The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-06
CALUMET HoUoHToN MONDAY

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lodge
The special was in charge of Con-
ductor Il. q. Stantose and Motorman Il
Osborn. The car had kept In sight OF
the regular car, coming behind them
all the way from Hancock, being held
several times to allow the regular to
come up with them. Arriving at the
Osceola siding. the special as is Gus
tomary, awaited at the southern end
OF the switch. The rear vestibule of
the special was filled with men who
were STANDING there smoking and chat
ting The regular north bound car. in
charge of Motorman Duncan and Con-
ductor Wilcox, was almost upon them
and coming at a rapid rate of speed
when IL became evident that II could
not be stopped in time TO avert a COL
lision.
Brady's Neck is Broken.
| Jack Harris of Hancock. one of the
l1lks on the platform, shouted, Were
going to be bumped" and just as some
of the party started through the car
door inside, the crash came. joseph
Brady, OF Houghton, had his back to
the approaching regular and when the
cars came together he was killed al
most instantly, his skull being frac-
tured and his neck broken. Harris
was thrown into the air and landed
against barbed wire fence ten or fif-
teen feet distant, Walter Bloomfield
landing on top wpf him. Harris was
knocked unconscious, and when picked
up by Bloomfield was found to have
been badly scratched about the head
and face. besides sustaining severe
bruises to his neck, knee and ankle.
Bloomfield was slightly cut under the
chin by the fence wire.
Curzon Has Hip Fractured.
Rev. j. E. Curzon. the pastor of the
Trinity Episcopal church of Hough-
ton, and Alex Stevenson, past exalted
ruler of Hancock lodge and district
deputy for Northern Michigan, were
struck by pieces of the mechanism of
the car the former being rendered
unconscious and receiving fracture
of the hip. Mr. Stevenson was hit in
the stomach and 1t is feared he is
hurt internally.
Mr.. Curzon quickly recovered con-
seriousness and was able to walk over
To whore his wife was standing and
to reassure her that his injuries were
not dangerous. When the collision
occurred Mr.. Curzon was standing in
the doorway and was pushed inside
by Mr.. Harris just before the cars
came together, doubtless thereby saw
ing him from greater harm.
Those seated inside the car were
more or less shaken up. but uninjured.
The conductor. Stantose, on seeing the
regular about to dash into the special.
reached inside to pull the bell cord,
and had rang it just once when the
floor of the special was thrown upward
and the conductor fell into the open
ing, fortunately without breaking his
limbs or otherwise injuring him.
Some of the Elks in the car found
themselves after the crash with their
feet upon the seats. and wondering
how it happened that none OF them
had been thrown through the car win
dows. The motorman, Osborn. was
thrown by the impact back through the
glass door in the front end of the car,
receiving. however, only slight cuts.
Brady Buried in Wreckage.
The rear platform of the special |
was splintered to fragments, whicn |
dropped down upon the rails, leaving
only the iron supports that had at
tached it to the body of the car. Bur-
led i'm this wreckage the body of Brady
was found when, on recovering from
the shock, the survivors started to in
vestigate the casualties. The regular
car was not damaged, being one OF the
new cars OF steel construction, al
though the passengers were thorough
lv shaken up. When the crash came
the special was pushed forward about
thirty feet along the track and the
regular rebounded back about that dis
tance.
When Brady was picked up from
the debris of the wrecked vestibule,
life was not yet entirely extinct and
he was carried into the Osceola wait
ing room. where a physician was I'M
mediately sent for. Shortly after the
Doctors arrival, Brady breathed his
last. and the cause of death given was
of the brain.
Body Taken to Houshton.
Sheriff Byers was at once notified
of the accident and he and Frank c.
Mayotte claim agent of the traction
company, arrived by the next through
car from Hancock after the news was
received. Undertaken Ryan of Calu-
met was notified to take charge of the
body and the coroner summoned. Tho
body was taken this morning to
Houghton, where the deceased resided
with his wife and family.
Mr. Brady was about ithirty-six
years OF age and a native of Syria. He
had resided here for the past ten
wears or thereabouts and was an i'm
porter of silks, iaces, shawls, and sim
liar articles Of merchandise. His wife
survives him. and Is absent In Chicago.
,..t. toft for that citv last Satur- |