Show CROWDED STREETCARS CRASH AT RAILROAD INTERSECTION M AND 1 rA PASSENGER I IA A UH J I H HOSPITAL I Brake Fails and Speed Is Is' Is Increased as Wheels Slip Along Frosty Rails Many Receive Shakeup i on two crowde crowded P PASSENGERS streetcars streetcar's were vere thrown into a a panic panie this morning when one of Dr the the- the cars apU cars p plunged headlong into another at Seventh e South and Fifth Vest West streets Two persons were injured and several sustained severe shocks from the acci acci- dent Motorman Jacob Jaco Widmer who was thrown half way out of his cab sustained sustained sus sus- tamed a badly wrenched arm ann Mrs Irs Annie 45 years of age t 1222 Wasatch avenue received I a fractured fractured frac frac- kneecap and is is suffering severely se I from shock The he names of other othel passengers pas ijas- who were badly shaken were not learned Both cars were wele inward bound on West Yest Seventh South street The accident Occurred at 7 30 oclo o'clock l this morning when many workers were on the way to theft thel labor in Salt Lake from the suburbs One streetcar had stopped to allow a train on the theD D D. R. R G G. tracks to pass Streetcar Xo o. o driven by Motorman Widmer Vidmer approached from he rear One hundred from the first car car No Ko refused to respond to the airbrake it dashed forward with speed accelerated by y the frosty rails I Passengers on both cars screamed in fright and attempted to escape but bute the e accident occurred before any could get free The rear car struck the first ca car throwing men and women into the aisle and wrecking t the he vestibule of the front car and th front end of the rear car Motorman Widmer Vidmer was wa's thrown across the sill of ot his window windo and partly stunned Many of the passengers passengers passengers pas pas- were badly shaken but managed managed managed man man- aged to crawl to their feet Mrs aIrs rs Chris was removed d ft tb her home and the motorman was taken talen to the emergency emer emer- gen gency genc y hospital in the police ambulance Widmer Vidmer stated slatEd that he believed that the frost trost had interfered with the airbrake airbrake air air- brake and that the frosty rails had hall also aided tm in causing lite accident |