Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-14
TROLLEY LINES DEADLY TRAIL.
What is Shown by Years Record in
brooklyn.

Brooklyn.
From the New York lines.
Within a year eleven persons have been k,lle!
by trolley cars in Brooklyn. two more owe their
death directly to the trolley lines, and many
have been seriously manned. This record is all
said TO be due to the continued carelessness of
the motormen. and has been the subject of FIRE.
quent complaints 70 Mayor Body.
y few days ago the mayor summoned before
him the various trolley road Presidents and
warned them that some reform was impcra tive
but careessness still continues. especially on
the De kalb Avenue line. The motormen are
especially lax in their duties at night. when n
high rate OF speed is maintained.
q Complaint is also made about the steps of the
cars. which resemble those on steam railroad
cars i'll that they are so high from the ground.
This Is n source of great inconvenience TO old
people. women and children.
An idea of the magnitude of the slaughter of
the last twelve months due TO the trolley may
be conveyed by the following list of killed:
james Malley. eight wears old. run over July
10. 1892, by Third avenue car No. 1927 at
Thirty-second street. Death WAS instantaneous.
Frank Iimms, seven years Old. run over July
q. 1892, by a Third avenue car. near Presideu {
street. and almost instantly killed. Frank Cor
man of Kings Highway. struck by n car of the
Coney Island and Brooklyn electric road on
August 81. 1892. He was terribly nianG,ed and
died in a few minutes. Kate Sthlin. twelve
years old. killed by jamaica line car Scpten-
Der 3. 1892. Her body was cut III two. William
Gibney. thirty-iive years old. conductor on the
Coney Island line, run over and instantly killed
by car of that line near Kings Highway Sop
TENDER 90. 1892. Reverdv Johnson. IT.. thirty
three wears old. conductor on the Fulton street
elevated railroad. fell from train on Septem-
Der u. 1892, and was killed. 1t was claimed that
he pulled off the track by n trolley WIRE
which dangled from pole. Louis Reilly. seven
al a., u
of JAY street car on Dec. %. 1892. Joseph
Davis, colored. run over and killed by n Flat
bush Avenue car on April l6 1898. James
Keenan,. six years old run down and killed bv a
Third Avenue car near Nineteenth street on
May II. Charles Mcdonald. twenty-soven years
old, a lineman. while running wires for the At
lantic Avenue line on May 20. fell to the side
walk and fractured his skull. He died soon
afterward. Willy Chung, Chinese, died on
May % at the Norwegian Hospital from injuries
received by being run over by Il Third Avenue
car. Margaret Sender. run over by car No.
LOIS of the Third Avenue line on June and
killed.
A man. name unknown. was run over by n
Third Avenue car on Sunday. lie was about
twenty-five years old. The accident occurred
at the corner of SD street He wac badly
crushed, and died an hour after the accident at
the Seney Hospital
There is q long list of accidents resulting in
broken legs. arms. ribs and other injuries to be
charged to the Brooklyn trolley lines.
In 1892 there accidents as follows:
April 5, April II, two on May 81 and one on
May 90; June Q. 10, IL. ~. Is. &c. 30 and 81;
July there were two accidents, July 10 1.-TWO
accidents), July 20 1.-TWO accidents). July u. %,
"a. q 1.-TWO accidents) and July %: Aug. Is.
Is, q (thrce accidents); Sept 3, 49, 16. &c and
q; Oct. and IL; Nov. II and Is; Dec. o.
During the present year the record of acct
dents is: Jan. 81 and % 1.-TWO accidents: Feb.
s and 10; March l. 2, 5. 6, 7, H. IS, II, "a (two
accidents), u and 80 1.-TWO accidents; April /
(three accdents), 2. I, 8. Is. % and p (two ac-
cidents); May Z, IL, 20 (three accidental. %
1.-TWO nccidents). 26. %. 30 and 80; June /, 2, 4,
5, and on Sunday last four accidents.