New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-01

s,tire Massage which retarded her speed mater;sS
Bhe reports that in latitude 4b' Il Do5 W. ongarons
S ~ woI hr itS fore and mizzen lower-Inasts
standing. the hull partly suomeiS0U "
breaking over her,
CoIJIsIOys ON THE ELEVATED hoADo'
.,,,.,:,, .oc,np~rs cAusKD BY THE FOG. TWO IN
s,v,u .vryuE AND ONE IN THIRD AyENUE-THE
,,sy on AUTOMATIC SIGNALS.
ou;no 70 tie dense fog yesterday morning there
,rre several collisions on the elevated ROADS,
h.lf-past o'clock, while southwark bounu 'iain
WAS standing at the Thirty-third street o'at'on %,
abs Sixth Avenue Line, the one tono"ink -
,rar into the rear car. The shock produced con
.iderabe excitement among the passengers Oh Oo'n
.,a;ns which were crowded. but no person was III
l;ored. part of the platform was splintereu' anu
the end Of the tender which was foremost "as o"'
tsrsd and broken One of the employees saiu 'naU
tina engineer reversed his engine ana woulu H"'o
slammed short of the train had the tracks hot oee"
sIipnery. After o delay of twenty minutes 'n0
trains were running regularly again
About twenty minutes past similar ACCIDENT
occurred on the up.track at the F1fteth-st staon'
The fog was very dense. 1t was so thick an eploye
said that one could not see distance OF more ean
A half-car length. The steam pipes connectlne In0
ears were broken and part OK tne rem 18th trains
was torn of. No one was inIorea. anu "o'"
moved out after delay OF few mlnuSG;sd occurreo
Still another accident of the same KIM vCoEi
nm the Thlrd-aye line @ little DeIOIe . sa,d
train running south ran into another tnat S ths S,
INC ar the station at HoustOn-st. Owing 10 the log
.Ss noineer conld not see the train ahead OF nm
until he was close TO II. Although the brakes Met9
oniekly applied the collision could not De aVerteu'
and tie engine crashed into the rear car VIII coi
siderable force The platforms OF three cars wG ~
somewhat damaged by the crash ana tne eao VI T T
engine was broken and twisted out OF shape. an1
nassenrers were somewhat frightened but all eScapeu
injury. a. ...,. dsnatcher at tho
Rector-st station that the engineers Were ;s
70 min sowly SO that they could stop tpelr 'iSt.
,~,th,n the distance they could see aheaun:
don't think blame attaches TO any D3uy' "a SUI SUI
Manager Hahn. THE fog was 80 dense tha5 ~ was
;;.~nssihIe far an engineer see any distance
ahead Extra precautions were taken as usual
against accidents. Patrolmen were plaeeu Oh o vlo
tracks between stations, but they couu no sec any
fnrther through the fog than the engineers. A..
When asked if there was no system Oh au oiu Ti
signals that would prevent such accdehts MI I'M e
sa;d that the company had been endeavorng 10 nnd
q system that would work successfully. Autoniatlc
SIGNALS had recently been tried at an eXpehSST3 Vi
$50 600 but they did not prove Satisfactory 5 ino5
were for the eye and could not be seen III uenSo
FOG although placed close at the side OF the track.
hnother kind of signals that would be made for the
ear was to be tested in few days. Ihese slgnalIS
would be made by means OF gun, placed IN the csp
of tile engine and discharged az certain poltIts ny
means OF electricity. 1t was designed 1haS ~. no &c
morris should be heard by the tram aheau anu INC oo
following The company was ueslrous VI plo!oOt!ns
the pnbllc as much possible but as the aaQpeo1
of a system of automatic signals would lnVolVo az
least q half million dollars it was necessary 10 maAe
a thorough test of its efficiency hrst