The sun., 1894-04-01
LIVELY TINES ON THE CABLE.
ANOTHER BUNAWAT PROCESSION
FLIES UP BROADWAY

Smash 80 Wtnd Up Wth-Humpan9 =
cosp. tsst wo-is.'t Get or en-. Tr.sk.
Cable navieation Of Broadway had its in-
cidents yesterday. A young man named Asssr
was the eripmsn OF ear Ill. bound up town.
He says that IL was at Washington place. ss
nearly as he can tell. and at about 3:4o P. NJ.
that he found that he could not stop the car
He was very much frightened. and stamped
the gong with his heel. shouted and waved
his arms, The grip had got tangled with .
loose strand OF the cable again.
The conductor on the car ahead noticed that
Ill was gaining on him. and as It drew near
he heard the gong and tho voice Of the grip
man shouting. He had wit enough In view Of
recent experiences 10 guess that the grip was
fast and the car running away. 30 he ran to
the front and told his aripman to take hold OF
the cable and hang on. and not to stop for any
body or anything. This gripman now took his
turn ct frantic Yelling and sounding the
gong. As they whirled around the slight
curve at Tenth street the cars were about
forty feet apart. The inspector at that point
jumped on the car that could not stop. learned
what the trouble was. and jumped OF to tel
ophone to the power house to stop the cable.
The answer he got was the always exhilsra-
ting message:
mo. /, ,1e5 10 busy"
He concluded that somebody else was notify
ing the power company. and he went out on
the street The cars were out Of sight then.
They had come to Fourteenth street with
their front and rear platforms crowded with
frightened women. Most OF the men had
jumped OF. The rate OF this cable 10 eight
miles an hour. and many people who attempted
to keep up with the helpless cars or to outrun
them found the speed too great for legs out OF
training. Neyertheless there was large
ST Ing 4 & the top u their soiess % Is mem "''' paw"
Fourteenth street crossing. The rule is for
until the @ coast is clear % for shoot clear round
L for thsy are % II danger q losing the cable i
oh S th. the s%o
bearing down upon him were not going to
70 The box dsRRs avi rssS ssl h% Ssa
almost reached him. He could have got away
% The track. He seized her and threw | her 10 one
side and then jumped The woman ESCAPED
ass SnSa !, ,ss .6S ss ss%n
side OF the track. He arose uninjured.
The two cars sped round the turn pSrs1sT Sr
s another ' car aa was
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sire :sHsos snSia Ss iSnpsa off and :Drnssa ahead
Ms9sr ana ss q .Sasa
%arnsd Sss I'D By they 20. out
Of the way. Pteifer went TO the nearest tele-
ase phse but Ss h nanSs
and had to wait minute" 90 nnd out. and
,as ssr: :,.s ysr sP Ken,
the Broadway squad got on the forward ear
and ne Ssns o o
were then four cars In the train. al fleeing
ahead OF the procession. but men had run on
and given, warning OF the train that was com;
os SaS 70 q S
cable by telephone. but sprinters from one
e n. .na ssss 70 o sys fs.
Al Thirty. y.fourth street warning bad been
sars sss sas and
the eross-town road. People who saw the cable
ayns .a $ toD s1 sDesd but only Oar
were massed together.
he ns ssr he hsd to
slow up to throw out the cable. and the next
In the Int this
G.. 'ess on. ..a 81 Of shf VS.
BY the force of the collision. bruising his
sEns hss leg he sSsiasos SsRs h0m q East sss
Thirteenth street on the same ear IN hurt hs. her
eoiIision m with % : BADLY 0 spraiSsd % ankle. T " She
: The INSPECTOR ct Thirty. sixth street and
collision Occurred. Whether. that was. Sc or
not could not be learned At the power house.
tangled. t Efiosts were mi made to telephone the
shs sS:asa ESs
Ss ss rent to na rs sssss as sSss: s:
snt t Brown. dashed upon the scene Within ten
%nsft noms ef the sdt Crowd that had Gathered. Ho9sss
followed to drag the damaged cara to the
Ths new gsbl., which VA. was purchased as.
E ::s ssa s % va. got IN
4 Sss.. diversified By Z series q collisions
sitsrnoOS. % The sospe contained 40 elderly
% The cable I ear eontaiaed ID ,Wic. ss many passsn:
aged b. sOnswhas irsseipls gripmsn: il
was bound up town; The & fun BEGAN At t tBroSms
wagon were in front Of the coupe Al were
proceeding at q leisurSly pace.
The cable car. having stopped many times
aud being jammed With people. was behind
time and not running on lsisurey schedule
By preference The gripmAn performed fan
coupe in 'front.' II never ,phassa the driver.
conveyance did She carefully scanned the
cable car. then sank comfortably back In her
seat as II re4ssured- Perhaps shs had snp;;
them that she Vas being pursued by
turbsd a moment later. for the gnpman hav-
ing addressed various profans but unAvatiinR
inIerrogations 70 her coaehman suddenly de-
cidsd on heroic measures. and giving vicious
twist of his wheel came uD against the rear OF
the coupe with bang. The conveyance
iurehsd unstsadily, the horse RsYsa surprised
start, and the driver found his voice. and
forthwith proceeded to make up for los! time
family. When he got out OF breath he seized
the reins In his teeth and waved his hands In
sweeping gestures quite As DrofAnely express
Eiys IS his language Bat he never swsEVsd
Fhs eripman ran the car close up on the
coupe az ain until the fear wheel buzzsd against
the front guard OF the car. With howl OF rAzo
the driver whipped no his stsed and delivered