The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
South EnSley SmaSheS Into
 Reas Of Standing 0Wenton
 nd Ploughs Fully Ten Through The Platform PASSENGERS JUMP FROM IN EXCITEMENT
Motorman Tice Has Miracu-
 Ious Escape From Death. Ends Of Two Cars Crushed
 Like Egg Shell By Impact
ENSLEY BUREAU | THE AC F-HFNALn ! EnaIar Ala GaA 2

Ensiey, Ala, Sept.
 Twenty five persons were injured, three seriously, when an eastbound South Ensley car ran into the rear end of an Owenton Ensley car Mon day morning at 10;3o o'clock. The accident occurred on Twentieth street between Avenues K and L.
 The seriously injured were:
 IT. M. Tice, mc torman of the South Ensley line.
 Miss Thelma Turner of Cottage Hill.
 Job Rhodes (Col), Docena.
 Others injured included the follow ing: Robert Marbury, Mike Willis, Theo Whitaker. Lewis White, David Neither, Oily Hall, s. A. Harris, Job Rhodes. George Smith, Theodore White, John Henry Bedding, Sam Johnson, Bertha, Peters, all colcred
 From information obtained at the scene off the wreck the car driven by Motorman Tice was under con- trol after he passed Avenue I, but in descending the slight grade, became unmanageable. The Owenton car had come to a stop to allow a pas senger to alight when the Sc uth Ems ley at almost top rate, appeared In the rear. Conductor H. l.. Thompson of the Owenton car. the one rammed, was seated on the rear seat provided for employees when he saw the South Ensley coming. Realizing something was wrong he jumped. Mir. Tice of tbe unmanageable car stuck tc his post and was crushed between5 the two cars. How he escaped instant death no one who examined the ears could understand. The South Ems ley car was driven 10 or 12 feet into the interior of the Owenton- Ensley Tho Of fnr a ,aJ rear of the latter car was crushed like egg shells.
 Causes Great Excitement.
 Scenes of indescribable excitement were imm ediately created. One pas senger who was lost in the scramble was seen to jump headlong from the car and he staggered about appar- ently half demented until he finally disappeared, where or when no one could ascertain. Police Officers Ty Ter, Murphy, Eddins and Powell the latter on the Owenton car. assumed immediate control of the panic stricken situation and assisted in ex- tricating the injured motCrman and passengers from the two demolished street cars.
 Nearby neighbors received the in jured white passengers while many ambulanccs came running and the injured were taken to the Elm ployes' hospital, excepting MT. Tice who was taken to Birmingham by the street car company officials.
 The Owenton- -Ensley car was in charge of Motorman J. B. Wilson and Conductor H. l.. Thompson. The South Ensley car was in charge of MT. Tice and Conductor ". c. Pit cock, one of the oldest conductors on the South Ensley. No one of the crew was able to tell the exact cause of the accident as only Mir. Tice and Mr. Thompson were witnesses. The former was not allowed to see a re- porter and the latter simply said he jumped when the collision appeared inevitable.
 Show Force Of Impact.
 Examination of the car indicated that steel rods and girders were broken like pine wood and that glass was scattered all over the scene. The also liberally sprinkled with blood.
 News of the accident spread over Ensley and this section like wildfire and as it was retold the grlmness and fatalities increased. However, Detec- tives Murphy and Tyler secured the authentic data and after 1t was com to headquarters the exag- geration quieted down considerably. s The collision interrupted traffic on the South Easley for only short time as the cars were turned into Ensley and routed down Nineteenth street to Tuxedo junction and the wreckers took the two battered hulks to the repair shop.