Show i SKIDDING STREET CAR LEVELS TELEPHONE POLE Passengers Have Narrow Escape From Prom Harm in Peculiar Acci Accident Accident Accident dent on State Street An accident of oC a peculiar nature oc occurred occurred OCcurred yesterday at 1115 a m rn when out outward outward outward ward bound Murray car No crashed Into a pole on State street treet the Independent Telephone build building building ling ing In the accident which was due to a split plit switch three windows of the car were smashed and aId the roof crushed In Inand Inand inand and the pole snapped off at its base For Fortunately Fortunately the seven adults and two chil children children children dren who were In the car escaped un unhurt unhurt hurt The car which is one of the tile big bl twelve window windo class clas was passing over the cross crossover crossover crOSSover over switch on State street used by the northbound cars when the tongue of oC the switch shifted over turning the rear trucks onto the crossover cro over The current was shut off and the emergency ency brakes applied promptly but owing to the slip slippery slippery pery pert rails ralls the car skidded along alon aion until it crashed into the tile pole That no more serious damage was done and that the passengers were wore unharmed was due to the pole polo being partially held hold holdup up by the telephone cable suspended from It which prevented its crushing down through the car carIt carIt carIt It required about thirty minutes to t clear the wreckage so that traffic could be resumed on the line |