Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

when 1t left the Seventeenth avenue
hill at broadway. According to re-
port the brake was out OF order and
refused to work. The motorman. un-
able TO control the action of the car.
struck the my Valet" building with
terrific force and crumbled like sheet
of paper. More than score OF pag.
sengers were In the car. Almost half
OF them were injured The car turn
ed over on Its side pinning screaming
women and children underneath. Ply
sicians at once were called and relief
given to the injured. Neither the con-
ductor nor motorman we're seriously
hurt, and they lay the blame for the
accident to defective mechanism. not
their work.
The MY Valet" building was wreck
ed by force OF the collision. Windows
were smashed over the entire struc
ture and brick walls we're caved in
Before the car struck the building
1t carved Its way between a wagon
and automobile standing in front of
the laundry building. The horse at
tached TO the laundry wagon was kill
ed, the automobile wrecked, and Pack
er. the chauffeur. seriously hurt.
Mrs. Roderick was the woman kill
ed, and Miss Ethel May, friend were
walking on the street In front OF the
my Valet building when the ear
struck them. and the death of Mrs
Roderick was instantaneous. Miss
May was not seriously injured. Mrs.
Roderick's first name and address are
unknown. and she was identified by a
card on her body. Mrs. Bert Celery,
of Court place. fatally hurt. and will
die. Ethel May. college student,
crushed under care, taken TO Mercy
hospital; seriously hurt William
Schrader. left leg broken Arthur Pack
er. Englewood, seriously hurt; may
die. Ethel Win Hayes. 1886 Washing
ton. chest crushed. Miss Alma Bag
ley, Oxford hotel left knee and back
injured. r. II. Jamison. Grant avenue
was in taxi with Packer. left shoulder
dislocated and hurt internally Ray
mond Whitmore. stranger from ST
Joseph. Mo, left shoulder dislocated
Miss Milliccnt Bailey, supreme court
judges daughter. slightly injured. The
foregoing Is list of those most Sc.
riously injured
LATER--Two are dead and n half
score seriously injured as the result
of the wreck
A middle aged well dressed woman
was caught under the car as II turn
ed over on the sidewalk
William Fl. Schrader, well known In
local political circles, died within an
hour after the accident from internal
injuries. Schrader died hero. He
was a passenger on the ill-fated car,
and could have saved his life but for
the fact that up to the last minute
he was thinking only of the lives OF
helpless women. He was standing on
the steps of the car dropping off wom-
on passengers when he was crushed
beneath the wreckage
OF the injured little hope Is enter
tained 10 the recovery of Ethel Hays,
teacher of German at the Longfellow
school. She. like an unidentified
woman. was caught under the car. She
is at Mercy hospital Up to noon she
had not recovered consciousness.
Serious in the extreme is also the
condition of Mrs, Bert Guire, of Court
place. Mrs. CURE was thrown out of
the Side OF the car sustaining Internal
injuries.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Believlng he
was possessed by the devil and In AN
effort to drive the demon out, Daniel
Edwin Hurley. an actor from Provi-
dence. r. l.. built a roaring bonfire In
the middle of Flftieth street before
daylight today and hurled himself into
the flames. He fought several persons
who tried to rescue him and while
one man fired several shots from a
revolver to attract the police some
one else turned in fire alarm. The
shots attracted six officers and by
the time the fire fighting apparatus
arrived and while the policemen were
lighting the crazed man, a crowd gath.
cred which completely blocked the
street. When Hurley was dragged
from the fire nearly all his clothing
was consumed, and he sustained burns
from which he probably will die
The crowd became so great that the
poiice reserves were called out to
make way for the ambulance.
SILVERTON. Oct. 29,-Fire Wed
nesday night completely DESTROYED the
midway terminal of the Silver Lake
property, The terminal was located
in Arastra gulch The loss is placed
at $4,000. insurance not stated. Cause
OF fire is not known.
The fire knocks out several leasers
In Silver Lake basin and stops shin
ment of about 1000 tons of ore. Tho
fire will not interfere with Aspen shin
ments.
While no official announcement has