Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Street Car Wreck
July 4, 1897
A STREET CAR WRECK.
Pittsburg, July 8.
-- Four people were fatally injured and
eighteen or twenty others were more or less
injured in a street car wreck on the Forbes
street line of the Consolidated Traction
company. The wreck occurred on the Soho hill at
the time when the immense crowds which attended
the fireworks display was returning home. An
Atwood street car had gone about half way down
the hill when it jumped the track. Closely
following it came an open summer car with a
trailer behind, closely packed with people.
Before the second train could be stopped, it
crashed into the derailed car. Hardly had the
first collision happened before a third car,
heavily laden, came down the hill at full speed,
and forced its way into the wreck ahead. It was
the second crash that did most of the damage and
the scene was indescribable.
American Eagle,
Murray, Utah 10 Jul 1897
Researched & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
Streetcar Wreck on an Incline at
Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, July 7. -- Four people were
fatally injured and 18 or 20 others were more or
less injured in a streetcar wreck on the Forbes
street line of the Consolidated Traction company
last night. The names of the seriously
injured are:
Michael Doyle,
motorman, top of head torn away, two ribs
and a leg broken; will die.
W. A. Manly,
employed in the circulating department of The
Times, scalp laid bare and hurt internally;
probably die.
Miss Smith,
skull fractured; will die.
C. C. Rogers,
leg and arm broken and hurt internally; will die
Mrs. Mary H. Wilson,
Allegheny, two ribs, right leg and
left ankle broken; may recover.
The full list of injured is not
ascertainable.
The wreck occurred on the Soho hill at the
time when the immense crowds which attended the
fireworks display at Schenley Park were
returning home.
An Atwood streetcar had gone about half way
down the hill when it jumped the track, closely
following it came an open summer car with a
trailer, both densely packed with people.
Before the second train could be stopped it
crashed into the derailed car. Hardly had the
first collision happened before a third car,
heavily laden, came down the hill at full speed
and forced its way into the wreck ahead.
It was the second crash that did most of the
damage and the scene was indescribable.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, In 7 Jul
1897
Pittsburg's Trolley Accident
Pittsburg, July 8 --
W. A. Manley,
one of the victims of the trolley accident on
the Consolidated Traction lines, has died, and
another, Michael Doyle,
the motorman, is not expected to live. It
is thought all of the 18 or 20 others injured
will recover, although a number are still in
serious condition.
Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, NJ 8
Jul 1897
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