New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-20

or the Church to the wounded
CARRIED To THE PLATFORM.
Cooper and Grannt were carried from the
wreckage to the platform. where they were
cared for while hurry call was cent out from
the Bridge Office for ambuances. There were
only six passengers in car No co, and all save
Grannit escaped injury. The passengers on the
other cars were also uninjured, with the excep-
ton OF slight bruises which did not give them
any inconvenience. They were thrown about
when the collision came. but the shock was over
In moment and they soon regained their COM
posture. They climbed out OF the cars and crowd
ed each other TO examine the wreckage
Before anything was done to clear away the
wreckage. Ambulance Surgeons McCullagh. OF the
homeopathic Hospital, and Roeser, OF the Brook
Ign Hospital, had arrived. Cooper was taken to
the homeopathic Hospital, and Grannit TO the
Brooklyn Hospital.
Meanwhile the trains behind had been jagged
by the excited sgnalmen
CROWDS AT THE STATION
The fog had diminished the usual traffic on
the ferries, and thousands of people were added
10 the normal crowds that rush across the big
Bridge to New-York every morning. These people
got 10 the Brooklyn station entrance and found
the entrance barricaded Policemen directed them
10 the Bridge promenade 1t soon became blocked
by the stream Of struggling humanity crowding
westward. and the south roadway was thrown
omen to pedestrians All this time the elevated
roads were adding to the crowds on the Bridge.
The police KEEP. the people moving. Soon there
Jam and scramble at the New-York end
and for a time nobody allowed to cross from
New-York to Brooklyn.
Just before o'clock the Bridge officers began
10 run shuttle trains on one track, drawn by
the heavy shifting locomotives. They could carry
only small fraction Of the crowds. and 1t was
after o'clock before the rush was over
The men clearing away the wreckage worked
at the scene OF the accident until IL o'clock, and
meanwhile there was string Of stalled trains
on the south track Men with derricks and
..ly ing -. D1gF he -
trucks of the damaged cars. When this was done
the cars were hauled away to the yard back Of
the station structure for repairs.
DIED BEFORE NOON.
Grannit died at tne Brooklyn Hospital shortly
before noon Coroner Kene informed, and
he will make a thorough investigation Of the
accident and its causes. Cooper died at the HOmoa-
opathic Hospital just before o'clock last even
ing His wife and mother were with him at the
time. Manipulation performed at the hos
pita where it was said last night that he had
died from shock and loss Of blood. He had two
children, and was an old @mploye.
Supe rintendent and Chief Engineer Martin
talked freely t a Tribune reporter about the
accident last evening after he had made pretty
thorough investigation. He said: From my il
vestigatlons do not attach particle Of blame
TO any employe of the Bridge. They all did their
duty. The accident due 10 the fog. when
was denser than any have seen for many years.
Then Mr. Martin gave account Of the ac-
cident substantially the same as that printed
above. When he finished he was asked:
How long will II be before the cable is carried
to the platform in the new station"
1T won't be-" he said. I'VE hope TO have our
system of electric switching in operation in a
month or so.
Under the same circumstances. Mr.. Martin.
with similar foggy morning TO contend with,
might not such an accident occur at any time In
the future?
Mr. Martin admitted that one might Continu-
ing he said: IL have recently learned that the
locomotive driven by Engineer Davis whlch
started from the Brooklyn end before the acct
dent and was stopped had nothing whatever to
do with the accident by causing delay In the
schedule or any other way. That locomotive
went out about an hour before the accident nap
pened. Davis thought there something the
J matter with his brake. and was his duty.
cot down from the cab 10 investigate before he
left Brooklyn. But that happened long before the
accident. and the engine is all right.
FIRST FATAL ACCIDENT.
This is the frs. fatal accident TO : Bridge
| passenger among yer 4OO.0OO,O0O that have been
carried across INC twenty-four hours ending at
8 o'clock this afternoon were particularly fatal
| ones At 3:O- o'clock yesterday afternoon An
drew Norris blacksmith's helper. died in the
shop: about o'clock asst night Emma Bauer
was taken i'll and died on the platform; man
fell from the new structure and was killed, ana
now there are two other men fatally injured.
'Grannit was standing where he had no right
TO be--on the platform. II IS mystery 70 me
that the two men there could not get inside the
! door and at least partly. out Of harms way,
/ even if they did rot Sc the train behind until
| II was only twenty thirty feet away. II Is
/ impossible to say how fast the rear train was
/ running at the time. No. the alterations at the
/ Brooklyn end had nothing Whatever 10 90 WIN
/ the accident