| Show MANGLED BY WHEELS I Aged firs Duffin Ran Over by a Stret Car DIES AT THE HOSPITAL HER FOOT AND LEG VERY BADLY CRUSHED Was SeventjFlve Years of ABC anti Dirt Sot Regain Consciousness After Af-ter the Accident Thi Eniploj eci or the Co mini 11 y the Itnpiil Transit Tran-sit Appear Xot to Bent Fault Inijuest Today Another fatal accident was yesterday recorded in the list of street railway accidents that have become more numerous within the > past year so far as relating to this city About 1230 p m yesterday Mrs Dorothy Duffin an aged lady l of 75 years residing at 334 East Sixth South was struck by Rapid Transit streetcar street-car No 43 near the corner of Third East and Fourth South streets the wheels passing over her left leg and mangling it from just below the knee to within a couple of Inches of the ankle On the right foot from the base of tine heel upward for several inches was a deep cut as though i had been done by some sharp instrument Sne was at once lifted from the ground and placed aboard the next car No 17 coming to the city and brought as quickly as possible to the corner of Second South and State streets where medical attendance was summoned and St Marks ambulance sent for lIarks Dr Richards was quickly upon the scene and did all possible to alleviate the injured womans sufferings and upon arrival of the ambulance accompanied accom-panied her to the hospital Dr Bowers the companys physician then arrived and Dr Richards turned arive the patient over to him She was suffering suf-fering patent from severe shock and Dr Richards expressed the opinion that her injuries would prove fatal as at such an advanced age the chances were all against her County Attorney Whitemore telephoned tele-phoned Chief Pratt to place the motorman motor-man and conductor under arrest and on their arrival after the accident such taken to was done They were then taken the police station and the superintendent superinten-dent of that company called for the purpose of seeing the men and consulting consult-Ing with Chief Pratt as the arrest was I simply on formal grounds and not on the question of criminal negligence In any way When TP Herald man called at the station the motorman and conductor were seated within and > were feeling wer very badly over the sad affair Both talked freely of the occurrence and sought to hi no way evade giving as sought account of i as was possible pos-sible for them to do The 3Iotonnnns Story The motorman Was George Lang don residing at 540 West Third South He is an experienced man on the big roads as well as on street railways He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and has in the past run an engine He said he a going east on Fourth South at a very slow rate of speed about two miles an hour in order to kill time When nearing Third East he tme Wen meat wagon going south and previous to that he had observed the old ireOUS lady standing near the track and between her and the motorman there was a pole obstructing in part the range of view The motdrman was sounding the gong all the while and also keeping watch upon the wagon which afterwards turned weston west-on Fourth South When within about eight feet of the car She stepped onto on-to the track directly in front of the moving car when he shouted to herat her-at the same time swinging his weight upon the brake which he already had his hand upon Another moment and the car was upon her when his presence pres-ence of mind enabled him to reach forward for-ward and grasp her else she would have gone under the front end of the car He carried her several feet but the sudden shock and strain was so great he could do no more than swing her outward and clear of the front end But not sufficiently far i proved Upon striking the ground she struggled strug-gled in the effort to free herself from the car and in so doing her leg went under the car wheels with the result as stated a aThe The ComlnctorV Statement Walter Dickert the conductor resides re-sides at 327 West Sixth South He is a young man and has been in the service ser-vice about three months He admits seeing the wagon and says the motorman motor-man was sounding the gong at the time He also saw the old lady when in front of the car and witnessed the motormans efforts at the time The only point wherein they differ is wherein the conductor claims the rear truck wheels were stopped within about two feet of the prostrate woman while the motorman says he thinks it was six feet After being taken to St Marks hospital the old lady remained in a comatose condition No attempt was made at dressing the mangled limb until it could be seen i she would rally which she did not At about 550 she passed away The body was removed to the coroners establishment and i is expected the Inquest will beheld be-held today She was the widow of Abraham Duffin and has a sister residing re-siding in this city The companys employees appear to be blameless in the matter apear |
