The Detroit times., 1911-07-31
ONE KILLED, 50HURT
WHEN CARS CRASH
NEAR DEARBORN
Responsibility for Accident Rests
With Motorman, Who Leaves
Switch Where Trolleys Are
Scheduled To Pass.
Victim Was Motorman on Other Car
Many of the Injured From
Detroit.
DEAD.
Louis Hamilton. motorman. Ypsilanti'
sERIoUsLY INyURED.

SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Samuel Emmerson, about 45 years
old. OF Inkster. hip dislocated and In
1ured internally: Mrs. J. b. Falker. 7os
University ave. east Ann Arbor. badly
cut and injured internally; Il. IL. Tup-
per, OF Ypsilanti. leg broken and In
Jured internally; Mrs. E. Ii. rupper, leg
and arm broken and internally injured,
not expected TO live; John Townskeck.
Fifteerith-st. and Michigan-ave.. De-
troit. internal injuries. unconscious and
extent or injuries not known; William
Baker, 736 Twenty nth st, Detroit. In
ternal injuries; Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Gall and two children, of Romulus. all
badly cut by flying glass and seriously
bruised; Mrs. A. l.. Crauson. daughter
Violet and niece, Grace Bell. all badly
Hasseibach. Lofts Corners, cut and
bruised; Robert Policeman, Taylor Cen
ter. cut about head; Frank LASER,
Wayne, badly cut; Ralph Smith. $40
Lee Schultz and Ralph Hammond. Ink
ster. cut by flying glass; William Par
rish, Dearborn, leg and side injured;
Forest Woodin, motorman on east
bound car leg and otherwise injured;
Walter Murphy, Detroit. hurt about the
head; Mary Murphy, 637 Mullett-sts,
Detroit, back badly wrenched; Mira
Barbara Miller, 26s Erskine- De.
troit. badly bruised and arm injured;
Emma Miller. 263 Erskine-st., Detroit,
face badly cut, bruised. Margaret Mil
ler. 263 Erskine-st. Detroit, Internally
Warren Lewis, Ypsilanti; August rla-
tau, 177S Michigan-ave, Detroit. inter-
nally injured; Albert Gaull. Romulus,
bad cash IN leg; Conductor Archie
Phlpps. Inkster; Leo Leigon, Belleville,
nose broken; William Schroeder, 7l6
Leland-st.. Detroit, slightly: Mrs. Gran
ton and daughter, Dearborn.
Confusion on the part of Motorman
Forest Woodin In regard to signals
caused a collision between two ID.
u. r. interurban cars at the Duffield
curve, three-quarters of mile east of
Dearborn, about 4:50 O'Clock Sunday
afternoon, In which one man, Louis
Hamilton, motorman, was killed and
upwards Of so passengers injured.
/. The cars which collided were the
Ann Arbor local, west-bound, which
left Detroit at 4 p. m, and the North
Vile local. east-bound. Both cars were
well filed and panic followed the
collision. The two cars were running
at high rate of speed when they
came together and not a passenger Is
said to have escaped an injury OF
some sort. The sharp curve on which
the collision took place prevented
either motorman from seeing the 9TH
er car until IL was too late to avoid the
impact
The injured were carried to nearby
houses and cared for as well as they
could be until doctors arrived. After
wards they were taken to their homes
or hospitals in Detroit
General Superintendent Harry Bull
len, OF the ID. u. r., issued the follow
ing statement In regard to the cause
OF the accident:
Responsibility for the collision
rests wholly upon Motorman Frank
woodin of car No. 1888 from North
Vile The Ann Arbor local leaving De-
troit at 4 o'clock p. m. and the limited
leaving Detroit in two sections at 4:1O
o'clock d. m, are regularly scheduled
to meet the $3.50 o'clock p. m. local out
OF Worthwhile at the Dearborn switch
at 4:46 o'clock p. m. The hrst Sec
ton of the limited gave the proper
signals indicating that there would be
n third car westbound for that switch.
woodin answered the signals properly,
but pulled out of the switch east
bound without waiting for the local.
The collision followed.
After the accident Woodin stated
that he knew he was due to meet the
limiteds and the local at this switch;
he stated that In addition TO this the
proper signals were exchanged by him
and the limiteds. The only explana-
ton he could give was that he thought
there were three cars on the switch
and supposing he had met the local he
pulled out OF the switch and ran into
the westbound local"
The Ann Arbor car, In charge OF
Conductor Archie Woodwork and Mo-
torman Louis Hamilton, who was kill
ed, was Ave minutes behind time and
was running faster than usual when
the crash came. The cars are allow.
ed to make UP time along the section
where the collision occurred. The I'M
pact was an unusually severe one, on
account of the speed Of the cars, both
being badly damaged. The Ann
Arbor car was thrown clear OF the
track and completely separated from
its rear truck.
Immediately after the crash, Con-
ductor Dresselhouse, of the North
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