Evening journal., 1910-08-15
SEVEN HURT
WHEN CARS HIT
Slippery Rails Responsible for
Rear End Peoples Line
Collision at ElSmere
INJURED PASSENGERS
WILL SURVIVE BRUISES

Seven people We're hurt In a COLI
sion Of street cars on the Brandy
wine Springs branch Of the Peoples
Railway Company, at Elsmere at
l11.4O o'clock last night. The injured
are.
John oliver. No. 3OO5 West Howard
street. a park guard in the employ OF
the city. injured leg. Taken TO the
Delaware Hospital.
Ethel Biddle. corner OF Taylor and
Spruce streets, a badly lacerated and
bruised arm. She was taken home for
treatment.
John SPAIN. No. 1922 West Fifth
street, motorman, bruised right side,
bruised calf Of right leg and cut by
broken glass.
Emma seidle. aged 20 years. No.
sos Spruce street. lacerated right arm.
Taken to Delaware Hospital
Arthur r. Sayers. aged % years,
Penn's Grove. N. j., head confused in
four or five places Taken to Della
ware Hospital.
William Bolton, Penn's Grove, slight |
contusions of the arms and body. !
Taken to the home of Miss Biddle.
Mrs. James Myers, No. 6l5 Madison I
street. wrenched back and bruised |
body. Taken home
All the injured will recover and |
those who we're taken to the Delaware |
Hospital after having their injuries |
attended to were removed to their |
homes.
Car No. 6, a closed car. I'm charge OF |
Conductor r. W. King and Motorman |
John SPAIN, was responsible for the |
trouble II was coming toward the
city and had just entered the single
track line at Elsmere when the brakes
refused to work. The car started
down a grade at that point with con-
siderable speed. Spain made several
attempts to apply the brakes but with
out success and he then ran TO the
other end OF the car to work the brake
there, but by that time the car had
gained such momentum that the
brake refused TO bring It to a stand
still.
Car No 25, in charge of Conduc-
tor James Godfrey and Motorman A.
l.. farrell, was ahead of the runaway
and Godfrey had just turned tn switch
] light near the old car barn when the
other car bore down upon them and
= the crash that followed was hea d for
some distance.
Car No. 25 was crowded with pas
sengers and a panic among them fol-
| lowed. The passengers were thrown
of the car and it was at first thought
that several persons had been killed.
The crowd turned to extricating the
injured and within a short time they
were being comfortably cared for.
The Misses Ethel Biddle and Emma
Seidel, William Boulton and Arthur p. !
Sayres, occupied the rear seat of car
No. %, and when the crash came they
were thrown in all directions and that
none of them was killed is a miracle. |
Sayres was thrown completely under
the car and was badly bruised and
shaken up.
Motorman SPAIN remained at his
post and he was afterward found pin
ned between the controller box and
the front Of the car.
John Oliver. who is employed as a
park guard in the city. was thrown
from his feet and was badly bruised,
and his right leg also was hurt.
Miss Biddle was taken TO her home
on the following car by Bouldon. Their
companions. Miss Seidel and Sayres
we're taken to the Delaware Hospi-
tai
officials of the company said that
the accident was due to slippery rails
They said the car brakes worked per-
fectly when tried out at the barn
following the accident.