New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-05
Il COW AVERTS IN ACCIDENT
SHE ACTS AS A BRAKE ON A STREET CAR.
! WOMEN AND CHILDREN TERRIFIED - TWO OF
TIE PAssENGERs SOMEWHAT INJURED.

NOMEN AND CHILDREN TEkflflE ED - I"N ~
THE PASSENGERS SOMEWHAT INJURED.
The passengers on horsecar No SO OF the Jersey
City and Bergen Railroad Company had thrlnng
experience on Saturday afternoon The car was III
charge OF Matthew Davis, driver, and Conductor
Fitzpatrick About thirty women and children were
inside and several men stood the front and back
platforms As the car was passing the Court houso
Surrogate James O'Nen, Deputy Surrogate james L.
Lillis, Freebooter Thomas McDonOugh and Edward
Grtter clerk Of the Circuit Court got on the rear
platform. When the passed the brow OF the
Newark-ave. hill the driver discovered that the orae'
a new patent arrangement which had recently been
put on refused to work The grade is exceedingly
steep at that point and the gained momentum
It struck tho heels of the horses frightening them so
badly that the driver could scarcely control thenl'
The unusual speed which the car soon attained cauSe
panic among the women and children inside ana
they began crowding over each other to get out Oh
the rear door.
Freebooter McDonough, who saw that for them to
lump Off meant serious injury, braced his bury form
I'm the doorway and refused TO let them pass, at inc
same time urging them to keep quiet. The con-
ductor who happened to be inside when the panic
began was kept busy trying to force theih
back into the seats but they screamed and show'ed
and begged to be let out Nearly opposite the entrance
to the jersey City Cemetery, about hall way uo"h
the hill two or three the rear platform MADE
rush to got off, and in doing so they forced surrogate
O'Nen of the platform. lie struck the pavement
with such momentum that he rolled over ana oVor
for a distance of about forty feet. His deputy LhS
Jumped off and fell sideways, his shoulder striking
the pavement.
Just as the car was passing the bridge over the
New Jersey Junction Railway 1t overlook seVerdi
cows which were walking lesurely down slnguiary
enough one Of the got directly DetWeeh tho % IAN
of horses and when the car bumped violently dsasU
her She promptly resented what she proDaOy con- I
meth a haStpuinC
planted her fore and hind feet firmly on the pavement
and Wa nlIshed along in that way until the IOot OF
the hin was reached the horses keeping her uuh
falling on either side. Her resistance served inc
nIInose of brake by decreasing the momentum oi
The car and doubtless averted a serious dlsasieI
When the car stopped and she was eXricateu noin rom
her srange position she walked quietly away stopphs
occasionally to MUNICH some grass growing oy "io
wayside. o,>,o,, Aa boor ricted
I'm the meantime Surrogate O'Neil had Deeh picAs,a
I'm and carried into the cemetery superlnteluoimit NJ
oHice When It found that no bones were Droh,h
his friends holped him home and summOheu PnS,
.icien Roth of his wrists found TO be spralHeu
botb shoulders badly bruised, and he hah recelN%eu Gu
,a,ious other injuries He was unable 10 IeaSS o 10
he'd Yesterday and the doctor said ne woun n,, Do
fortunate II ne got out I'm week D0puy ILL, LRI.9 y
iee was cut and his knees bruised, ana ne slie
sovereIy from the shock. These are the ony ONES mLV
are known 10 have been injured: the car ni'sn @
lave becn stopped by the old brake put IN ,io m r.
Lament one man was working the handle on IN, inc
don't nIatorm and another on the rear slnlanco"S5
and one neutralzed the effect of the other