The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-02-23
LIEUT.. REYNOLDS KILLED.
Run Over by CabIe-Car. and Both Legs
Crushed.

| Run Over by n Cable Car. and Both Legs
/ Crushed.
| A very serious cable-car accident happened
| at o'clock Oh Wednesday afternoon. Feb ID.
| at the corner of Fifteenth and @ streets north
| west, by which Lieut. Lowell f. Reynolds,
| United States Navy. in command Of the Coast
Survey steamer Endeavor. was fTightfully in.
| jure0, dying later of his injuries Lieut.. Rey-
| nolds alighted from Navy-yard car, and got
| a transfer to the Fourteenth street line. after
| which he went into the Riggs House. When
he came out of the hotel Fourteenth stree.
| car was just passing. and, without waiting for
| it to stop at the north side of G. street, the
Lieutenant attempted to board the grip.car.
| He missed his footing, and fell or was thrown
| under the front wheels of the car, which passed
/ over both bis legs above the knees Gripmau
| Goode released his hold on the cable and ap-
| piled both brakes, but the Lieutenant was
| dragged beneath the car for some distance and
| was badly mangled. The grip-car had to he
| lifted from the track before the unfortunate
officer could be extriested from beneath it. A
| carriage was called and he was at once removed
to the Emergency Hospital.
An examination OF the wounded man dis
closed the fact that the bones of both legs had
been badly crushed. and they were both bf ok en-
above the knees. The doctors stated that am
putation was not necessary at present, but that
1t might become so in very short time. Sew
eTsi ITlenDb OF the unfortunate Ou1cer called,
but were not allowed tn SEQ him. An officer
arrested GripmRn GoOde oil a charge OF assault
aud battery, and the name of Lieut.. Reynolds
WAS entered as complainant Goode was sub
sequently released on 800 collateral for his
appearance in court. The shock proved too
much for Lieut.. Rey nolds's constitution, and
he died in the Emergency Hospital at o'clock
on Thursday morning, Feb. IS. thus closing
brief but quite brilliant naval career. -
and was the son Of tie late Capt Robert M
Reynolds, 1st Iowa Cav. who was First uditor
OF ne treasury some years ago Capt. Rey-
nolds also ended his career with q tragic death,
falling from the fifth floor of tho Southern
Hotel in ST. Louis. Mo, dying instantly. The
Lieutenant Was one of The most popular officers
In the Navy, and had gained u reputation sell
dom achieved in times Of peace II. was a
member OF the Greedy relief expedition and
while attached to the United States war ship
Constellation. in 1879, performed All act of
heroism for which he was honored bpth in
Europe and America. The Emperor of Austria
conferred upon him the decoration of the Royal
and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph. and the
Life-Savng Benevolent Association of New
York awarded him gold medal for his "hero-
ism in rescning the crew of the Austrian bark
Oiivo"; he Was also presented with the medal
authorized by Congress for reseuing life. In
Transmitting the latter medal, Secretary Of the
Treasury John Sherman said:
1t appears that on Nov. a. 1879 willis the United
states steamer Constellation, TO which you were
attached. was lying hove-to in the vicinity of the
Azores account OF the violence OF the gale then
prevailing, vessel was from her decks a.
daylight several miles nsrerp with signal of dis
tres5 flying. This vessel proved to- be the Au.tro-
Hungarian bark O.ivo. Two boRts were sent from
the Cous citation to her relief one OF which failed
to get within hail through the heavy then run
ming, but the other. which was under your COM
mand succeeded in getting near her, and IN two
successive trips took Of nine OF the IL persons OH
board The day was consumed In these efforts,
but, although the danger Of the enterprise was
greatly increased by the setting-in Of darkness 10
Is shown that you volunteered to return 10 the
sinking bark and took off the remaining three
men. On each occasion the was 30 rough that
the men on the bark were Obliged TO jump over
board TO be taken into the boat which was unable
on the peril OF being stove, 20 up a1on gsde
and, after the last effected the bark
was I'm the track of passing vessels and dangerous
to navigation 50 long rs her hulk hoated you per-
formed the dangerous feat Of swim ming 10 her
through the violent sea, and getting board set
her on fro In two places; you then swan back to
your boat, and returned to the Constellation late in
the evening viii, The last of the of the Olivo
1t gives me particular pleasure to transmit TO
you tls accompanying medal. the public recozni-
ton of a memorable day Of hard labor and con-
slant peril, which you endured in the service OF
humanity.