New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-14
CRASHED INTO THE BUFFER
ACCIDENT AT THE CITY HALL srAIioN
or THE THIRD-AVE. ROAD

.,.,,r,, p,ssrvcrns SERIOUSLY ENOUGH HURH
TO REQUIRE ATTENTION AT \ HOSPITAL
THE AIR BRAKES WOULD Nor WORK.
The engine attached TO a train arriVihg A. nv
cav Han station OF the Third Avenue f"e'a''o
usyw,v at 9aO o'c.ock yesterday morning ran mo
the buffer AZ the end OF the track causing injuries
to a score or more OF the passengers W thoso "'o
received Injuries II was found necessary 10 convey
the fo..owing to the Hudson Street hosptaH
MISS NELLIE TATE. twenty years Old Of 10 "''n'
ave injured on rignt side 81 race 90 -. -.
WALTER GEAR. forty-two years oii, 81 No. 80 "''s
Seventy second-st., cut over riSht eye -. m.
VALENTINE DAuBER. thirty four years old 81 no; nv
East o"eAuHd'ea- '0d''A'-e's'''' "'"F '''''
CORNELIUS KENNEDY. for,y-ave years old. OF Peek
xiii ". Y. injured internally. 80
JAMES MCCARTNEY. hirty-eight years Old OF No ii''
Fulton-ave. right leg Injured
ADOI.PH SPENG. fory-s!x years Old OF ParK-aVe' aha
Seventy -seyenth-st. face injured
The train, which consisted of five cars, was the
Harlem train due at the City Hall station at $40 a.
m. 1t in charge Of conductor named "se'a
and the engineer Samuel Tower Inc cause VI
the accident was ascribed the failure OF the arr
brakes TO work. The engineer ran the tram III on
the west side Of the station and applied the BRAKES
but they refused to and the train ran ihlo ,he
buffer with a tremendous Conclusion Inc ou''ef
was completely demolished. and the guard pfoJee'-
ing in front the engine was considerably Dehe anu
damaged The cars however. did not seem 70 nave
surrered IN any way but they Immediately
ordered to the repair shop to be thoroughly over
hauled. .,.
The accident naturally caused a great fright
among the passengers Men and women were Ny
the force Of the collision hurled against each ohe1
and we're thrown in confused heaps TO the "oo's
OF the cars Most OF the passengers. OF whoi"
there were great many, had risen from ther
seats preparatory to leaving the train In mo
ment the greatest excitement prevailed shouting
and shriekIng were general from end to end OF 'he
train. and rush made by the passengers ioF
the windows and doors The employees OF the con'-
many and other persons the platform went 10 t'e
rescue helping the unnjured 10 alight and assist
ING those who were hurt to their feet Policeman
Young took charge OF the more seriously in!ulca
people and summonng an ambulance coh' eyet
tbern "a the Hudson Street Hospital Many per
s snns snnerina only from slight cuts and bruises
hurried away before their names eould De asosii
taned Several OF the latter han tneir woulus
dressed az Perry's drug store. me, most SER
caso a. that of Mr. Kennedy, OF PeeksNili, VINO -
tbought TO have sustained some dangerous INTERNAL
injuries 49,, ..,,oo. mill M, I, ia
thought amount 10 more than a Few hundred do-
iarseI In repy 10 inquiries the engineer sald ne
was unable to say why the airbraKes laueu 20
work He added that he tried to apply the pFakes
ms, a. he wGs approaching the station ptauorn
hut found that they would not respond. iSoth ne
and me fireman stuck their posts ana escapeo
Lnhurt. ..1.. cal, yastardav
afternoon that no official report had yet oeeh mace
but that the engineer had been suspended ana az
Investigation into the cause OF the mshap "o0'~
ha nnatQ