New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED.
ELEVATED TRAINS IN COLLISION.
CARS KNOCKED FROM THE RAILS AND PEOPLE
ROUGHLY SHAKEN Up.

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| ROUGHLY SHAKEN Up.
There two accidents on the Sxth-ave. elevated
railroad yesterday afternoon, which caused IA delay OF
nearly an hour. Engine No l6i attached 10 down
town train, jumped the track Just IL had passed the
upper end Of the platform ut the Park Place station
The engineer applied the brakes and succeeded in
stopping the train before any great damage was done
The beams along the track badly shattered for
distance Of ten feet and the passengers In the forward
cars were slightly shaken up. Before the engine c0uli
he put Oh the track again the line blocked as far
! as Blceckcrst.
Near Worth-st. tile trains were being stopped an
engine OF coming train crashed into the rear OF
the train ahead which was standing Sill. The two
rear cars Of the train knocked from the rails.
Some of the passengers knocked down and others
roughly shaken up. There four tracks running
from Franklin to Chambers ST. Trains were run OIL
the two inside tracks until the main line was cleared
! At the Offices OF the company little news could be
gathered those in charge treating the entire matter
in the most Indifferent sort Of a way, saying the
second accident amounted 20 nothing.
one Of the shaken-up pas,enge said: "When En-
ginc No. 1G4 of the downtrain, derailed at Park
| Place the brakeman on the rear car promptly told
the switchman stationed at the Murray ST. curve.
lie held his red dangersgnal situated on the sruct-
ure at West Broadway and Murray-st. at the danger
point and the train following came TO standstill
Just as it had passed the Chambers street Station.
Along the stretch of track north OF Chambers 1t.
other trains quickly fled coming close together
that the rear car Of each train and the engine of the
train following but few feet apart. This block
extended 10 about WOrth,t there being in that dis
lance four trains, The ith came along quickly, the
engineer apparently utterly obviols OF the fact tha'
lust ahead Of him the track blocked. Apparently
he made no effort to hold his train in hand and from
those who witnessed it all from the lOu'es on the
street there was than twenty five feet between
the train which was at >tandstl and the rusln;;
engine when the brakes applied and though they
appearcd 10 work. they did but little TO lessen the
hcadway Of the en- zine and the five OF which the
train composed.
The result was that crash followed. that threw
the passengers in the two last cars Of the mOuoneSs
train from their seats and shook up pretty well th0s2
in the other cars To the heavy wooden guard rails.
which remained firmly in their places. Is due the fact
tlut the trains were not thrown into the street
The name of the engineer through whose careless
ne, the collision +, said 10 have occurred Is reported
to be Myers but this fact could not be verified.
As the stretch u track where the collision occurred
is perfectly straight and open, there appears to be
no good reason for the accident unless il was that
the brakes failed to work quickly that the engineer
owe vrrcstmated their power To stop the train
Miss Emma Pollock who PLAYED the part Of Maggie
Murphy in Reilly and the 4O0' was ir the last car
o, tho unlucky train with her sister Miss Evelyn
Pollock They were both thrown 10 the floor ana
badly shaken up though not seriously injured. They.
together IN number of IN" other passengers. got
or ~ the car and walled along the side path back 20
The Chambers street Hospital some people even
clnmbercd down IN" iron paIs 10 TIE street ana tor
n time the excitement among the passengers was IN
tense No one badly huri, however