Evening journal., 1915-01-06
ELMER STOUT DIES
IN Trolley ACCIDENT
Car Barn Employe Crushed
Between Cars While Try
ing to Adjust Wheel
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL,
BUT IS BEYOND AID

Crushed between two trolley cars at
Maryland avenue and Cedar streets
about $50 O'Clock this morning, Elmer
Stout. aged 30 years. Of No. l60l Laurel
street, was fatally injured. dying on the
way TO the Delaware Hospital in the
police patrol At the time of the acci-
dent. Stout was between cars Nos. 81
and So, endeavoring to place the trolley
wheel on the overhead wire, and score
or more passengers on car No. e3 were
being transferred to car No. 81.
Suddenly car No. 50, which had leit
Richardson Park, and which was TO have
been relieved by car No. 81, started,
and before Stout could get out OF the
way the two ears crashed together
Stout's leg was caught by the fender OF
car No SO. and he was tossed to the
street, hut before falling the front ot
/ the oncoming car crushed the man :
/ body against the rear of car No. 81, IN
turing him internally.
Stout. who was employed at the
/ Delaware avenue car barns on the
night force, had been sent out with
! Car No. 81, which was in charge OF
! J. n. Chandler, barn foreman. They
I were to bring Car No. SO into the barn
and Car No. 81 was to relieve 1t.
n II was decided to make the change
at Maryland avenue and Cedar streets
/, and Car No. 81 was stopped in front
of Car No SO. The latter car was in
/ charge Of E. S. Dixon, conductor and
4 George W. Christy. motorman.
AS the two cars cnllided. those
standing near, shouted to Stout, but
he could not get out OF the way fast
enough, and he was crushed. His fel-
low employees moved Car No. SO back
and Stout's body was carried to one
, side. Word of the accident was sent
to the police station and the patrol
went to the scene of the accident. The
injured man was placed in II, and
: start was made for the Delaware Hos
! pital When the institution was reach
ed, however, Stout was dead. The
body was taken to the morgue an6
I later to the deceased's home.
: Mr. Stout was a nephew of Frani
S Stout, probation officer. and is sur
I. vived by a wife and one child. HI
A had been employed by the Whining
C ton and Philadelphia Traction Com
e pany for the past two years.
u Following the accident, officials o
the Wilmington and Philadelphia
e Traction Company gave out the fol
j. lowing statement:
AT about $50 this morning Mr.. El
e mer Stout, who was employed in tn
e night force of the Delaware avenu
J. car barn was injured at Marylan
e avenue and Cedar street and died be
n fore reaching the hospital.
10 1T seems that employees of tn
traction company had taken a ca
E. from the car barn TO Maryland ave
rs nue. and Cedar street in order
% change off the car inward bound frol
lg Richardson Park. Mr.. Stout was tenC
D. ing trolley on car No. 81, which ha
az been sent out to change off car No. SO {
W the Stanton line. II was proposed
at make the change at Maryland avenu
and Cedar street and both cars wer
81 within a few feet of each other o
D the same track so that the transfer
u passengers could readily be made. NJ
Stout turned the trolley on car No.
u and was engaged between the tN
= cars endeavoring to place the troll'
~ wheel on the wire. The passenger
ic we're alighting from car No. SO
board car No. 81 when, for some III
40 known reason, car No. SO started u
oi and its fender tripped Mr.. Stout b
~ fore he could get out of the wa
throwing him in such manner tn
W he was caught between the twp cal
injuring him internally. He was hu
er ried to the hospital but died befo
- reaching there. The conductor
car No. SO was e. S. Dixon, and 4
motorman George w. Christy. Car \
an 81 was in charge of Mr.. J. H. Cha
., dler barn foreman. Mr.. Stout h
IL been in the employ of the tracti,
company over two years and leav
~ a wife and one child"