Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
VICTIMS Of NIGHT
CRASH ON ISLAND
ARE STILL LIVING
Marry c. Monahan. Davenport. and c.
c. Carroll. Iowa City. Have
Chance Of Recovery.
AUTOMOBILE HITS STREET CAR
Karen Passengers and Motorman In
iured When Machine and Troll
ley Meet Head.0n.

Two men today are in critical con-
a,,,on, three others are in hospitals
seriously hurt and perhaps a dozen
nore are suffering lesser injuries, due
~ reckless driving of an automobile on
Fort Armstrong avenue, Arsenal is
land. Saturday night, when it collided
bead-on with bridge line street car.
Those in critical condition;
HARRY c. MONAHAN, proprietor
Rlyer-to- River garage. Davenport; at
$, Luke's hospital, suffering fractured
svull. broken nose, compound fracture
of bones in left leg, broken bone in
the left arm and scalp wounds; may
recover.
c. c. CARROLL. advertising man
aeer Of Iowa City Press, Iowa City; at
s.. Anthony's hospital, compound
fracture OF the skull and compound
fracture of the shoulder; has chance to
recover
Those seriously injured:
FRED DE BATTLE, 122 East Eigh-
tenth street, Davenport; at St. An
thongs hospital; badly shaken up and
bruised, the result of being trampled
upon.
c. SCHMALE. 31S East Eleventh
street, Davenport; at st. Luke's hospi-
tai: scalp wounds and cuts on fore
head.
BEN BAUGH, Davenport; ar Mercy
hospital; two fractured ribs.
Slightly injured:
H. KRUSE, Davenport, motorman OF
. the street car; arms injured, body
scratched and bruised.
GEORGE CONLEY, Davenport; hip
bruised.
CHARLES STEUHMER, Davenport
scratched and bruised.
MIKE WERTHMANN, Davenport
ankle sprained.
In the confusion and panic follow
ing the accident names of others who
sustained injuries were not secured
Eye witnesses estimated that there
we're at least nine other persons cur
by flying glass or bruised in the rush
Of the crowd on the street car.
Hits Car Flush.
Monahan. driving new car west OF
Fort Armstrong avenue, guided it GU
from behind a horse-draWn trucl
which also was travelling west. !
bridge line car was proceeding east
The driver tried to escape the COLI
sion, but the automobile struck III,
street car flush on the front end.
The accident occurred at ga
o'clock, a short distance east of wher
the street car tracks turn from tn
main - * Island bridge
Carroll. a friend Of Monahan, wa
In the front seat Of the automobile
The machine telescoped the front EN-
Of the street car. The occupants o
the automobile were thrown from til
machine.
Panic seized the passengers on tn
street car They jumped to their fee
and scrambled for the exits when the
heard the crash Of glass. The mo
torman had brought the car to a sud
den stop. This threw many toward
the front end OF the car.
Police ambulances and private con
Teyances for transporting injured per
sons were summoned by the bridg
guard from Rock Island and Daven
port. Surgeons from both cities wer
notified and immediate preparation
were made for giving quick attentio
to the injured.
Carroll was removed to st. Anthony
hospital in this city. De Battle wa
taken as far as the New Harper hous
In private machine. A short tim
later he collapsed as a result of hi
injuries which he at first thought onI
trifing. He was then taken to S