The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-06

along In that way as far rs Trinity Church.
Edward White. the driver OF the express
wagon, jumped as Roon as the collision oc-
CURED. and, with the help OF several b. rtand-
ers. dragged his horses out OF the way. Mr.
Schuster who was In the wagon. also jumped
and was unhurt
Tho procession OF two cars then proceeded
In fact. 1t had not ceased to procecd-not n
second. Most ofthe people in car 800 had got
of, and at Cortlandt street Miss Beckie Hull
dig % years old. Of los Forsyth street thought
she had gone far enough. She stepped Off
facing the wrong way and landed in heap;
her up and found that she was bleeding, from
a scalp wound. He took her to the Church
ambulance surgeon and sent home. '" - "
Just after Miss HuldiG jumped the two cara
the no The
had been removed from 800. As the four cars
came rushing down town with all the bells
walks. many horses were frightened. and there
va" At Pine street horse car $40 had stopped to
ALLOW the passengers to get on: but before TINS
sna the 90 rSes rs 2 had to his
to save them He managed t" get them N going
people In lower Broadway who had not seen
the FIRST part OF the occurrence II looked as II
this bony pair Of naGs was galoping along
But it was tho 1880 horse power up at Hous-
ton stree. that was conducting the procession.
lce %ns a Thomas J. Monday Of the Old slip
station jumped on tho rear plat Of car
SlG to help out out, the women who had not not
mediately and ran along tho side as he lifted
woman. nurse. and . chiia to the street;
tainted when led to the sidewalk. She recov-
cred soon and gave her name az Mrs. McHenry:
She went to the elevated station and went
As the wild procession was, passing Trinity
den halt. except the loader. which kept on
down town until the dryer saw that he was
street. s was e At '
stopped over a manhole In front Of Rector
street. The crowd Of severa, hundred breath.
Boarded them. The police. with some effort
cleared them away and the drivers and con-
to Try hsy as apf hs
nasd fSo@ 1Hsf the e sracfs t" ths
most serious Injuries; Boil. platforms arc
badly ] laHs I'd an and the front dashboard is
In half an hour Superintendent Newell.
got done moving and could not be Judged.
tangled in a loose strand OF the cable but when
a man went into the manhole under the car
ell IL
hut 1t had become twisted about the grip in
The essential parts of the grip Of these cable
cars are the parallel horizontal stePl !ews
three feet long opennG Sertif tb Length
two concavv channels. one on, each eide for tho
cable The ceRle can thus be on
open and the cable runs freely through them.
When the, brakeman nuts on the grip. the Jaws
f fSs %" ahs Whoa the e n oi
s tSs sT' the on ous sne .d G
cd Itself around under tho lower jaw. The
ing TIE e Jaws shut and this Complication may
have arranged itself when fhe cable was slack
up in such jam Of the Jaws and, the cable
t NoaS o Tsen Was
the door OF the car to get at the grin. and then
e tine sIO w Work aas
When tho grin had been broken and removed
from the spectators. Engineer Hart then OK.
amined the cable whore the hitch had been
It was just s O'clock. A telephone message
was semitic tho Houston street power house
s a Ssre was es ns Ssf tx
cars moved in both directions, The runaway
car n was hitched to the car ahcad anu taken
Seventh avenue with tho mechanics as pas
sengers. The cars began running again reg
plarly at e:1O o'clock after delay OF three
hours. :,
traffic between Houston street and the Bat
terry Tho upper stretch OF cable had to stop.
too. because there We're no cars TO run on It. 40
that ali along Broadway yesterday afternoon.
with the Xception of tho few minutes hetwscn
the time the first accident Was remedied and
cars In use on this long thorough flare. The in
sonven!enee was great between anS ay H f9sS.
and Staten Island Ind to walk to tine boats.
Operating, Engineer Hart sail that he had
mover heard Of a similar accident on cable ne
Cable a feli from the grip and became SO firmly
fastened heneath i. He attributes It to TIE
repnirine. The instructions to gripmen hero
after will he not to open the grip altogether
Keep grip enough to feel 1t move when 1t
begins to move.