The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-04
MOToRMAN PINNED DOWN

After the crash pandemonium reigned for few minutes. The screams of the women and children and the cries of the injured added to the horror of the scene. Quarterman was pinned in the Wreckage of the cars and it was neces- sary to get an ax and hew away some timbers that were holding him before his body could be extricated from the debris. Ambulances from all the local undertakers were called and they brought the injured to their homes or to the infirmaries.
 Only two were In the infirmary as a. result of their injuries last night. They were p. R. Mckenzie and T. D.
 Furman. They suffered only few minor bruises and will be able to re-
 turn home today. Many others were shaken up and shocked by the acci
 dent. but outside of the death of the
 motorman and a few minor scratches
 to the others, no one was hurt. Motor
 man Quarterman had both legs crushed. a fractured skull and internal injuries. He remained conscious foi about 20 minutes after the accident ano talked freely to those who were try. l ing to get him out of the wreckage He said he was running on schedule time and had no idea another car was near
 "The fog was so dense I could not see very far in front of my car," he said. "The lights were of little use on account of the density of the fog During the whole time the men were trying to get the injured man from out the wreckage he did not murmur once He stood the pain with rare courage and several times gave directions as to how to get him out.
 The trailer was smashed to pieces for half it's length. The vestibufe ot the North Bessemer car was demolished but the remainder of the car was only slightly damaged It is considered re-
 markable that more people were not injured by the collision. Both cars were packed with people on their way to
 work and part of the damaged end ot
 the trailer was occupied by passengers
 when the crash came. Officer J. M
 McGill was on the trailer when the accident occurred and was the first to notify police headquarters and have
 ambulances rushed to the scene. He
 was sitting toward the rear of the trailer and he cannot explain how il
 was that he was not injured He said
 that the car was standing still when
 the North Bessemer car ran into the
 trailer.
 Miss Annie Lou Walker, 241s Bes-
 semer boulevard, Ensley, was slightly
 injured by the impact of the colli-
 sion, throwing her from her seat II
 was reported last night that she was
 resting easily and would be all right in few days.
 DE WINDTS STATEMENT J. P. H. DeWindt. general manager of the Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company. made the following statement in regard to the accident. q am sorry to learn of this colli-
 sion in which Motorman Quartermar lost his life. All the men were given orders this morning to be cautious and hold their cars under control on ac-
 count of the foggy weather. The motor man must have thought the track was
 clear and was proceeding at the usual rate of speed when he struck the trail
 CT It is one of those unfortunate ac- cidents that occur once in awhile. AS
 far as we know. no one was seriously injured with the exception of MT. Quar-
 terman. It is with regret that I learn of his death. He had been in the em-
 ploy of the company for a number of years and was well thought of by all his fellow workers"
 The track was cleared within few hours after the wreck and traffic re-
 stunned.