The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
PLCNGES HEADIONG ACROSS
sTREET INTO y. \. MGEE.s
BARN And LDr.
CREW IS INJURED
Lives Of Conductor and Motorman
Probably Saved by Newspapers
That Formed Cushion
to Brcak Force.

cuctor A. ID. Chester probably owe
! their lives to the fact that newspa-
pcrs were damned about them in
way to form a cushion that broke
| the force of the shock when the in
! tcrurban express car left the track
ard plunged hcadlong across Marvin
street into the lot and barn of ID. J.
| McGee at an early hour this morn
J ing. Wood is at the Waxahachie
sanitarium in a rather serious con-
| Gition and Chester is at his home,
/ suffering from bruises and cuts.
| Fire originating from lighted Ian
\ tern caused the destruction of the
wrecked car, its contents and the
MCGEE barn. The estimated total
loss is between $4,000 and $4,000.
The electric express. carrying daily
| newspapers to the south, leaves out
/ of Dallas at 230 O'Clock in the
F., morning The car nosed into Brown
street just four minutes late this
! morning. and Motorman Brown
took advantage of the straight-away
to make up time. He came down
Brown street at q lively clip. relying
! on his brakes to stop the car before
reaching the turn at the intersection
viii Marvin street, but when the air
was applied the wheels locked and
the car skidded. Noting this the
motorman took off the air and re-
applied it, but the wheels locked
second time and the car failed to
take the curve, in fact the front
wheels seemed to so into the
air for distance of ten feet A
Jagged hole in the street between
the curve track and the street cor
line showed where the trucks first
struck after leaving the track, and
then the ear plunged distance of
thirty TO forty feet and fell on its
RICH side with the trucks out from
under the car The rear trucks turn
cd upside down. In plunging into
the McGee lot the front end of the
ear swept away a she'd and crushed
in the corner of the barn. Timbers
were splintercd, huge iron rods snap-
ped and twisted and express pack
ages and newspapers were strewn
here and there in confusion.
Jumps Across Street.
When the car landed in the McGeo
lot Conductor Chester, who had been
standing in ? small space about the
center of the car. found himself
covered with newspapers and ex-
press packages. He scrambled out
BY smashing a window glass Hur-
rying to the front OF the car he found
MOtorman Wood in semi-conscious
condition. He smashed the remain
ing glass and helped him out. Both
went at once TO the office of Or.
pGrnell whore first aid treatment
wae given. after which Wood was
sent To the sanitarium end Chester
elan is OF the opinion that tho nen
sill recover without serious effects.
As was stated in The outset the
conductor and motorman probably
eve their lives to the mass of news
Keepers that piled about them. The
ear was packed and iammea with
rev spapers. Motofman Wood said
De judged taai he was running AZ
The rate 81 1 5 miles an hour when
De- struck the curve Ne had been
reine faster but the force OF the
ssr was stopped some when the
brakes were applied Ia the swefve
nom tae track the rear pilot aragged
The gronud. making an indention
hlch SOME took or tracks Of the
heels
Immediately following The plunge
90 the car across the street
~ into the harm. tire speeaa from
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eos ear to the barn A tire alarm
turned ln era the Department
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