The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-06
Fifty Passengers in Wreckage
For More Than Half Hour
None Fatally Injured,
'Tis Said
BAD RAILS AND HIGH
SPEED BLAMED BY POLICE
SSlassive Tree Torn Up by Roots
AS Crowded Conveyance
Plunges Across Walk

Fourteenth line car No. 81. speed
Ing southward on Beaubien-st, crowd
ed TO the dashboards with men and
women going TO their worx, left the
tracks near Ellzabeth-st.. AZ $40
o'clock, Friday morning. rumbled
over the curbing, tore up by the roots
massive tree. and then plunged It's
nose into the side OF house. Out
OF the mass OF shrieking, panic
stricken passengers, splintered lum.
ber and broken glass 20 men and
women were dragged. They were re-
moved to st. Mary's hospital or 10
their homes, and SO far as could be
learned at 10 o'clock. none was seri-
otisly hurt.
bad rails and high speed are held
by witnesses and police officers who
moving along at Q great pace when
IL swerveda from its course. Ii evil
dent from the trail Of wreckage II
walls OF the home OF Mrs. Josie
Behle. at No. 125 Elizabeth-st. The
big tree which was torn up after the
Ut
two. Tracks, paving and sidewalks
were torn upafos . distance of 100
|, feet. b i
After pluuging into the house. the
car fell over on It's side. Every win
dow IN the car was broken, either by
impact with the tree or house, or by
.maddened passengers who fought for
a means OF exit. Most Of those on
.Nyg IN
but the men and women trapped In
side were left to fight their way out
No less than so persons were
renned in the wrecxage after the car
turned over. More than half-hour
passed before they could be extri.
Gated
Scores OF cars which followed. all
carrying persons bound to their en-
ployment. were held up for an Hour
by the accident.
Following Is the list of those taken
to st. Mary's hospital:
Frank Prokop, IS years old. No. 251
Wiilis-aye. east; Abraham Kismer, 1S
years old, No. 1853 Leland-st.; Francis
syiburtus. 2S years old, No. 235
prady-st.: Mary Woznik, 1S years old.
so years old, No. "a Guilloz-st.: Mrs.
lizzie Mills, Negress, No. sos st.
Antoine-st and Carrie Misike, %
years old, No. 20 Krakow-pl. All went
TO their homes. after their cuts and
bruises were dressed. except Worms
OF, who was too dazed. He lives In
Hamtramck.
The following were removed to
T.
s-harles Merritt, No. 165 Theodore-st.;
Joseph Grandy, No. 270 Grandy-ave.:
Wesley Bitticks. No $50 Beaubien-st.;
fouis Butzik, No. 27O Watson-st.. and
Newton Licks. No. 462 Hastings-st.; |;
Francis Davis, No. 223 Brady-st: /:
I.eona Beaver, % years old. No. 734
Riopelle-st.; Anna Kovil. No. s54 Rio
pelle-st.; Phillip Jackson, 80 years
!. DID, No. 314 Theodore-st.; Sadie Mar.
solis, IS years old, No 173 Benton-st.: !:
Relen Sweassik. .16 years old, No. 159
illinois-st.; Hattie Gsjwski, Ia years
old. No. ~ Superior-st
The car was In charge OF Conductor
No. 1882 and Motorman No. 213b,
whose names have not been learned
By the police.
Mrs. Behle. whose home was dam.
aged when the car crashed. into II.
10 Q widow. and was asleep when a
gap was torn I'm the wall. The dam.
age to the house Is estimated at 5000.
n. p. w. Commissioner Fenkell sub
mitted an estimate last spring for
s29,610 to repave. and fix up the track
foundations Of the Fourteenth line be.
lveen Adams-ave. and Erskine-st. The
ouncil allowed the money for the
.ork. hut the board of estimates. IN a
~ OF economy. cut II out. Under the
"a PHI gree agreement the city Is com.
peiled to keep the track foundations
IN repair as well as doing the paving
between the tracks on all the socalled
"threecent" lines. the Fourteenth be-
ing one OF them.