The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-27
ATLANTIC AVENUES PERILS.
THIRTEEN PERSONS KILLED WITHIN 4
LITTLE OYER A YEAR
List OF the Victims or Rapid Transit Mo-
tors In Brookiyn-How Men nnd Women
AbIe 10 Get In Dangers Way.

tors In Brookiyn-How Men and Women
nre Able 10 Get In Danger. Way.
The Atlantic Avcn,n RAND Transit Rail-
! rond hns i,s lenot nt Flnthush and Atlantic ave-
pn.s Hrooklvn. and bnlonps ,n Tho Long Island
! Rnilrond q, II rms on n stroioht lima
to East New York bein- fenced ON both sidos
Is tracks are used by the Long Island through
trims tho prlphton pooch md Concv leland
trai,.a na vol aa bv its ,,vn ,rniua Tho troino
Of the Rauid Traneit rond run Mt intervals of M.
| t,on ntnutea mud tho timo from Fintbush ovo.
| mo TN Enst NaU, York ia ,,vontv. 90 ,,inu,cs
| Thus thcro arc n, nil houra of tho dov six fact
i""7 '", nv az al """i7 W 'no u"S SiN i"s'
trains OF this limo on the road In addition to
| these. the Long Island and Concv Island roads
RIM trntpa nj sbor, in,nrv,t. eo,.o r,,i.r - ~,
","7 ~ s''Vi' i'''i ""'Ae ho,l"u "i tiv
tralni through Atlantic avenue ma. be- formed
| trains orn a,,r,.d ,hcrc o,ory da, rto p,,ii
n"'''7 ~ 7,",''" '",i' c.'lY uaS' ~ nun"
Transit and Concy Island trains are drawn 10y
| nearly noselees motots vhila on tLe Long
Island h"'lroad me ordinary rumblinp lo'omo,
| tives are used II is 10y the motors that most Of
| the Victims havc boen kilIe1 Ueariny NJ, noien
10, tsa,,i ~. -. 49,, 49, Us -. -,
NV lvai'u no u"ue"r anu mus erVsse" the
| tracks TO be crushed TO death.
Tho RAND Transit rnnd oa hna boep said 10
,r',,., T., a.i ~, ,, - -
ivhVou h' "hu NJ "HVh croNslhs thcro IL u Eh'o-
| way. Tho gate is what IL known rs the patent
railway safctv pnta N.in, n sim,lo cross.
-, -,
hurried or veniurosome person can stoop bc-
| meath n easilv and cr,es Tho ,,neL lo.ti,c tbo
80 "''' ''' WV '"oN' 1919 '".
""'@e' lr"ih approaching rhlhS' NJ lulI"tUh'
crossings. such IA that at the depot. or Wash
| incton ayenue or Bedford nvorue thor. il
| IL, -. c,. 80, A., -, ~ =
nl""'s "'l "Hl'cr' ana ne mas All ne can 40 u
keen the needless from risking their lives.
Onuo-itp str,n,s which o,1 n, Atlantic. ov.r,,o
| - -, 49,
uh" '"'ie Vo"7V y" "Nl"t"uHhlatc=' are re-" H'H
| through narrow openings in the fence which
| have no gates Al th,ae roints nersons nrn,.,,u.
~ 'N'"' ~ "' 80
stantly crossing and. rs one Of tho old ga,cmcn
men said Yesterday " It's wonder there hahn
more killcdl'
\ reporter stood near the Fort Greene gat.
lnc.Ii 10 thc depot for some time yesterday al.
| ira PASSED out. or was seen up the track on
| ia way IN. and raised 1t rs soon NJ il paesed. A
tiolls pedestrians who wanted 10 cross. and a
| police officer had his station on tho platform
| g. keep a general lookout But in spite
| OF tho gaics and the trplicate guard
H rSa asaas 10 and ID d SpSir a sn' tn !
| held bArk. The driver Of n milk wagon
| drove under the liars Of the gate as they wer"
| descending barely clearing the track i'm time Ia
ESCAPE a train that would hive ihilatnd him
| a man In buggy WHO had t0 null mis- horse to
one side 10 esca pe the falling bar swore roundly
| hncausn hn nd henu stained although Will.
he srok. locomotive r.ttisJ Lv M twenty i.s
an hour. At last twenty pci, -,rians were
| a. Of "a
were Ignorant a f,ty hurried but tEa mai"r,tv
| simply ioolhariy one old lady thanked Oficor
| Belsor for SELLING her arm just as She WIS
a,out To- piupg" i'm front II n locomotive.
That's mn ex,~ution " sni, the oNl,.r Nn.t.
| ly' II YOU erab woman she'll shake herself
| inoso NJ IL vrt'I t,s,,itsi hsr -
AnGf6er ofi'.r saui I'M nl;iourh ,horo is m
oriino,,e i,r,nsing n Hre ~ a. f,r er...,"..
| the track when the gate is closed IL IL prnp,i.
n,iiy tn~,r,r.,ivs h.cs,,.., none ~ IN" tti,.s
| viii hold persons arrest 81 under il.
o." has,d as m r y,sr h9 Tn KEN IN
| isf nf tGoso VII hsv,' I.,n crushed and man
| did ia d,a,h an IA ros1s
| ~Mnr,,ar.t K.ntII i'd was run over Sent
| II. 1917 while pisyiis II tLntfnrk at Atlantic
XIV XIV avenues '' '''' wiz
| ratri,k L. Gli'ehs, a ,nilli was lnh'aht y
| Uous. i'm New Ints The hid did nI know
hs i,,,,, 90 s,i r., S,na no nr,. MAR a. r..
| en-. him -
| Tmmn Barnes. a woman ~ cS atten,tte,
| 10 cross the trnck az Grand and Atlantic ave.
| nues on the 18th Of Docember 1877 ms n train
| was approachinr Her danger wins seen hv
| James nonlan "A youth Of ~ who tried in win
| 10 save her. Roth were crushed to death
| Jan. 20. 1878. John Wallace "A young ne
clHnic attDWltpd IN many with two friends
10 '' eros. the trark q, htami3 @yenu~ AMI F"ri
! Greono rlac@. He was somewhat iniONicatcd
| and moved slowly. A he reached the outer
edge - .he track he was struck los u motor and
| thrown into the air. II = friends barely escaped
At about the SANE date Lawyer ByNat,r ~,
| Brooklyn was run over in NV Lott and nlmo-,
! instantly Killed. Like tho rurt, hc Wac trying
! to rtn-N we tth'S 49,.
returning home from u prolonged spree with
| several women. ono NJ whom Ut fe.-cd 90 he
| Als wife. In Atlantic near Bedford avenue. ho
| had words with ore ~ tho party. ana, before
| any one could prevent Aim. ran toward the
| railroad Instead ~ going g. u gate. d" 'liml~.l
| over the fence. Within minute the frightened
| woWon heard "a tram come numbering down
| and In less than a quarter of an hour they saw
| the mangled remains Of their unfortunate
| friend This II the only cilsc Of suicide rs yet
! reported.
John H. Lavery. aged 40, was killed Al Allan
| W hhu ,lasr.,h h.'hu.s 'ulti. 10 ~ - ne
| and encountered a train running the other WAY
John Hanson WAS killed Ia New Lots july lG
| ISIS by heing ran over.
TN the sih ~ August Benah 7 Sturgis n re-
| tired merchant OF 90 sterling place. Brooklyn
He dill not hear tue approach o. the train aud
| was not properly warned ~ his danger.
| ~, i3It bItrh. Iih'' az ! tll"ttN hNNNH'f "aT