[Illustration]
The car seen peering out of a breach in the wall of the building in our
photo. was loaded with twenty tons of coal, and belonged to the Orange
Electric Light and Power Co., of New Jersey. It was given a push by its
engine about a quarter of a mile from the incline, which rises steeply
from the ground to the first floor of the building seen in our
illustration. Apparently the push was too hard, for the truck went away
at a tremendous pace, which the brakesman was powerless to moderate,
sailed up the incline like a bird, and was brought to a standstill by
the brick wall, out of which it "butted" a huge fragment. Photo. sent in
by Mr. W. H. Wagner, 105, Watchung Avenue, West Orange, N.J.