The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
CONFUSED SIGNALS RESULT IN INJURY
 OF 26 IN WRECK
A. G. S. Freighter Smashes Into TideWater Car Loaded With Early Morning
 Passengers

Resulting from confused sig-
 nals PC person were injured,
 three seriously. when an inbound Tidewater street car loaded with passengers was torn to pieces in a crash with a A. c. s, freight
 train at 7:20 o'clock yesterday
 morning at Fifty-fourth street and Second avenue, Woodlawn.
 The impact was so terrific that the street car was left on it's side in mass of wreckage while the locomotive was derailed and turned over on the opposite side of the track, leaving six box cars piled up in zigzag fashion across the tracks.
 The street car was loaded with 4t passengers on their way to work. Tne crash threw them all into spraw ling mass on one side of the car Those who were unin1ured freed themselves from the wreackage anc gave assistance to those who were hurt. In response to hurried calls ambulances from all downtown un- dertaking establishments rushed te the scene.
 A check at hospitals revealed that 25 persons sustained varying degrees of injuries. w. H. Morris, S249 un- derwood avenue. suffered broken leg. Both legs of James Stoval, negro fireman on the freight were broken Clem B. Zbinden of 5T12 Second ave nue, north, was rushed to St vincent hospital. where 1t is believed he sus= tained serious internal injuries ana a dislocated hip.
 Confused Signals
 Signal confusion resulted from the fact that outgoing passenger tram No AZ passed just an instant before the inbound freight arrived. A, " Lyons. sos North Forty-ninth street, flarman. at the crossing, held red flag against the street car until me train had cleared the station. He also claims that he con tinued to wave 1t against the trolley as the freight bore down
 Motorman w. H. Tillman. on the street car, declares, however. tha' the fIagman waved a green flag as soon as the passenger was gone ana that he drove his car partly up on the track of the freight train Deiors he was warned by a distress sishdl from the engineereon the locomotive Tillman stated that he threw on the reverse. but that the car was strucK in an instant, before he had time to back up. IT J. Smith, s25 South Efght!eth street who was a passenger on the street car, declared that the fiagman gave the proceed" signal.
 Locomotive Continues Run.
 The locomotive ran about block down the tracks before it finally topnIed over on its side near the Woodlawn station. Engineer c. w Estes jumped before the engine turned over but was struck serious h,ow in the face. Fireman James Stoval was struck by box car and both legs broken, Jordan Wiggcns negro flagman. escaped with minor injuries A wrecker from the shops arrived at the scene of the accident in few hours and set the locomotive back on the track. Work was also begun to clear the box cars wreck age. They were splintered and their contents broken up and scattered Traffic on the Tidewater line was blocked throughout the morning.
 List of Injured
 A list of the persons injured Is as follows:
 A. E. Allen, 0727 Underwood
 avenue. foot and leg injured.
 WoodIawn hospital.
 NJ. H, Caldwell, 7S32 Caldwell avenue. WoodIawn. minor bruises, st. yIncent's..
 c. w. Estes. Flor snce hotel, en- eineer on train, teeth knocked
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