The sun., 1893-06-21
SMASH on THE ELEVATED.
CRoTDED TRAINS COLLIDE AND sErEN
PERSONS ARE SLIGHTLY HURE

II Was n Hear End Collision Mt tho Chris
to?her street Curve on the Ninth Avenue
Road-One More Train There Apparently
Than the Block Systcm Could fake Care OF
There was n rear end collision ON tho Ninth
avenue elevated road at o'clock yesterday
afternoon in which hundreds Of people were
badly shaken up and frightened and few
were hurt bodily. But for the promptness of
Engineer Daniel Russell OF tho rear train the
accident would have been disaster.
A block on the uptown track at Twonty-
third street had hold back several trains, one
being blocked at the Fourteenth street station
and another train No. S3. Just behind It, the
rear being a little below Thirteenth street.
Both trains were crowded full. aority OF
the passengers being working people going
homo to thei. dinners. Just ms tha train at
tho Fourteenth street station was moving out
train No. 112 camo around tho curve between
the Christopher street station and tho Four
teenth street station at it's usuni speed, the
block signal for some reason being set to the
go ahead" Engineer l,usseil. seeing train
SO ahend, shut down the brakes and reversed
the lever. but 1t was too late to prevent the
collision. although the force OF It WAS greatly
mitigated.
The two platforms OF the rear car and tho
roar platform OF the next car Of tho stationary
train were jammed up considerably SO that
the gates could not be opened. At the first
shock o. tho collision tho passengers began to
shriok. and their next instinct was to get out
OF tho train. They poured out of the cars.
leaping and falling over ench other. crawled
over the ga, Sates. and reached g; a.. me track ne
this rush most OF the injuries arc attributable.
number of the passengers were so excited
that thoy rushed to tho edge OF the tracks,
with the evident intention OF throwing thcm-
selves OF; but tho crowd which had Gathered
don't jump" and nobody jumped.
The rnssepGers in the rear train werc not SO
badly shaken, and none OF them left the train
was at first q rush for the platforms. =,
In train 81. after, the, panic suhsded. the
tion. which. they did. those from the other
them ss namsd
Prouil. who had been halls hall snnoGated In the
1l5 West Ninety sixth street who was a ras-
senger. attended the injured and furnished
street station:
4 ysH. DID, carpenter s+o
SS baTp s' s. yea4s eSrpo"se 1856 Yves. sixty
fsoSa % AsSia T * year. old ia Eighth avenue: con
tusions Of % nose she was UNCONSCIOUS VIXEN taken
PaoSr. ,ASrosiS, IS years Old ia Eighth avenue
PEosis &IAir. So years old ia Eighth avenue: in.
T"tIT. Gi,arx,sr. 4a years old ccorea SO bedford.
w,L,os. Jens B.. 81 years old, 255 Nest Ia4h street,
scalp wound.
All the.injured people won't homo. The two
trains were side tracked at the Fou!teeuth
street station by a lSrecEing gang The dam
nge is triiiing. but the road WAS blocked for II
long time. and two hours .after the accident
trains were running, irroyularly.
tpon Engineer Eussclrs complaint John
Schiifor. the conductor Of the wrecked train.
was arrested by .Roandsman Lanelers OF tho
sSH. s sAoH Russell na ii said saH that
~ a,s2 1 s!3p 4 iTs,,s 9as ,,o,r .,u,.s,,hsa
a cylinder head Slew out and large pIacesW
aged. Platforms. were smashed and gates
wore twisted aud broken. while ono or two
cars were lifted half OF the rails.
The elevated rond officials refused to say
e direct ths rerortsi to, 7 Broadway, whore.
reporter called at II Broadway there was
nothing CClnite to he had. From IL former
employee OF the road. who saw the accident a
suH Reporter obtained what Is probably cor
=, The block signal on the down. town side 81
the curve should show red" said he. when
there is 2 train 1T the Fourteenth street sta
ton. When tho train moves out the signal
Now. while train l12 was nsaring the curve.
the blockade al Twenty-third street was break
ing. and tho train at tho Fourteenth street sta
tion moved oLt. changing the signal to whito
The signal system was not arranged TO admit
of the chance Of a train being between tho
slnashed into the one standing above the curve.
That's my idea OF the case"