New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-05
4 RUN1 WAY TROLLEY CAR.
TT CRASHES INTO THE ONE IN FRONT OF IT
THE MOTOGMiN KILLED AND FIVE PERSONS
BADLY HURT-tN ACCIDENT OK THE
OTTSKIETS or BROOKLYN.

BADLY HrHr-NN ACCIDENT on THE
OrTSKIErs or BROOKLYN.
Within y short distance Of the place where the
Parkvile disaster occurred on Suburban Day. th'
life of motorman was crushed ont and 1--WE per
sons seriously injured last evening. II was a rear
end collision between two trolley cars this time.
The accident took place at Thrd-avc. and SIXTY
flth-St., just across the brooklyn city line. The
city line is at SiNticth-S. although the conductors
of the trolley speak of crossing the city I'm"
when they reach the biz station near SIXTY Nifth-St
1t is 10 this point that passengers are brought
from the Manhattan Beach, Culver and Sea B'ach
routes, and the Bay Ridge Ferry i not far away.
There was "A large crowd of persons coming from
the seaside resorts there yesterday AT p. IN.
They saw two trolley come into collision. and
then half a dozen bleeding and unconscious forms
carried away. 1t was all over i'll hall an hour
and the trolley cars were soon rccling along
the lines at the same brcakneck speed a before.
The names of the persons killed and injured were :
KILLED
McKEorGH. Patrick; thiry-cirh, years old. No. I09
INcf1 roni~t Hrooklyn. HO'ornan. lac rttiOns OF
III uch. internal Injuries and coilaibonc bio.cn
INJURED.
slightly hnrt H. was able t. 60 home
iADtE. Richard, forty-N yc,r- old, cooI"r No. Il
EOurtc"n'h-~t.. sever cOntu-On~ o. both leg
lONkA Herman thirty-one yars old 40 - Fourteenth.
ST. to- hair id0"iti"d.
lhrda'c forehead acerated. broken and cut, on
MILLS M. Alexander nose broken. suffering from
sTATES. g.. OF No. 80 courtst. not badly burt. Was
WELSH james. twcnty-throc wears Old. notorman. No.
Oh Twcntyscycuth. toes laccratod.
Shortly before the collision car No ,O2a, Of
Oh" Ihrd-avc. line Of the Brooklyn City Railway
Company, stopped at the bottom of tie grade at
SiNty-hfth-st and discharged passengers. The
ear was going south toward For; Hamilton. Bc-
hind the car, on the track canr. ear No. AZ o.
Of the Fort Hamilton line. Both cars wcrc
crowded. Every seat was filled and persons
standing on the steps and clingrIs to the
guards.
The rear car was at the top Of the gri IT,
Patricl, NcKeough, IA" motorman OF the Icar
car. WAS impaticnty sounding the gong a. a
reminder 10 ia" cir ahead tnat il Wa time 70
NOV" or. The car got ont of McKcouoh- con-
troll and came cra,hln. down upon the car in
front. II came 50 noi,clo,,y in the dark that
The persons on the front ear iii not rcall. their
danger until tlc two car were almost together
Some Of tn" pas~,nrcrs lclpd from the cur.
The motorman of III" rcar ear stuck to h~ post
in hi~ cndcavor To- keep tlc car under control.
He was dragged from under the sphntcrcd wreck
OF tie platform bleeding and unconscious. ~"
died AT III" norwegian Hospital half an hour later.
His coaIbonc was fractured. hIs body was badly
confused and hc had severe internal mJuric-.
Amhuanccs Wor' summoned AID the p"rSons most
seriously injured taken - III" Norw" i'm
Dcaconc,-c- Hospital at Fourth-avc ami Forty
siNth-,t. Nckcoueh died at th" hospital Fiv"
other pr-ous are there seriously injured. several
prr~ou- who w"I" injured were abl" To- get hon"
without much assistance.
John GIcilrI>f. the conductor Of ear No. ,029,
received q iractur" of tl" nos, and his fec
wds LIBERATED. James Welsh, the motornan II
Car No. I02g. wa, slightly ,niurcd but was
ab" 10 walk horo H. W Lllinrham, car
prnt"r. Of 50. - FoIrth-avr. Brosklyn. and
GtoIgr S'dtr,. of No 80 Court-st.. Bro Iklyn
wcr, among the injured, bat wct" not taken 70
Tie hospital. Mr. AMI Mrs Nlills were badly
bruised. and hoth their wcrc broken
Patrick Nrkcoush th" dead mrtornIan, hid been
in the employ of the company for Solnc tin" and
wa nnsiGcrrd Il careful man II - thou.lt
tim; b" did not have The brake under control
in time.
lraycl was delayed Tor an hour. and laIg"
crowds Gathered a. the seen" of I'll" acci lent.
1hcr" was much excitement, and exaggerated
rumoI~ about the number of killed and injured
w"r. spread. III" polio" up 10 lat" hour last
neht had mad" no arrests.