Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1901 — MOTORMEN RACE TO DEATH. [ARTICLE]

MOTORMEN RACE TO DEATH.

Fire Killed and Many Hnrt in Car Colliaion Near Albany, N. Y. Two electric cars, racing for a switch on the same track, came together with n crash, killing five and injuring about fifty persons. Both motormen are dead. The accident occurred at Greenbush, six miles from Albany, N. Y., Sunday. Several of the injured are so seriously hurt they may not recover. It was at a sharp curve on the road the collision occurred. Both cars were running at high speed, each motormnn thinking he would reach the switch before the other car came up. They did not see each other until it was'too late and there was no time to apply brakes. The cars, which each weighed fifteen tons and were the heaviest on the road, were smashed to splinters.