New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-27
TROLLEY CAR RUNS AWAY.
yULL OF PASSENGERS. IT DAsHEs DOWN
A LONG HILL.
AT THE BOTTOM IT TURNS SQUARE OVER WITH
THE PEOPLE STILL INsrDE-MANY PER-
SONS. INCLUDING WOMEN AND chill
pREN. INJURED-THE BRAKE
WOULDN'T HoLD-THREE
OF THOSE HURT
MAY DIE.

A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon
on the Suburban Traction Company's new trolley
line from Orange ~ j., 10 Eagle Rock car
crowded with passengers got beyond the control
Of the motorman. and, dashing down a steep
grade at Its foot jumped the track and capsized,
in1uring many people Among those injured
were the following
JOHN LLOYD. four years old. son OF John Lloyd
MRS FRANK DAVIS Of BloomsId an arm a' broken
,,.,a1sch, and head ID injured;
GEORGE COYI.E. six years old. OF Orange; several
ribs broken. Condition serious.
r BOTTER, of Orange; cut on head
9hT dEAREE kEAHas bTui and leg
MSS MxRy seyssy ITsSed !, about She.
MRS. MicHAEL FrNNERAN. of Essex-ave.:
WILLIAM FLOYD. of Newark; badly Gu. and
bruised.
The line has only recently been opened and is
double-track one from Harrson-av ave-. the ter
minus Of the Newark and Orange line, up the
side OF the mountain in a succession Of cork
screw curves TO the base Of Eagle Rock. For this
trafic special open were provided with pow
erful supplementary brakes The traffic yester-
day was enormous and the open cars were un-
able TO cary the passengers. Accordingly. two
Of the box-cars Of the main line were put on
the Eagle Rock extension. These equipped
with only single brake but II was thought that
this was powerful enough to control the car
a THOUSAND FEET ON STEEP GRADE
The accident happened about O'Clock At
that hour car No. left the foot OF the Rock to
descend the mountain 1t was In charge Of
Henry Gormley. motorman. and Conductor Sam
uel Badgley After leaving Mountain-ave. at
the base Of the Rock road runs straight down
the mountain side Tor about 900 feet a steep
grade Of from eight to ten feet in 100. At the
foot OF this descent the road makes a sharp turn
to the right. AS .oon the car started down
the grade the motorman found the brakes would
not hold. as the car was packed to suffocaton.
The conductor was collecting fares and the reg
is;er showed ffty-three passengers although he
was not much more than half through. The
motorman Set the brakes with the energy Of de-
spair. but the heavy car had gathered such mo-
mentum that II coulc not be stopped 1t dashed
down the steep descent 10 the foot; struck the
curve; fiange on one Of the wheels gave way;
the car Jumped the track; tore its way diagonally
across the other track. was slowed sharply to
the right, and in instant tumbled over the
edge Of small embankment. All the passengers
were thrown In a confused heap on the roof and
the broken glass Of the windows fell on them and
cut them badly. The imprisoned passengers
were got out as as possible. None caped
serious bruises and contusions.
One OF the open cars was turned into an ambu-
lance and the most seriously injured were taken
In II to the Memorial Hospital, at Orange, where
their wounds were dressed. John Lloyd. four
years old. son OF James Lloyd, Of Cone-st
Orange, had his right arm outside the window
when the car toppled over and 1t was crushed to
jelly at the elbow. 1t was amputated. Mrs
Frank Davis. Of Bloomfield In the car with
her husband and three children They all es.
capped with slight bruises. except Mrs. Davis
whose right arm was broken. She also had seri.
Gus injuries about the head Little George
Coyie, of Central-ave. Orange had three ribs
crushed and was In a serious condition last night
These were all the really serious
THE BABY WENT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
A remarkable escape that of the baby OF
Mrs. Lloyd. which the lap OF Mrs. Mar
garet Hallihan, Of Cone-st When the women
were extricated the baby could not be found
After a careful search the baby discovered
sitting some grass entirely unharmed, al
though 1t must have been hurled through the
open window when the crash came
Neither the motorran the conductor was
arrested. r. H. Tidman. the superintendent of
the road. said II accident that could not
be helped. He failed. however, to explain how
IT was that car with only single brake was
put on the line when such crowd was to be
handled The spot where the accident occurred
80 one Of the most dangerous on the line Of the
road
1t was learned later that two children named
Cole were so badly hurt that they are in danger
Of death One had to have its arm amputated
remark before the car started from the top OF
the hill that the brake would not hold with such
q heavy load. wreckng crew from the stables
OF the company cleared away the wreck Of the
car and traffic was resumed at once. The other
cars passed the curve during the afternoon with