Streetcar Collision on King Street

Timothy Finn, a motorman on the Grant street electric railroad, was seriously injured yesterday morning about 10 o'clock in a collision between two cars at the corner of Seventh and King streets. He now lies at Grace hospital with a broken leg and several severe bruises about his body and head. It is the practice on the road to make good time and the cars sometimes pass at one turnout and sometimes at another. Yesterday morning the cars were to pass at the switch near the Seattle General Electric Light Company's plant. There is another switch on King street between Sixth and Seventh. Car No. 1, in charge of Tim Finn, motorman, and Conductor Dosier, was coming toward the city. The lower switch was passed and it was their intention to pass the other car on King street. As No. 1 rounded the corner into King, however, and when only a half block from the switch, it collided with No. 5 car, Angus Davidson, motorman. The motormen both tried to stop their cars, but they came together, and the dashboard of No. 1 was crushed in and Motorman Finn thrown violently back against the end of the car. No. 5 was not injured at all, and No. 1 can be fixed up in a day. No one else was hurt, although some of the passengers were shaken up somewhat. Finn is an experienced railroad man, and the company does not think that he or the other motorman were to blame. The point where the collision occurred is the only one on the whole line where the track cannot be seen for a long way ahead. Dr. Goodspeed, who attended Finn at the hospital, found the femur of the left leg was fractured, but the injuries will not be permanent.