Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-02
PASSENGERS SLIGHTLY
HURT BY FLYING GLASS
Deraneed Trolley Stops Main Line
Car Between euckroe Beach ana
Old Point Comfort College, and Bay
Shore Car Runs into Rear-RiIey
ssys Brakes Wouldn't Work.
Daily Press
Hampton Bureau, August l.

Motorman Ii. s. Riley was probab-
ly fatally injured, several passen-
gers were slightly hurt and two car
loads of people were shaken-up and
frightened when Bay Shore car. No.
81. crashed into the rear end OF main
line car, No. e.. on the line OF the
Newport News a. Old Point Railway
a. Electric Company between Buck
roe Beach and Old Point Comfort Col
lege about 10 o'clock to
night. Motorman Reey IS now at
Dixie hospital suffering from com
round fracture of one of his legs be
tween the knee anu hip and numer-
Gus bruises. and the attending ply
sicans fear that he will not be able
10 recover from the shock
Four Slightly Hurt.
Three negroes who were riding
near the front of the Bay Shore car
were painfully though not seriously
injured. They are: X. NJ. Hin, head
waiter at the Chambersin hotel, cuts
about face from flying glass, and
bruised sknee; Percy Carter, Phosbus,
cuts on forehead, nose and, checks;
Robert Fitchett, Hampton, hand
mashed.
Three white men who were or the
rear platform of the main line car,
jumped when they saw that collision
was imminent George Tice and Ike
Kirsner made the jump IN safety, but
o. Roche did not get OF in time to
escape the flying glass. Mr.. Roche
received several cuts. none OF which
was serious.
Trolley Out of Order.
Both of the cars were running along
at a rather rapid rate OF speed when
the accident occurred. As the main
line car was passing Mrs. Henrietta
Herbert's property, the trolley became
deranged and the car came TO stop.
No. 81. speeding along behind. crash
ed into the rear almost before pas
sengers or crews realized that. the
cars were close together. Motorman
Riley. who was running the Bay
Shore car. is quoted as saying that
his brakes would not work and that
il was impossible for him TO avert
the collision. He stuck TO his post "a
the finish. and was iambed in be
tween the cars so that he had to
be lifted out by his comrades.
Passengers Quoted
Motorman Yates and Conductor
Boyles. of the main line car, and
Conductor Jacobs. of No. 81, with diff
ficulty quoted the passengers and
assisted in looking after the injured
Before all the women had been con
WINGED that they we're not hurt
another car from Buckroe had ar
rived and it's crew lent hand in
dealing with the situation.
The damaged cars were run back
TO a switch and thc line was clear
ed after II had been blocked for more
than an hour. TIE main line car had
IFS rear end crushed in, while the
front Of the Bay Shore car was
demolished Had they been opel
cars. probably half a dozen OF NOR.
i-eople would have been killed or ser
icusly injured Two baby carriage:
on the platform Of the main line cal
we're smashed.
DIR. Harry y. Howe went from
Hampton TO attend the injured III
had Motormsn Riley sent to tn
hospital al once. and there Dr. G. W
Mc4ilistcr took charge OF the patient
Dr. Howe dressed the wounds Of al
the other injured men except Hill
Who was attended BY Dr. W. r
Atkins. coiorcd.
Young Married Man
Moiorman Riley is young marie
man whose family lives in Hampton
He has been In thc employ Of tn,
company only a short time. At th'
hospital late tonight u was stste'
that his condition is very grave.
This l. the first serious collision Z
occur on the electric conpany's iin'
for manv years. The company vi
hold an investigation today.