The sun., 1893-06-21

the sna ,siv Many q them were only
the irst of the ears that Jumped or the STR tack
alter ate the the coupling parted vas thrown beneq;h
caught between tho ear ana the side OF the
gravel hill In front ot him was another ED
further away was a stout woman OF middie
age, also held in the same painful grip.
As
ssr Il osas as
my God. % he's SH EIed shresed e sdfs 'Wansi Woman
evidently 4 : relative e one oi the men eauEht
tho scene. The psrson she rererred % to. as We'll we'll
tion. Finally some sensible man. who had es-
capsd untnjured. shouted out above tho din:
tb.se ss x to raise these cars and get
whe to this time
ether side Of the cut and many arms pressed
up tho partly tipped over coaches, Thay were
raised M sufficiently to extricate the groaninc
The rescued persons were laid out in, some
they ae So Me ' loss
blood and tho shock that their rescuers wero
afraid to move them. Others were. carried up
vile to await the services Of surgeons.
A mounted policeman rode ur about five
phone in the neish hborhood sent word to coney
Island and Flatbush for ambulances and ply
People living in the beautiful suburban
homes within stones throw OF the disabled
train poured stimulants down the throats OF
OF the ten people first carried out were taken
to houses near by. There wore dozens Of men:
less seriously injured. who limped of and
Surgeons and track hands reached the scsne
Of the accident in less than half an hour. Ann
byterian. Norwegian and st. Mary's hospitals
in Bro9klyn responded; The wounded were
e out THOSE Who We're s asS seriously nc @ hurt hurt We're
carried in the anbulances
Those who were slightly, injured were CON
veyed In carriages. A number OF the residents
doors and the doctors had many Of the injured
were dressed and they were sent home.
One Of the trs. bSdies ed found BY thewrosGckiInG
District Court. He was doubled, UP, his head
$IeTse q Port Eichmold saw sDinE killed ar. III.
was riding on tho pHttsGFm Of the
side rail- Of tho car caught him in tho back
Sy ;s;SsS SsSs TsS Of him. and she
was 3amsy; He was lifted al into coach ssi anl
ers: "Great God. this is rough deal won
$4,000 today. and now, lo9k at the condition
lunpns ns KH: aboas Do WITH d bis gone man was
Where's my coatt Where's my coat" lie
yelled.
son, It's st not the the coat" % Yelled the man. Il
had In q; S0ss pscko and tho
There were many others complaining;
Women ran about looking for their hats and
fb % wh oo
however. began an Investigation US soon as he
arrived, He said later, .,.. o,n ,o,-.
was found open. But, yet 1t must have besn
closed when, the engine passed over II, or the
hs tannsI mo How Ss the switch could have
opened even from the tower while the train
was, crossing it Is hard to imagine IT may
We cannot as vet tell whether or not an axle
was broken. but unlcss tho switch was turned
n ny n Snnt tsa a iw
was turned don't well sec how any one but
man IN me towercould have doneit But ldonoT
mus seN McGary before can talk AS 10 that"
Notary was arrested as soon az the Coroner
arrived artneu' Before being taken to GraVesend he
~, nxHrd that switch all right and siGnalled
have 'sn bsen 10 s1s shend here no
can't imaG no what caused the accident.
al. "ii. simIly know that / did my duty, and the
not,1 mot been a right tho engine and first cars
couid c0uid 7 Z have reached tho tunnel ani how
Ra' aynsd the .o, s~'Sh mS Sfs the train
The wrocking crews reached the scene of tho
accident ab1ut94 O'clock. They set TO work
az once lacking up the three cars that were
34yer{59rned' ~ dnd The numbers 81 these ears are
got the cars back on their trucks. 1t was i'm !
possible to learn positively whether or not an I
axe N one Of tho trucks had broken.
~ ~ was said that an axle in the front truck Of
tho ionrth car mad given way. throwing the ear |
IRON me track. Tho trainnen and trae.men |
say rat that IL tho only way u account for the
accident. They say that the fact that tho |
engine ft ana forward ears crossed the switches
n SAFETY proves they were all right and |
that the switches could not well have been |