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VOL.
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NO. 67.
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ENGINE WRECK
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Two Men Seriously Injured
When Apparatus Crashes
Into Trolley Car
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ONE PASSENGER WAS HURT
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Firemen Riding on
Wagon
Were Thrown From Their
Seats
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BOTH HORSES ARE
KILLED
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Shock of Collision
Nearly Tilted
the Fast Running, Heavy
Electric
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Answering
an alarm of fire shortly after 12:30 o'clock this afternoon,
engine No. 7 dashed from its station at East Twenty-fourth street
and Maple avenue and crashed into a passing trolley car. Six
men were injured and the two horses killed. Collision
Was Inevitable
Driver Richardson was in the seat when the apparatus was run
from the house. If there was any warning bell from the fast
running trolley he did not hear it, and if he had it would have
been too late to avert the crash. With violent force the big
team attached to the wagon struck the car, doubled and the wagon
piled upon them. Both were killed.
The force of the collision was so strong that it nearly tilted the
car from the track. One passenger, who refused to give his
name, was slightly injured. He was driven away in a carriage.
Driver Richardson had a number of ribs broken and his left leg was
severely bruised. Charles Gross, an extra, was thrown to the
ground with considerable force and was injured about the hips. Captain
Jenkins Injured
Captain Jenkins and Firemen Gridley and Hicks, who were also on
the apparatus, were thrown and received injuries of a more or less
serious character.
The accident created considerable panic among the passengers on
the car, mostly of whom were women and children. Eye
witnesses say that it is a mystery how many of the passengers
escaped serious injury. The car was badly smashed and the
fire apparatus demolished.
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FIREMEN HURT
IN COLLISION
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CAR HITS WAGON,
HURLING
MEN TO GROUND
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Witnesses State
Fault of Accident
Lies With Motorman, Who Was
Running Coach at High
Speed
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In a collision between Maple avenue car No. 403 and the hose cart
of engine company No. 7 at the corner of Maple avenue and East
Twenty-fourth street yesterday noon two firemen were injured, two
others hurled to the ground and one of the horses of the team
badly bruised. The injured are M. M. Richards, driver, and
Charles Grose. Richards sustained a crushed leg and severe
bruises about the body, and Grose was also bruised about the
body. Others on the wagon were Capt. C. S. Jenkins and
Hoseman Harry Hicks.
In response to a still alarm at Thirty fifth and Central avenues
the hose car dashed out of the station at 12:10 o'clock. As
the wagon turned the corner to proceed south the proximity of the
tracks to the engine house made it necessary for the driver to
cross them.
In doing so southbound car No. 403 which, it is said by the
firemen and residents in that vicinity, was traveling at a high
speed, crashed into the hose cart, throwing the men from the seats
and knocking down the horse on the left side of the tongue.
Uses Brake Ineffectually
Driver Richards was thrown under the wheels of the hose
cart. Capt. Jenkins, who was also thrown from the wagon, seeing
that the wheels would pass over the driver, grasped the brake and
stopped the progress of the cart, but not in time to prevent the
wheel from partially crushing Richards' leg.
The injured men were immediately removed to the receiving hospital,
where they were treated by Police Surgeon Quint. Later they
were taken to the California hospital, and are still under the
care of Dr. Quint.
In the collision the forward right hand steps of the coach were
torn off. The car continued on down the street about
seventy-five feet before it was brought to a stop.
In the opinion of several witnesses and the firemen the accident
was due wholly to the rapid speeding of the car. If a
warning bell were sounded by the motorman it was not heard by any
of the firemen, it is asserted. The car was in charge of
Motorman G. W. Gavin and Conductor J. W. Meyers.
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Los
Angeles Examiner--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAR
HITS HOSE CART; FOUR INJURE
MOTORMAN BLAMED FOR ACCIDENT
Photo-Diagram
Showing How Hose Cart of the Los Angeles Fire
Department Was Hit By a Maple Avenue Car at
Maple Avenue and Twenty-fourth Streets, and How
Hoseman Goss and Hicks were Hurled to the
Pavement, While Captain Jenkins and Driver
Richards Were Being Jammed Into the
Wreck.
(Note: Station 7 on left side of photo.-lafire) |
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FIREMEN
HURLED TO
PAVEMENT BY BLOW.
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Captain
Declares Man at Controller Was Careless and
Did Not See Truck Ahead.
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Killed
by cars in 31 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. 131
Injured by cars in 31 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . 711
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Two city firemen were severely injured and two others
badly bruised yesterday afternoon in a collision between
the hose cart connected with engine house No. 7, Maple avenue
and Twenty-fourth streets, and a Maple avenue street
car. The severely injured are Driver M. M.
Richards of the wagon and Hoseman Charles Gross.
Captain Jenkins and Hoseman H. Hicks received painful body
bruises, but were able to return to duty. After
the collision, Richards and Gross were hurried to the
Receiving Hospital and later the the California
Hospital. Both suffered from body bruises.
No bones were broken.
Shortly after noon a call came into house No. 7 for a
fire at Thirty-fifth and Maple avenue. The hose
cart was first to leave the house, with Captain Jenkins
and Diver Richards on the seat. Gross and Hicks
were on the foot board. As the wagon issued form the
doorway the street car was seen approaching from the
north about a block distant and the firemen, believing
the motorman would stop as the city ordinances require,
paid no attention to the rapidly moving car.
Just as the turn was made onto Maple avenue from
Twenty-fourth street the car crashed into the
wagon. Richards was hurled over the dashboard
beneath the hoofs of the horses, both the animals being
knocked down and one badly injured. Captain
Jenkins attempted to save Richards from falling but was
unable to do so and was hurt about the hips in the
crash. Gross was hurled against the pavement,
twelve feet distant, and badly bruised. Hicks was
thrown a number of feet through the air but his fall was
broken by alighting on a pedestrian named Gammon, who
was slightly injured about the legs from the weight of
Hicks fall.
The wagon was almost wrecked and was sent to the repair
shop. Men, horses and wagon were replaced at the station
by substitutes in a few hours and the house was crippled
only a short time.
Captain Jenkins when seen yesterday said the motorman,
G. W. Cabin, evidently was not looking or the accident
could have been averted. Captain Jenkins said:
"As we left the house the car
was about a block distant. Cars are required by
law to stop when fire apparatus is moving near them and
we paid no attention to the car believing it would
stop. Just as we made the turn and straightened
out for the run the car hit us. Richards saw the
car and made an attempt to swerve to one side. The
car hit the front wheels and horses about the same
time. We could see the car as we left the engine
house, so the motorman could have seen us it he was
looking. Furthermore, some colored people living
across the street waved to the car to give the alarm,
but their shouts and motions went unheeded. The
car was running at a high rate of speed as it did not
stop after hitting us until it had gone about 70
feet." |
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The
Los Angeles Examiner, June 19, 1906 |
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TO
BLAME FOR ACCIDENT
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Fire Engines Have
Right of
Way, Which Street Cars
Fail to Recognize
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Violations by the street car companies of the city
ordinances have been brought to the attention of the
fire commissioners through several collisions with
fire apparatus. They are entitled to the right
of way when responding to an alarm but this is not
always granted the department, and in one case serious
injury to firemen resulted.
Chief Lips made his report of the accident at
Twenty-fourth and Maple avenue June 18, the result of
which is that M. N. Richard, driver, and C. Gross,
hoseman of Engine No. 7, are patients at the
California hospital, badly injured. The engine
was stuck by car 403.
Anthony Schwamm, the new member of the board, thought
that firemen should be sworn in as special police, with
power to make arrests when interfered with in the
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FIRE
BOARD PLANS TO
DISCIPLINE MOTORMEN
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Ordinance
Giving Apparatus Right of
Way Will Be Enforced
Three collisions in the past few months between fire
apparatus and street cars have directed the attention of
the fire board to violations of the city ordinance by
the traffic companies.
A city ordinance provides that fire
apparatus when going to a fire, shall have the paramount
right of way and unobstructed use of the thoroughfares.
Motormen of street cars have been
inclined to ignore this ordinance provision.
Walter Lips, fire chief, reported to the
board today that C. Gross and M. N. Richards, members of
Engine company 7 are in the California hospital suffering
from injuries received when a Maple avenue car crashed into
their engine at Twenty-fourth street and Maple avenue.
Commissioner Schwamm is of the
opinion that firemen should be sworn in as special
police and when interfered with in the performance of their
duties should have the power to arrest the guilty
persons.
The penalty for obstructing the
streets is a fine of not more than $100, or from five to
one hundred days in jail.
The question has been referred to the
city attorney and Chief Lips with power to act. |
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The
Los Angeles Evening News,
June 22, 1906 |
The
Los Angeles Express
June 22, 1906 |
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OPERATE
ON DRIVER RICHARDS
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Victim
of Car and Hose Wagon
Smashup in Critical
Condition
M. N. Richards, driver of the hose wagon of the fire
department which was struck by a rapidly moving Maple
avenue car at Twenty-fourth street last Monday, is at
the California hospital in critical condition.
In the accident Richards was knocked from the wagon to
the ground and one of his legs was crushed when a wheel
of the hose wagon ran over him.
He was operated on successfully by Dr. Quint yesterday
at the California hospital, and it is said he has a good
chance of recovery. |
FIREMAN
HURT;
CITY MAY SUE
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Suit may be brought by the city attorney against the Los
Angeles Ry. Co. for damages for injuries received by M. N.
Richards, driver of engine No. 7, Twenty-fourth and Maple
av. Richards was thrown from his seat and sustained
serious injury when a south-bound Maple av. car struck
engine 7, June 18.
Richards was operated upon at the California hospital,
Sunday, by Police Surgeon Quint, and it is feared that he
will be confined to the hospital for at least two months
more.
The car was in charge of S. W. Cavin, motorman, and J. W.
Myers, conductor, and was traveling at a high rate of
speed. It struck the front wheels of the wagon as it
turned the corner of Twenty-fourth and Maple, throwing the
hoses, Richards and C. Gires to the ground with great
force.
Monday Fire Chief Lips submitted the case to Asst. City
Atty. Hewitt, and Hewitt stated that a damage suit might
be brought against railway. |
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The
Los Angeles Herald,
June 25, 1906 |
The
Los Angeles Record,
June 27, 1906 |
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