Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-16
STREET CAR STRIkES TRAM
Motormsn Runs Down Dodge Street
Hill at Full Speed,
FIVE PERSONS BADLY INJURED
Passengers Inside Await Crash,
Unable to do Thing 10 Avert
It-A. ~. HanScn
May Die.

In a collision Saturday between street
car and freight train on the Belt Line
at Fortv-fifth and Dodge streets the follow
ing were injured:
A. II. Hansen. motorman, a0i Blonde.
internally; may bc fatally.
J. Y. Lucas, conductor, 262i South FIJI
tenth street, fracture Of left ankle and
bIUis CS.
Rev, A. w. Clark, ali North rorty-first
Della Callahan, e525 Caldwell street,
Sergeant Rickcrts, 2olO Erskine street
bruises
The collision occurred about 1880 o'clock.
The street car was returning from Dundee
to the city. The freight train was coming
to Omaha. The effect Of the collision was
completely to domolish the front part "
the street car and to break the side OF
the freight car next the engine, laden with
meat, and throw it off the track.
When this car swung off II carried the
next one with II.
The train, according to Conductor Finn.
was moving at six mics an hour at the
time and was pulled up before 1t had
Travelled forty feet after the impact.
Three Passengers In Car.
There were three passengers on the street
car. two Of them being employees Of the
Happy Hollow cruz. / llt Gar was I'N'''"N
IS usual until the hill above Forty-siAth
street was reached. After this point when
approaching the railroad crossing, generally
the speed is reduced, but last night the
car came down the hill at a high rate Of
speed. The alarm of the passengers in
Gre ased when they saw the lights of the
freight train approaching the crossing An
instant later the crash came and they found
themselves fluDp off tho seats.
The motorman apparently jumped off the
car when he saw the collision inevitable as
he was found lying on the street.
The street car was swung completely
around by the force of the impact.
/ Hansen was carried to a shanty on the
| tracks where he received first treatment
! from DR.. +. NJ. Whitman, who accompanied
! him to the Wise Memorial hospital DIR.
Whitman said he had sustained bruises on
! the abdomen and other parts of the body,
| but that he would not be able to say
definitely until morning whether the in
juries would prove fatal or not. The con
ductor was taken to the station where he
was attended to by Police Surgeons i. 7.
Harris. Loveland and Standeven and after
| wards taken home. The injuries to the
passengers were not such as to require
medical attendance.
Rev. Mr.. Clark Talks.
! Rev. Mr.. Clark said he was sitting in
the middle of the car when it struck the
train. They never slowed down." he said
but seemed to be in a hurry. The con-
ductor usually gets out to see if the way is
clear, but he neither did this nor did the
car slow down. The next thing we ex-
perienced was the collision. l was pitched
off my seat when the car struck My
right arm is bruised"
Conductor Lucas said the only thing lie
remembered was walking to the door of the
car and then finding himself lying in the
street He had been inside the car, he
said, looking after the tickets and had
] started to walk to the vestibule.
! one of the passengers, ii is stated said
that shortly before the accident he had
seen the conductor talking to the motorman
but Lucas denied this.