New-York tribune., 1894-03-26
,STREET CARS IN COLLISION.
p,ssrvCrRs SHAKEN UP AND BRUISED
on A sIXTH-AvE. CAR.

e,rpprpy TRACK. 4 STEEP HILL AND
sr,.p,n DRIVER CAUSE sMAsH-FAINT-
INC WOMEN Sent HOME IN CARRIAGES
Church-coers who boarded Sixth-ave street
oars above Flfty-ninth-st, about lo:5o ociocN
Yesterday. had anything but pleasant tr'pS u
,ber destinations Every car bound do"H'o"h
mas crowded TO It's utmost capacity anu Hlieu
with an unhappy lot of humanity. About lV''o
-, car No 80 OF the Sixth-ave. line. turheu
into r,i,tv-ninth-st from Columbus-ave.; IL was
loaded much beyond its capacity most ot 'he
Messengers being people who had been attending
t,oster service at the Church OF the faunse
Fathers Everything went all right unui the
car began the descent OF the inchhe peso"H
E,Ighth-ave. Then the car rapidly gained mead
u,av and was soon. owing to the heavy ioad anu
the slippery tracks. beyond the control Oh the
driver and his brakes had no effect.
Immediately in front of car No. 80 was Belt
Line car. containing comparatively few p'sse"
,rors the driver. conductor and passengers of
a., r,rowav car yelled to the driver Of the Belt
line car to whip up his horses. The conductor
rang his bell repeatedly. but the driver oo-
Iiyious to the danger. let his horses jog quietly on
1,he driver of the rear car drew his horses
sharply to the left. and there he made MS MIS-
.o,. ,or a, that moment a car bound west ap-
,,roochad and dashed into the horses, throwing
them To the ground and grinding them between
.ho ,yro cars The horses were broken loose
,rorp the car and It crashed into the one ahead.
The shock was comparatively light, but men ana
women were thrown to the floor In heap'
Women shrteked and promptly tainted. and men
Jumped from the cars
The driver of the Belt Line car whipped up his
horses and kept on; the swtchman at Sixth-ave'
threw the switch, and the SiXth-aVe. car
glIded into that avenue.
When the car had stopped 1t was found that
q number Of people had received shocks ana
bruises Several women were taken from the
car in a fainting and hysterical condition. and
n,era nlaced in carriages which took them home.
The majority OF those in the accident were
ayerse to giving their names to Inc tribune re-
porter who on the car Inc horses were
found to be badly cut up and bruised, but not
dangerously wounded. The SiXth-ave. rail-
road people did not appear to take warning from
this accident and during the half hour mat
reporter remained on the scene a NUMBER OF
similar runaways occurred. but luckily without a
car in front The Sxth-ave. car conductor
rushed around with notebook in hand TO get
the names of witnesses, with the evident lnten-
ton OF laying the blame on the driver ot the
Belt Line car.
The accident and the runaways following were
due to three causes: First the car was much
oyercrowded and thus became uncontrollapie on
the incine second. the tracks were not sanueu
so the wheels could hold. and last the stupidity
OF the Belt Line driver who did not attempt 20
get out Of the way. After the accident the rail-
road men took sand from pile In front or
building being erected and strewed 1t along the
tracks. This had some effect In reducing tne
beadwav OF cars But accidents are likely to
occur daily at that point unless proper precau-
tons are taken as 1t Is a dangerous place