Will County IL Archives News.....Runaway Car October 26, 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 July 10, 2008, 2:05 am Decatur [IL] Daily Review October 26, 1903 Killed a Man and Smashed a Building at Joliet Joliet, Ills., Oct 26.--A runaway electric car on the Chicago and Joliet line Sunday killed a man, demolished a house and reduced itself to splinters after a terrific plunge down a steep incline in this city. Just as the car began to descend the steep hill Motorman Bouray fell in a faint and rolled from the platform. Miss Anne Westborg, the solitary passenger, saw her peril and jumped from the car, escaping with some painful bruises. The car bounded forward, going down the hill at a terrific speed. At the foot of the hill, where there is a sharp curve, Peter Sharp, 18 years old, was waiting for the car. He had not noticed that it was running away. When the car struck the curve it jumped the track, scooping up young Sharp on the fender, and crashed into Charles Hollistine's dwelling. Sharp's brains were battered out against the stone foundation. The side walls of the house were crushed in and the entire structure wrecked. Mrs. Hollistine was alone in the house at the time and escaped without injury, climbing out through a window. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/newspapers/runawayc144gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb