Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
FIRE TRUCK AND
CAR IN SMASHUP
Motor Driven Hose Cart From No. !.
station Crashes Into Rear End
Long View Car.
TWO FIREMEN ARE VICTIMS
Clifford A. Long Suffers Badly and
Carl o. swanson Is Shaken Up
Following the Crash.

Two Nremeu and q street car con-
fuct0r were injured, one seriously,
when the motor driven truck from
station no. s at Eighteenth avenue and
Ninth street. crashed into the rear
end OF a nurthbuund Long View street
car at the corner Of Sixth avenue and
Fifteenth street, while responding to
an alarm az O'Clock last night The
Injured men are;
CLIFFORD ALVIN LONG. 1901
Seventh avenue, severe cuts and
bruises about the head and face, teeth
knocked ont and fractured leg,
CARL o. SWANSON, 1007h Third
avenue. bruises about the body and
badly shaken up
Long was the most seriously in
Jurad The bone in one leg was
sD,utered and the attending physi-
clan today removed a piece of the
bone The injuries about his head
are very painful Long will be con-
fined tl his bed for several weeks as
result Of the accident Swanson,
though considerably bruised up, was
able l1 report for duty today
Long and Swanson were standing
uu the rear step of the fire truck at
rHa time the crash occurred. Both
wore thrown violently against the
cross bar used 20 hold onto Captain
August smith and Charles Hudson,
driver of the truck, who were sitting
900 .la front seat both escaped injury.
Tna conductor on the street car had
G.s bae6 slightly wrenched when he
ra. thrown TO the vestbule of the
car
The alarm was sent in from Hamil-
TOMS bakery. f2l Seventeenth street.
Leaving the station on Eighteenth
avenue he driver of the fire truck
.uu north on Ninth street to Sixth
avenue thence 90 the east The truck
Hs tearing along at fast rate of
speed Ou Sixth avenue east As the
wub ueared Fifteenth street, the
long View street car suddenly shot
across Che Intersection
NVcryes Machine.
Hudson made q desperate effort TO
avoid the collision by swerving the
Huaa Irues south ON Fifteenth street
uur fine hose car struck the rear
rasHDu.e o. the street car, sideswap-
ping &c. THE street car was not thrown
from .ae track. Only a few passen-
ec-s were iu the car at the time,
Fire Chief Newberry in a statement
today held the motorman OF the street
CAR tl blame for the mishap. He
claims the ear was going at least &c
miles u hour and that the motor
man ltJ not exercise caution in cross
ug The intersection The chief added
that the siren on the truck was be.
ing r1n4ed at the time and the pow
eru. headlight was on The motor.
man OF me car evidently failed Il
bear the siren of the truck Eaci
Long View car stops at Seventh ave
ruc and Fifteenth street so that the
car had just travelled a block before
being struck
Iha fire truck was damaged to tht
extent of several hundred dollars ant
~.i' be ont of commission for some
time Both front wheels were broken
tha front axle twisted, one fender
smashed and radiator badly damaged
THE engine, TOO, may be damaged. bu
uQ inspection of il has been made al
ye, and no attempt has been made Il
run st. The rear step was torn of
The street ear and the windows in thu
ygsHbuls shattered
Close the Station.
Az result OF the accident station No
3 win be closed temporarily and tn
men sent to- other stations, until tn,
damaged truck can be placed in run
ming condition again. A week may b.
required for this work. The city ha
uo additional apparatus on hand 10
emergency cases Of this kind, an,
mus. set along without the truck un
iI il can be repaired.
One deporable thing about the acct
den. IS that the call sent in iron
HamiIt0us bakery practically amount
ed J1 o. false alarm The bakery wa
smoked up from a defective oven an
Che family sent in the alarm befor
making thorough investigation Of In
cause OF the smoke, taking it TO
granted that the place was on fire,