The sun., 1891-12-28
ELEVATED TRAINS THIS TIME.
A 7AIL-END COLLISION IN THE BROAD-
EST KIND OF DiYLIGHT.
Passengers Knocked About and Frightened.
hut No Bones Brokcn-The Train that
W Hun Into Was the Last OF Limo
Tint vycro Halted nv - Dcrnilrd Motor.


W. Hun Into Was the Last OF Limo
TINT We're Halted by DcrniIed Motor.
AN engine drawing u train Of flve cars bound
for South Ferry. on tho Sixth avenue elevated
road. jumped the track Just above the Park
place station at 3:2O yesterday afternoon
Trains were blocked on tho road as q conse-
quencc. and at Worth street a train which
had left tho Franklin street station ran into
the rear car of the train that was at n stand
still ahead OF II because OF tho block. Tho
conrussion knocked the passengers OF both
trains about, splintcrcd the platform Of the car.
crushed in the front of the engine and broke
the draw bnrs of the engine and the tender.
1t was twenty minutes before south-bound
trains passed. on the other track. the place
whore the engine had jumped the track and
il was two hours and half before trains were
running on schedule time.
1t was engine 1G4, in charge OF Engineer Nc
Cord that jumped tho track. 1t rounded the
curve n few yards above the Park place sta
tion ut $40 O'Clock. The forward truck OF tho
engine jumped the track about three yards
above the station. The wheels went off to the
left and cut into the wood of the left-hnnd
guard railsr but did not mount the guard rails.
For about forty feet tho wheels chopped along
Superintendent $. D. Smith. Road Master II.
B. Black. Train Master L. A. Wise. and Assist
cIll llHll AuiStti "a NltlIpl Wtlc ~ tuo
scene OF the accident half an hour after 1t hap
pcned. The mex, train down stopped at the
Chambers street station. and ihe trains fol-
lowing that were blocked in a long line up the
track. The passengers OF the disabled train
walked along the track to tho Park place sta
tion. Workmen lacked tho engine back to the
track. At 4:lU they got the wheels on the rails.
The running gear Of the engine wasn't dam.
and sidCtracked II.
:, The trail, drawn by engine 1924. in charge Of
was conductor. left the franklin street station
a. out n quarters Of IN our after tho accident
at Park place. Ensineer Ferguson sawa train
nser eS Mayer 1 and yoorhe"s % % we're in
and the standing train ahead was In plain
sight from the Franklin street station. EnEt-
engine prom pity ran into tho lear car of the
About 300 passengers were in the train that
e thS in the blocked train had
ing down tho track. Others were reading
newspapers and a few Were in doze. Those
m 1ss o he tint shos e ft ae
Diss Debnr plan was thrown into tho lup Of u
Mho Ind been asleep since the
hends out of the windows got bumps that they
will remember.
in "Reiily aud the Four Hundrei.' and her
sister Evelyn. who was also q member OF the
company. were thrown together and were
considerably shaken up. Miss Evelyn had to
second, street. When they got thers Miss
Emma had to go to bed.
For a few moments there was Il panic on tha
train. The passengers insisted on getting out
gates and allow them to step down to tho trnck.
They walked TO the Chambers street station.
and descended TO earth with gla,ihess. The
passengers in the other blocked trains fol-
Wf Who was was Responsible for the second accident
none OF the officials would say yesterday: Ac:
-cOrdng to Train Master Wise. the agent and
gateman at the franklin street station should
there Of the block: and the rear brakeman OF
ench blocked train-that is tho brakeman
whose post is. between tha last two cars
Rd h%yn 9s sn5 bsE VIII word wSr
notsay. He told the reporters thnt an investi
gntfon would be made.
:, Mayer. the cngircer Of 325." he said.
and should hav" stopped. Perhaps tho brakes
tailcd towork. or he miscalcuated their powe.
to stop the train.
Yesterday the trains on tho road were run
utes after the accident at Park place, an eight
minute interval was established. and the up
towa track WAS utilized for both north bound
and south bound trains. The trains blocked
were switched to tho ur-town track and brought
down town on it. The train attached to Engine
:}24 went down town with them. The dam
agcd engine was detached md sent UP to linr-
the main track. and after the trnck at Park
Place had been cleared downtown trains were
switched to centre track ut franklin street.
and thus brought past. Shortly after o clock
tho trains on the road were running on sched-
ule time.