Show TWO TO STREET STREETCARS ARS CRASH Swinging into an open opell switch at fun full speed and anel taking tile the curve unchecked lJ by Charles Cannon the Rio station c car r tr that leaves Second South and Main streets at 30 p. p p m. m crashed with terrific c force into tho the rear end onel of ot a Jordan Bridge car at the Intersection of or Sixth West Vest and Second al almost almost al- al South Houth streets Monday on ay afternoon most demolishing the tho vestibules of QC both cars and hurling a score of ot passengers pas pas- from their seats scats three of or the pa passengers and Motorman Cannon be- be beIng being Ing ins injured Mrs F. F W. W Price who lives at No 73 West Vest South Temple street anti and Mrs Jane Stephens of ot Sixth West est and South Temple Templo streets were badly bruised and shaken up boIng boIng hoing bo- bo Ing thrown violently against t the seat U In iii front of or them Mrs Stephens had her lIen back bacle painfully wrenched and suffered suf sut- fared a u serious nervous shock it being found necessary to havo have her removed to her liar homo home in an ambulance Mrs Prices Price's back was injured and she was otherwise bruised Motorman Cannon was thrown to ono one side aide of ot the tIle vestibule and was wits badly bruised about the head haud and shoulders The rho motor box was lorn torn from rom Its ItH fastenings and thrown across tho the platform by tho force torce of ot tho collision Both cars car were t so o badly that they th ey hind hall to ho bo lowed towed to the barns barn for repairs It Is s not hot known exactly how tho the accident ac at- ll was cau caused ed but It t II is supposed that the switch point shifted and anti caught tho the front wheels of ot the Rio Grande station car which ha had not slackened speed in crossing the switch and was therefore boond the control of ot the motorman when it took the tho curve cur and started on head-on for the Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan Bridge cur cir The motorman made n. n frantic effort to sot set tho the brakes but owing to the tho short space between the cars wax was un unable unable unable un- un able to perceptibly chock the headway headway head head- way of his car There was a crash of splintering ar arof wood and breaking glass that could be heard for tor several everal blocks and a n largo large crowd gathered at tho the scone scene of or the wreck in a few rew moments' moments time Several women passengers fainted and had to bo be carried led from tho the wrecked C cars It is regarded as almost miraculous that moro passengers were not in injured injured In- In and It is believed ed to be duo due to tho the fact tact that only a C few tew were aboard that some Borne were not cut b by the tho flying glass from the vestibule |