The Detroit times., 1912-04-16
TWO MEN KILLED WHEN
'IHTERDRBAN CARS CRASH
ON D. U. R. NEAR ANN ARBOR
Blunder of Car Crew Cause of
Fatal Accident Late Mon
day Afternoon.
IS PERSONS ARE INJURED
Ed. Densmore, Maple City, and
Moses Slonin, Jerusalem, Dead;
Latter's Brother Dying
DEAD.

DEAD.
EDWARD DENsMORE, Maple CITY
nfMAN sLONIN, Jewish rabbi from
DYING.
n. sLONIN, brother OF Lyman slo-
ain, also Jewish rabbi
~. Berga, 20 Howard-st., Detroit.
hack wrenchedD u. ID. McI<innon, De-
troit, had bruise on headj 4. 4. liter
back, Ann Arbor, seriously Injured
riHht leg inJuredI John Burch, Jack
son, badly erushedJ }. w. Dickey,
Huntington, w. Va, both legs Injured
Clyde Dickey, left cheek crushedt 4.
~. Booran, Hastings, bruised knee and
about the heads Mrs. Charles Alber.
bruised I'm face and left hand and knee
InJuredt Melvin AIber, n baby, left foot
hurts Mrs. n. 4. bishop, Eau Claire,
legs bruisedI Mrs. Charles Ramsey,
Mnnton, lip torn; Mrs. Wildred, Mid
land. cut about the face, bernard
bruisedg Ross Holmes, student. Lans-
fnk, bruised legi Andrew Pelham. Jack
SON, face cut, James Losee, Tompkins,
Mich, severely eut ON the back OF
brokers Grace Powers, Hattie Creek,
left leg broken and arm cuts Mr. and
MRS. II. q. RothweIi, Battle Creek. both
students 4. az W., Mrs. Ella Van Tas-
sal. aged 20, Worthwhile, jaw brokrnt
Joseph Clarke. Trenton, cut about the
headi G. 4. jaeger, lansing, cut about
the herd, back and nose; Charles Gil
bert. ON his way to Bozemnn. Mont.
badly cut ON his legs, unconscious r..
n. s0per. DixonburH. Pa. left leg
brokers W. G. Doolittle. Kalamazoo. face
crushed On, I'm serious eondifioni Joseph
Mowrey. Sherwood. right leg brokenj
Walter Leach, from Akron, a.. bruised;
George Gergett, Alma. bruised about
Iegst u. stone, Grand Rapids, legs
bruised md back wrenched; Il. n. Wat
son. Port Huron. neck wrenched, J. =.
81 In red
A. ~. Congdon. YpsiIanti. slightly In
5ureds Mrs. james Heller, Ann Arbor,
nose broken aud body bruised. her
baby bruised, Myers Cohen. New York
city. badly Injured about right leg and
hesds :. y. Field. Mason, cut about the
heads Elmer Watson, Detroit. hurt
about legt George Adams, ~ Congress
~. east. Detroit. ankle sprained and
lex bruised, kenneth Bouchar, Jack
son, cut about head, Mrs. Edward
Nogel. Chelsea. bruised and cut, Mrs. q.
g. Kelly. Chelsea. hurt about the knee;
New. Albert SchOen. Chelsea. cut about
enc facet Adrian Carter, Chelsea, In
tured about back and hips.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. April l6.-Be-
cause one OF the motormen or the dis
patcher. Numbered, two ID. u. r. limit
ed cars met head-on near Lima Cen
ter, seven miles west OF this city, late
yesterday afternoon. and two pas
sengers were killed and about 35 In
jured.
The motormen of both cars jumped.
and neither was injured. The dead are
Ed. Densmore, Of Maple Citp, Mich.
and Moses Slonin, rabbi from Jeru.
salem, the latter dying in the Home
opathic hospital here, where a major
ity of the injured were taken.
hA
+ two cars meeting directly in front OF
the farm home of Theodore Covert,
which was turned into an emergency
hospital. II was an hour before help
reached the injured passengers, and
they lay scattered around .on the
ground and In the Covert home until
their injuries could be attended to-
Physicians from Chelsea and Ann Ar.
Dor responded to the call, and the In
jured were made as comfortable as
possible until they could be moved 10
Ann Arbor. A d. IT, r. work train
carried the first batch OF the injured
TO this city. and passenger cars were
afterward pressed into service to
bring the remainder here.
The westbound car left Ann Arbor
about 4 o'clock, and when II hit the
east-bound car II was running about
30 miles an hour The cars should
have passed each other near the point
OF the collision where there is a
switch, but somebody Numbered. So
terrific was the impact that not a
seat was left standing in either car,
and practically everybody on each
car was hurt In some manner The
passengers in the smoking compart-
ments suffered the most serious in
jnries. Edward Densmore was sitting
on the front seat of the east-bound
car. and his body was smashed TO
jelly. IL was an hour before his body
could be pried out OF the wreck.
Moses Slonin, who died later in a hos.
pital here, was also in the smoker.
and he was crushed about the body.
Only one passenger is known to have
escaped injury by jumping. and he
was r. III. Holbrook. OF Detroit. who
was on the east-bound car. He was
sitting In the front seat with Dens.
more, and next to the open door. He
saw the west-bound car coming and
saw the plotorman Jump. and he also
Jumped, landing on his head. He was
slightly hurt by the fall.
Passengers state that both motor
men applied the air as soon as they
saw a collision was unavoidable. bu,
the west bound car, which had lust
topped a raise in the track, was
checked but slightly, and crashed into
and half way through the smoking
compartment of the other car.
On the east-bound ear were a large
number or students on their way Il
this city after the spring vacation
some OF them were quite badly hurt
but none seriously. AS soon as the
first shock OF the collision was ovei
the more fortunate ones among tn,
passengers began to look after thos,
. more seriously injured. many o
whom were pinned beneath the wreck
age. The Covert home was utilized
and cushions torn from the seats o
The cars were used as beds for tn,
sufferers As soon as the news OF tn,
wreck reached this city. help wa
sent by motor cars, and by the tim'
The ID. II. r. got car TO the seen,
Temporary relief had been given mos
Or the sufferers
An. Hudnutt,f OF Jackson. was motor
man of the east-bound car. and tn
conductor was Ross Clark, of Ups
Ianti. on the west-bound car wa
william Clark. OF Ypsilanti. as motor
man. and Harry Bachman, as cor
dnctor. Motorman Hndnutt in state
mcnf after the wreck said that hi
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