emergency
hospital, where preparations for their
reception had been ordered by tele-
phone. The authorities of the naval
academy gave every possible assist
ance, sending an ambulance. cots and
orderlies to help cure for the wounded.
The hospital. the capacity OF which
was taxed. was soon filed with the
friends of the victims.
Traffic Manager Slaughter was ter
ribly injured, his head being swollen 10
nearly twice it's proper size, and his
body being badly cut and bruised. The
bodies of many of the dead We're ter
ribly mangled. One az the least dis
figured was that OF Motorman ONeill
Notwithstanding 1t was hurled dis
lance of 90 feet
a