Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-15
NNoTORMAN KILLED AND DOZEN
PASSENGERS INJURED NEAR
MARION.
DEAD EMPLoYE OLDEST
DRIVER ON CAR LINE
Caught ard Crushed in vestibule az
Two Cars Come Together at High
Speed-Injuriss Of Passengers Not
Serious-Ons Man Taken to Hospital
With Broken Leg. H~'

Cedar Rapids April 1.-two Marion
cars sped toward each other yester-
day afternoon. A sharp curve hid the
approaching disaster. Near the foot
Of Hollenbecks hill they met with q
crash, leaped into the air and fell back.
And in the demolished vestibule Of one
lay the body OF Motorman Thomas
Mullin, of Marion, the oldest and most
respected man tn the service OF the
Cedar Rapids and Marion Railway
Company, his life crushed out by the
impact. Behind in the interior of the
car. dozen passengers shrieked and
groansd with the pain OF their wounds
The Story Of the Wreck.
The result Of the preliminary In
yastigation, conducted Immediately at
ter the wreck was recited by Superin-
tandent Evans.
Car No. LEFT Marion. east bound,
at 4: O5, in charge Of Motorman Null
lin and Conductor Crawford. Their
meeting with Car No. 6, outbound from
Cedar Rapids at $3.50 was arranged
FOR the siding at the top OF the hill,
mile and a half out OF Marion.
Car No. passed the DeClow jack
barns. Conductor Crawford declares
he threw the block switch TO hold Rude
Aat the siding. His car passed into the
block at about thirty miles an hour and
on to the curve at the foot Of the hill.
; Weanwi1ile No. had run onto the sid
ing at the top Of the hill Here are
located two switches, twenty to TWEEN
ty-dve feet apart. The first throws
red light into the block ahead, to hold
LED west bound cars. the second clears
the block behind. Conductor H. P. Rer-
nv. of 1928 A. avenue, in charge OF NO.
with Rude, threw the first SWITCH
giving him the right Of way in the
block xhead, but failed to reach the
.econd. He signalled Rude to back up
to the box, where he threw the SWITCH
and cleared the block behind. Rude, ex-
pectins a clear track ahead, started
down the hill, only to hurl into the
oncoming No. 8, a block from the sid
ting.
Muffin Tried 70 Jump.
Rndes car - one OF the heaviest
<..n on the city lines. r Is soltd!y
buflt Of oak aud set high on its trucks
Mullins car was but a shell in com
parison. AS they met. the front vesti-
buls Of No. was crushed back tc
the wall Of the smoker. MuIin made
an effort to Jump. but he was fonud
with his body protruding from one
Of the windows, and his legs caught
among the wreckage He was not in
etantly killed, but died from the shocl
and the loss Of blood. half an hour az
ter the accident.
The injuries to the passengers were
OF little consequence. Only IN the case
OF C. Schumacher Of Davenport who
suffered a broken leg and bruised
body were injuries considered serious
Those hurt were all passengers on NO
5, the solid construction Of the other
car protecting the Marion bound pas
sengers All who were unable to con
ttnue tho trip were brought to Cedar
Rapids in AUTOMOBILE and attended
by DR.. Ristine, the company physician
Mullins IS Year Record.
Thomas 1fullin had been in the en-
ploy of the street railway for over
thirty-f1ve years. He had driven mules
to the city cars before the lines were
electrified. His reputation for depend
ability and carefulness was recognized
by the company. He leaves wife ant
two children.