The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-05
MANY TROLLEY VICTIMS
One Man Killed and Seven
Hurt at Bay Ridge.
TWO CARS ARE WRECKED.
A Child Killed in Buffalo, and the
Motorman Nearly Mobbed.

m. Chiid's Head WIS Severed from the
Rody-severni Thousand People Aroused
4. u,s,puat,on-In the hay Ridge Acct
dent n Motornnn Loses Coatroi OF HIS
Gar on n Down Grade mud II Crashes Into
ano,ber Trolley Car-Both Fnii OF Pas
,,nuer. Many Returning Picknickers
,n,ured In ~ Collision mt Wilkesbarrc.
,uami,ton avenue trolley car dashed with
.,ll forcc Inst night into Third avenue troll
i.v c,r at Sixty-nfth street and Third avenue.
;r.t south OF the southern boundary OF Brook
ivn Tho occupants Of both cars were hurled
IN all directions and number OF them Injured.
From Sixtieth to Sixty Nth streets. on Third
wanna is n stoep grade. There are few build
,nos IN the vicinity, and tho trolleys GO along
alta very rapid rate. Tho notormen generally
lat their brakes loose when they strike tho
Grade, allowing the cars to 60 their own pace.
At sixty-nfth street is tho com binntion depot
OF the Sea Beach. Culver and Manhattan
Peach Railroads. The depot is in the town OF
Now Utrecht. Tho city line is ut sixticth
strcet. There is always large crowd around
IN. depot. particularly on holidays.
II wns about o o'clock that car 1.029 OF the
Third avenue line stopped in front OF the de-
moi. Tho car was rnckcd with men. women.
md children. either on their way to Fort Ham
iI.on or on their way home after day In the
city. 4 few minutes after tho car STOPPED In
front OF the depot the headlight OF car 40 OF
tho Hamilton avenue limo appeared at the top
OF tho grade.
Tho car seemed to be coming ut full speed.
hut no one thought anything OF that until the
oar was about block away and its speed still
undiminlshed. Then Conductor John Gilcrist
OF the Third avenue car shouted to the motor
MI chipfv frollav
"For Gods sake. do you want to run US
down ~ he cried.
II can't stop her." wns all that could be
heard Of tho motorman's answer. and then
there was q terrific crash. and the front plat
form OF tho Hamilton avenue car collded with
the rear platform of the Third avenue trolley.
For i've minutes confusion reiGned. The
majority Of the people In the cars were thrown
headforcmost into the street. and the shrieks
Of the women and the shouts OF the men could
be heard n mile away. Those on the platform
did not seem to know what to do.
Men. women. and children run around panic
stricken, and until the arrival OF some railroad
hands tho injured were left whore they were.
The majority OF the people on the cars were
able to pick themselves up and get out OF the
way shortly after tho accident.
Others who were simply stunned went homo
. after recovery. But there were number
among the passengers who were Aot able to
get up and who lay unconscious in tho road
way and on tha !!oors OF the cars
Somebody with moro presence OF mind than
the others ran to the New Utrecht police sta
fiop n nd sent ont n emil for ambulances Fiji
t.on ,,;,utas ,f.or tba cau ,r,. aapt out two
n.n,... 80, a., N,r,v.o;.n u,sn,toI
.'.', I'm a.n -. 49,. pa,..h
Wh'oh 10 Nv Foi'S-S s.tee' anu fOu,'"
avenue. arrived. IN charge OF surgeons ruler
and Ferris
The doctors found q grent crowd around the
wounded and unconscious persona. Two
policomon were in charge. A hurried exami-
nation showed that Peter McHugh. the motor
man of tho runaway Hamilton avenue car.
was Injured more seriously than anybody else.
His thigh was terribly lacerated. his collar
bono was broken. and he was suffering from
Internal injuries. He WAS tenderly placed in
an ambulance and the horses whipped up The
doctors said It was u case Of life and death.
Blk minutes inter reaching the hospital tho
man breathed his last.
In the mean time people living In the neigh
horhood had brought mattresses. pillows. and
blankets and spread them out on the depot
Moor Tor the injured. The doctors worked
over the unfortunates and sent them to the
hospital as fast rs the limited supply Of nmbu-
lnnees would allow. By 10 o'clock all OF the
injured had boon convened to tho Norwegian
Hospital.
The following people wero injured:
ELLlxGnAu. Il W.. l27 Fourth avenue; bruised.
fAprH. RICHARD ~ years old. II Fourtsenth street;
',n'u'i'ns on both legs
, ..' HERMAN d years o'o' ~ foai'e'h'n ''f's''
NIL .,,r.v,,, M ,.,,. ii, ,.r.u.- IN, r,,,d
avenue, iacerotsd forolead Broken nose. both lev,
he.rated.
MILLS. MS Alr1A.pEu, 10 years old. broken nose and
sr'ITA GEORGE, 60 Court street. Commissions
MlSH' TIMOTHY motormAn' ~ years IiS twenty
eA'n street, 'Ae''a'sa ZOOS "ha 1hesa
Conductors Gilchrist and Fader and Motor
man Walsh all went away from the hospital as
soon as their injuries were dressed and 1t was
NOT possible to find them last night. The ply
slcians at the hospital would not allow any OF
their patients to talk. and 1t was with great
oiniculty that tho facts surrounding the acel-
dent were learned.
AS soon as the police appeared on the scene
w ftar thn