The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-01
ACCIDENT AT woRLDs FAIR
Street Car Jumps Track and Crashes
Into Restaurant-Idaho PeO-
pie Help in the Rescue


Seattle, Sept. 24.--Of the 80 pas
sengers on a big Wallingford avenue
car that was wrecked at a curve near
the main gate of the worlds fair
shortly before noon today not one
escaped being cut or bruised or sharp
ly shaken, but it is believed tonight
that none of the injured will die.
Frank Hull, of Tacoma, aged 46, Odd
Fellow attending the festivities of the
sovereign grand lodge meeting, died
an hour after being taken from the
wreck Tonight there are ~ patients
in four Seattle hospitals.
A single end Wallingford avenue
car with eighty passengers, of whom
SIS were seated and the others cling
ing to seats and straps, got beyond
control of the mOtorman and attained
a speed of 80 miles an hour. At the
corner of Fourteenth avenue and East
Fortieth street it careened, left the
track and crashed into One-story
building, demolishing the fiimsy
structure, splitting and wrecking the
car and hurting the passengers for
ward with great force.
Plunged Into Restaurant
The motorman, e. w. Melendy, a
gray-haired veteran with reputa-
tion for carefulness, opened the door
behind as soon as he found that the
car had got out Of control and shout
ed to the passengers:
Brace yourselves; can't help
you"
A few seconds later the runaway
plunged into the St. Louis cafe, a
little restaurant built for the worlds
fair trade. Edward Winslow, pro-
prietor of the restaurant, was struck
down and his skull crushed Arthur
Frye, who also was in the restaurant,
was cut about the eyes. Every pane
of glass in the car was broken and
the jagged pieces were showered up
on the passengers, who were tossed
one upon the other in indiscrib-
able confusion.
In less than minute experienced
hands were caring for the injured.
The worst cases were carried to the
worlds fair hospital. Some of theI
passengers who we're only cut by glass
bound up their own wounds. Resi-
dents of the houses near by took care
of some of the sufferers. In six min
utes the last of the injured had been
removed from the scene of the wreck
Idaho Building Used
Many of those injured in the street
car accident this morning were taken
to the Idaho building. Prof H. T.
French and Fl. E. Alexander of Poca-
tello assisted in the operating room,
and loked after many whose injuries
were not serious. In all there were As
injured who were brought to this hos
pital, all of whom were asking for
immediate attention and for some
time it was impossible to secure doc
tors and nurses, except for those who
were most badly hurt.
Among the ladies to whom the doc
tors owe the greatest help were Mrs.
"A. D. McKinlay of Twin Falls; Mrs.
M. S. Mccoy of Idaho Falls, and Mrs.
F. E. Walker of Blackfoot. Many
passengers were cut with glass and
otherwise bruised and these on being
taken from the car would implore to
have their friends notified. The tele-
phone at the Idaho house was in con-
slant service for the first hour of the
excitement.
Professor French and Mrs. McKin-|
lay assisted in caring for Frank Hull
of East Tacoma, who died two hours
after he was taken to the hospital, re-
moving his shoes and cutting the
clothes from his bruised body. Mrs. |
Mccoy, who had paper and pencil, re-
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sent to his friends and instructions to
notify the Odd Fellow headquarters.
A hushed atmosphere has pervaded
the exposition grounds today. A dance
planned at the Idaho building this
evening was postponed on account of
the accident.