The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-31
THE I'll" RAILROAD COLLISION.

DANGEROUS CONDITION OF Mr.. JOHN 7. HAR-
RoLp, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, AND A SUIT
FOR TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS DAM
AGES
John T. Harold. passenger on one of tho New
York IL trains at the recent collision at Forty
second street and Third avenue, is lying in critical
condition at his residence. No. G7s Greene avenue.
Brooklyn. 1t will be remembered that he flung
a distance Of about fifteen feet diagonaly the
car side striking against the seat with great vio
lence Like many victims Of similar accidents.
Mr.. Harold was not aware Of the gravity
Of his injuries. His arms and wrists
were bleeding from tho flying bits of glass
and his side felt very sore but he still mustered up
force enough TO accompany Mrs. Peck. lady friend
who was in tho land whose version Of tho
accident fully publ shed az the time in the HER
AID, to her residence in Harlem. He then returned
from l2sth street 70 his home in Brooklyn. trip of
nearly three hours. and on the way vomtcd great
quantity OF blood. Since then he has been lying at
the point OF death, and though ~ Is now tnouehs
that he may recover the result is by no means GER
tain.
CONSULTATION YESTERDAY.
DR.. Dcyo. the family physician. DIR. Gilbert and
Professor Ward held consultation yesterday after
noon at four O'Clock at the bedside OF the patient
and agreed that he still in very dangerous
state From Dr. Deyo's statement it would appear
that when he first called in on Wednesday morn
ing he found Mr. Harold In high state OF fever and
two OF the ribs OF his left side fractured and
the Doctor says that had Mr.. Harold not worn
heavy overcost. whose breast pockets were
stuffed with papers and books, he would
probably have been killed outright From
his painful breathing and the great expccto-
ration of blood IL became evident that an undue
pressure brought upon the left lung and that II
had been laccrated thus rendering IL probable that
Inflammation and pneumonia would cnsue. This
was the case and even IL everything goes WELL DR..
Deyo says Mr.. Harold will not be able to leave his
bed for long time to come. sister OF Mr.. Harold
was killed in the great Nsrwalk railroad disaster
twcnty-six years ago.
THE COMPANY To NE SUED.
Mr.. Harold, who served with distinction in the
army captain in the second Scott Life Guards aud
major OF Van Beck's Sharpshooters. carried on the
business of house painting and decorating at NO. T
Third avenue. and had just secured profitable con.
tracts when this accident disabled him. His loss.
besides the injury to his health and the ply steal
suffering, WILL II is said. be great. as his business
has come TO "a standstll in consequence OF his sud
den prostration. His relatives have secured Mr..
Chauncey Shafier 20 hold the New York IL Conn
pany TO legal accountability for the damage indicted
which they estimate nj $4,000
The case of Mr. Harold. whose injuries have
turned out unexpectedly grave recalls the OF
one of the passengers at the Ninth az COLI
sion at Houston street three years ago, who also
Thought at the time that he had escaped uninjured,
when IL subsequently appeared that the concussion
of the brain produced by the shock had permanently
impaired his reason. .