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Show !::::::l:i;g scenes on Ccr Clicks Fire an 3 Pas-' Pas-' s:z:ers, in Panic, Husli Pcll-ridl to ; Escape j : TLrcn jli Been. "l T fT T yV -v' -v a. Woman's Dress In-Flames From DlSvm Fuse,' Sne Is Rescued With r.Inch Difficulty. , , w w w & j y a? e 0 ii f TLGLLEY CAR DASHES INTO FREIGBT TRAIN. 1 . CHICAGO, May 13. A runaway trolley-car on the Sixtyninth street ft) i3 line last Bight crashed through the gates guarding tbe Fort Wayne - tracks, and dashed Into a freight train. The car was' thrown from the -3 track by the Impact, and the crowd of people were jammed and crushed 1 3 together. Sir persons were severely Injured, among-' them being Mrs. , 13 Mary Scott of Pittsburg. Pa. who was cut about the head.. Wit- ; B nesses. assert that although the railway gates were down, there was no iZ3 signal of any kind displayed. . ' . - . ,IS &(S S NEW YORK. May 1. Mrs. Ida Dep j part is lyina; at the point of death In a , Brooklyn hospital aa a result of the ; blowing out of a fuse on a trolley ar.; t Mrs.' Deppart was on her way homeward home-ward in an open car when a loud re- , port was heard and flames shot up about the second seat from the front. The clothing of Mrs. Deppart immediately imme-diately caught fire and before th mea in the car and those on the sidewalk could reach her she had fainted. . - ' . She was quickly dragged front the car. her clothing still burning. A driver of a furniture ran Jumped from his wagon with a horse blanket and. throwing throw-ing it about her. succeeded In smothering smother-ing the flames. Surgeons at the hospitals to which she was taken have little hope of her recovery.' Thomas Flannerty, who aided aid-ed Mrs. Deppert, was severely burned. ' I 1 KEVT YORK. May' IS. la a wild rush ' j .of frightened passengers to escape from i Ja burnlns street car near Cypress Hills. Long Island, Michael Murphy ot Ja-(l-maica was pushed lb rough a window j Tand so badly cut by the "glass that his 'condition Is critieal. ' j ; The car was ott its' way to Jamaica 'j Jwheu a flash of flames shot from the 'trucks and tb motorman brought the "car to a -halt. Before the passengers were aware of the danger, fire worked V rthrough the floor and caught the trlm-v, trlm-v, "ming on; the seats. The twenty-five pas-f pas-f Isengers Jumped to their feet and start-u start-u ed toward the rear door." Two women -J ;fell in a. faint on the floor, but the f ;crowd was too- latent on saving them-j them-j selves to pay any attention to them. It a Jwas in the Jam at the door that Murphy (was crushed against the window with vJUuch force that the glass broke and he .ffai shot out. onto the ' ground-" As he fell fragments of glass cut his face and hands La a dozen places and a ragged edge caught his foot. The weight of his .0t falling- body sent the sharp edge ta, through bis clothing and severed an Artery la his ankle. p Two policemen helped the crowd out liTof the cars. Murphy waa sent to a hos- iVpltaL . ; . . ... ; ' '. ... |