The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-14
Dayton 4 Western Car Crash.
es Into a Rig, Killing Wom-
an and Fatally lnjuring Her
Husband.
HURLED CHILD INTO
A DITCH UNlNJUREO
Panic Stricken Passengers
Pour Out Of Car and Are
Greeted by the Sigh 6t
Mangled Bodies.

West Alexandria. O., June
While attempting to drive their hurse
and buggy ACROSS the trach a the Day.
ton and Western Traction companys
line. q mile and 4 half south Of West
Alexandra. At $40 O'Clock Sunday
night. MI. and Mrs Dick PsunhAoan
and their little daughter Annie wese
hurled into ditch and tho woman was
instantly killed while Mr.. Prunhassa
was 90 seriously injured that he can.
not recover. The little girl escaped
with only slight bruises. but tho hpsue
was hurled twenty fest across The road
and instantly killed while the buggy
was demolished.
Tho traction car that wrought tho
terrible catastrophe was No 272 To-
cal, In charge Of Motorman 0eurxe Hull
and Conductor Robert Hnugh The
car was running slightly behind the
schedule - 1t left West Alexandria,
and was making . speed OF about thir-
ty miles IN hour when II reached the
little village Of Dodsville. on tho IN.
teFprise road.
Panic Follows ceooh.
The night vas % dark that svGn De
light Of the headlight failed 10 psne
trate far. and Notorman Hun w. not
able to discern the buggy jsst driving
upon the track until II w0o tho late
TO check the car. There w09 Q fearful
crash At tho dark crossing. thD scproo
OF passengers In tho cor. severed q
whom were Richmond psppje. wege
hurled from their seats, and In Z mo.
ment all was confusion and chaoe.
For the moment the passsnOsso hesi-
tated to leave the dark Cor. fearing
many were injured. Howsver. the mo-
torman and conductor had already
Jumped to the ground and hAstAnol b
where the wrecked rig was lying -
the side Of the track.
The scene that presenEa0 itDeaf 10
| those who went to view H. tx1gedy
was horrifying. In the middle oe the
dirt or wagon road the dead hogse that
had pulled the buggy was stsutcAsd.
and opposite him. some fifteen Seet By
the car tracks. lay The wrec1s6 vsAi-
Gle. hardly . part o( It Intact
Weman Feswa DEED.
Means were Issuing froD bsnsa4h
the bed and the leather work q tho
buggy. and In their s0osts to s1afl-
cate the sufferer. the mot1ou1ess bo4y
Of the woman was not notSced lying
several feet away from the rsse q tAe
wreckage In . bugxy gully. Ths body
Of the woman was aimnst serippeA Of
its clothing. and life was quite s9t1nee
when she was discovered
When the car struck tie buoV ~
tie Annie was thrown to tho M11no
Of the dirt road. and escApsa witA Only
slight bruises. She vas upua hW 1DaG
running around In the roaa before
anyone could reach hss, and crying
Ipiteously.
Take my fAther out Hs p undse
there Oh, where - my mammaT
i Heeding The child'o plea. the msa
tore all the more despes0A1y at tho
torn leather and splinasreA wood. and
at length Mr.. Prunhagsa was extsaeesa
and laid upoa the g11GA Tho naA as
once began TO moan wildly a1A - cy
out for some one 70 ave hm
! 0.esy ossoosd ~ Fsst
i The little siri w.s ta1s4 ITO tAe
house Of . farnss csnse g hama. nd
10 do what they could 1or The dying
man. He wss horribly bguiDo6 about
ithe body and cut In the hend and facA