Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
COASTERS hit
CAR;SIx HURT
Boys on Bobsled are Dragged
Fifty FEET on Ninth
Avenue.
RIDING oyTWENTY-sEcoND
Mishap Duef to Excessive Speed on
Long View Lime - No
Fatalities.
BOYS HUsr IN LAST NIGHTS COAST

BOYS HURT IN LAST NIGHTS COAST
ING ACCIDENT.
ROY SAIzMANN. 1904 Seventh ave
nue., eye injured and head cut.
ART Dale. COS Twentieth street,
back Vrenched and head cut.
TOM cAvANAUGH, 7ss Twenty-third
street; body bruised.
JOHN ENRIGHT, 241a Sixth avenue;
body bruised.
JOE COULTER, PAPA Eighth-and-a-
half avenue; nose broken.
FAY REEVES, $40 Twenty-fourth
street; legs hurt.
bob LOAD Of boys coasting down
the Twenty second street hill and a
Long View car collided last evening at
s o'clock, resulting in injuries more or
less serious to six boys. Car 257, being
behind time, as the Long View cars
usually are at that time of the even
ing, was trying to make up the sched-
ule and as the car turned the corner
at Twenty-irst street and Ninth ave
nue., the motorman, John Pier, opened
the power and the car went towards
the end Of the line as rasr as 1t could
go.
Six Receive Injuries.
The brakes were applied a minute
before the collision took place, but the
sled and the coasters were dragged 80
feet before the car came to a standstill.
Of the seven boys who were on the
bob six were more or less severely in
jured. Roy Salzman was the steerer.
His left eye was badly bruised and his
head badly cut. Art Dale had his back
wrenched and a cash cut in his head.
Tom Cavanaugh was bruised, as was
also John Enright Joe Coulter had
his nose severely injured, probably
broken, though at the time 1t was i'm
possible to tell Fay Reeves was prob
ably the most severely injured of all
the boys, his legs being badly hurt
and bruised. Charles Rosenfeld. S25
Twenty-fourth street. the seventh
member of the party, was the only one
to escape uninjured. He managed TO
roll off the sled just before it struck
the car.
Escape Marvellous.
The fact that the boys escaped with
their lives is a marvel. The bob. which
belonged to Will and Roy Philbrook.
struck the car squarely between the
two sets of wheels and the frame work
of the trucks kept it from going under
the car. Had it struck in front of the
truck, the accident might have
been a terrible one. The bob
was smashed and strewn about.
while the blood from the injured boys
left a stain on the snow which
clearly shows the spot of the collision.
AS soon as possible after the acct
dent, surgeons were summoned. and
these were soon on the scene. The in
juries of the boys were given immedi-
ate attention and call was sent in for
the ambulance. In Is minutes it was
on hand. and four of the iajured boys
were taken to ST. Anthony's hospital,
where they were given such fur
Their attention as they required. Two
of the boys, Coulter and Enright, had
left for their homes before the arrival
of the physician. Salzmann and Reeves
remained at st. Anthony's hospital ov-
er night, but were able to be taken to
their homes today. The prospects are
that none of the injuries will prove
serious
Should Have Waterman.
The accident follows a string of mar
row escapes from similar collisions n |
Saturday evenings Argus an account |
of narrow escape at the same place |
on Friday evening was printed and |
mention of like escape Thursday ev-
ening was made. 1t is clear that If |
boys are to be allowed to enjoy them
selves as nature intended they should,
they ought to be protected, and the
street car company as well ought to
be protected by the placing of a watch
man at the avenues where the coast
ers cross the tracks. If a Waterman
had been stationed on Ninth avenue
and Twenty-se cond street last evening
there would have been no accident. as
he would have caused the car to stop
and the sled would have passed by in
perfect safety.
During all day yesterday the cars on
Ninth avenue halted at Twenty-second
street going each way until the motor
men and conductors saw that the coast
was clear, but when night came on the