Show CARS COLLIDED ice and sleet cause a fatal accident electric cars on a suburban road come together at the foot of a grade killing several passengers and wounding ethew detroit mich dec 4 two care on the detroit birmingham AVon tiac suburban electric railway collided this afternoon at the foot ot the trowbridge grade about midway between birmingham and pontiac Pont lac killing three persons an injuring ae many others the dead are john savage of the road charlea L whitebead motorman john doty ot pontiac Poc tiac two unknown men Seri onely injured Thomas Maddox fetonti mason pontiac Poo tiac frnk mccue a estreet railway employed emp loye three rom the city have to chri acene of the wreck the wreck was caused by slippery rails which were coated with ice aid ai d elect at the office of the detroit and oakland county railroad no details have yet been received cf the accident the atmosphere tended to the danger on the icy rails the to care started from the top of opposite hille at full speed and into each other with such force that one car awa driven m t entirely through the other the uther car was bent into da troit river with the injured the switch bet feed the two towns ie two billee from where the care net aal it ia evi ilent that there wae bome HUB take in order bupt john evage who one of the motor care was crushed oat ol 01 any semblance of recognition it i eaid nine persona were injured injo red the car wai a large one and ite operation wa being directed by sapt savage A on tae aber oar was operated bamo whitehead tried to drag whitehead into the car but it was too late and whitebead was instantly killed |