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The Cordele Dispatch
Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia
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In Weehawken, N.J., on Sept. 15, a freight engine collided with a trolley car at a grade crossing during rush hour, injuring 31 passengers, two possibly fatally. Faulty gates and a missing switchman contributed; seven crew members held on $50,000 bail.
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WEEHAWKEN, N. J., Sept. 15-(AP)--Seven men were held today in bail aggregating $50,000 because of a collision at a grade crossing between a freight engine and a trolley car in which 31 persons were injured, two perhaps mortally.
Those arrested after the crash during the rush hour last evening were the crew of the locomotive, the rail towerman and the operator of the one-man trolley.
The towerman said the mechanism of the crossing gates failed to work. A switchman whose duty it was to derail the trolley if there was not a clear track ahead, was missing immediately after the accident.
Reports from hospitals indicated that only six of the injured were believed to be seriously hurt, although rescuers marveled that any of the 40 passengers came out of the car alive.
The trolley waited until one freight train passed. The gates were raised and the trolley proceeded.
Midway of the four tracks the motorman sped up but the locomotive caught the rear of the trolley and scattered its wreckage along the tracks.
Passengers with broken legs and arms were entangled in the wreckage, which was carried 15 feet by the locomotive before it stopped.
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Weehawken, N. J.
Event Date
Sept. 15
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31 persons were injured, two perhaps mortally; only six of the injured were believed to be seriously hurt; seven men were held in bail aggregating $50,000
Event Details
A collision at a grade crossing between a freight engine and a trolley car occurred during the rush hour last evening. Those arrested were the crew of the locomotive, the rail towerman and the operator of the one-man trolley. The towerman said the mechanism of the crossing gates failed to work. A switchman whose duty it was to derail the trolley if there was not a clear track ahead, was missing immediately after the accident. The trolley waited until one freight train passed. The gates were raised and the trolley proceeded. Midway of the four tracks the motorman sped up but the locomotive caught the rear of the trolley and scattered its wreckage along the tracks. Passengers with broken legs and arms were entangled in the wreckage, which was carried 15 feet by the locomotive before it stopped.