Accidents (was West Penn "Orange")

[Fred W. Schneider III]

We do?  Please related Teddy Roosevelt's carriage.

Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> Jim Holland wrote:
>
> > Greetings!
> >
> > John Swindler wrote:
> >
> > > CONNELLSVILLE COURIER, Feb 26, 1918
> >
> > > TROLLEY CAR CHASES AUTOMOBILE UP HILL AND THEM RAMS IT
> >
> >         From the sounds of the headlines, I had visions of the trolleycar
> > chasing the automobile for a whole block before it was *finally* able to
> > catch and purposely ram it.  Snoozepaper sensationalism under
> > development, I guess.  Hardly the case once the article is read:. . .
> >
> > > Mr. Dunn saw the
> > > street car just as he reached the crossing and he turned the machine up the
> > > tracks, running ahead of he car to avoid a collision.  The street car was
> > > not stopped quickly enough and overtook the automobile about 80 feet up the
> > > tracks.
> >
> >         Reminds me of a story that appeared in *Traction & Models* where a
> > motorman was not able to stop his trolleycar in time to avoid a
> > collision and a witness on the sidewalk claimed the motorman didn't even
> > try.
> >         This witness then became a motorman and had a similar accident while in
> > training.  The trainee said:  "I witnessed an accident several years ago
> > and claimed the motorman didn't try to stop; now I see he couldn't."
> > The trainee never learned that his instructor on the car was the
> > motorman of the accident he had witnessed.
>
> I remember reading that. We all know the story of what happened to the motorman who
> rammed Teddy Roosevelt's carriage.
>
> Ken J.