Streetcar vs Train 1912

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Streetcar vs Train never ends well. Streetcar vs Train Brief news article about a streetcar vs train accident in The Daily Picayune, 11-May-1912. Passenger train No. 339, of the Illinois Central, crashed into the Royal Blue car at Washington Avenue, at 9 o'clock last night and knocked it into splinters. The car was dragged about 125 feet and part of it was on the front of the engine. The latter was derailed. Howard Heldenfelder, of 136 S. Olympia, employed at the Krauss Store, was the only passenger in the streetcar. He sustained injuries about the chest and was badly shaken...