The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-14
TORN BY IRON WHEELS.
Two Horrible Accidents
Strangely Alike in Man
ner, Time and Place.
WILLIE LAMKE AND JAMES FOX
One Fatally MaBgled, the other
Painfully Hurt BY Cars on
Newark Street, HOboken.

Two horrible accidents occurred on
Newark street near Police Headquarters
in Hoboken last night.
Shortly after eight o'clock one Of the
g KoFe street. line Of horse cars heavily
loadsa With pass zzsgers, ran over and ter
rtbiy fsangisa willie Isambke, three
year oIz child The child is probably
dead ers this. Twenty minutes later =
horse ear OF tha salak line ran over James
Fox. an able-bodied ,longshoreman. BY
almost a miracle the 'longshoreman's life
was saved, although he was badly
mangled
The two accidents, occur ring at about
the same place. within such short
period OF time. attracted tremendous
crowd. Those who were eye witnesses to
the first accident will not soon forget it.
Car No. $50 left the Hoboken ferry at
eight o'clock. The car was in charge Of
Nicholas May, driver. and was well flied
with passengers. Il was littIe behind
time. and bowled along the down grade
on Newark street at lively rate. Near
the corner Of Garden and Ne q ark streets
Sc yeral little children were playing la the
gutter One OF the children was three-
year-oId Willie Lamke. As the car
Deared the corner one OF the children who
was playing chased Willie Lamke, and
the child ran toward the horse car track
The car was almost on top Of the child
before the driver or the passengers on the
front platform saw him. Then a cry of
horror went up from the passengers.
The driver put on the brake quicker than
pc had ever done before. But he was TOO
late
A SHOCKING SIGHT
The passengers in the car felt jolt
and then they heard the chiid's agenized
cries. Several OF the passengers bumped
of the car and picked the child mp. The
poor little fellow 8 shrieks could be heard
for blocks and would have moved a
heart of stone.
His left leg hung dangling from his
body. The sight was sickening One lady
in the car who saw the child tainted.
Four men picked the little one and started
on run with him for Police. Head
quarters
rho child's father, who owns a saloon
on Newark street, heard OF the accident
and came running up. When he saw the
condition OF his child his grief was ter
rible.
Although so shoekiukly niangIed the
child did not lose consciousness, and
while being borne through the streets
with It's leg dangling BY strip Of flesh
uttered piercing screams.
When the station house was reached.
however, the littse sufferer became IN
conscious. DR.. SiMou WIS summoned
and at once saw that the Only chance Of
saving the child's life was to have the leg
amputated. He at once comm unfcated
with tbs surgeons At St. affsTJ's Hospffai
and the child was conveyed there whe
its leg was amputated. The surgeons do
not believe that tine child can survive.
Nicholas May, the driver, was arrested
and held to await the result of the child's
injuries.
THE SECOND HORROR
Twenty minutes after this accident and
while crowd yet lowered around Police
Headquarters, another accident happened
almost directly in front OF the police
station. James Fox. asturdy Young long
shoreman, fell off the front platform OF
Car No. l59. driven by Harry Kach.
Fox's head fell right on the
track, but he put up his
arm to save his head The front
wheel of the car struck his arm and had
Just passed over it and in another instant
would have crushed his head into jelly
hac not the driver brought the car up
with sharp turn Fox was brought into
Police Headq uarters.
The right arm was badly torn and he
was suffering from the shock. He was
also conveyed to st. Mary's H ospitaL Fox
is married and lives on Ninth street,
Jersey City. Kach, the driver of this car !,
WAS also arrested.