The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-03
RUNAWAY CABLE CARS.
A Woman Was Run Down and Frohabl
Fatally Hurt.


A Woman Was Run Down and Probably
Fatally Hurt.
New York, March 1.-The snow and
the steep hill at One Hundred and Sec
ond street and Lexington avenue were
the causes of a probably fatal accident
followed by a collision of cable cars
this morning. The only victim, Mrs.
Mary Mulvihill, thirty years old, of
No. $50 West One Hundred and Thir-
tieth street, was removed to the Har-
lem hospital with fractured skull, a
broken nose, and other very serious in
juries. She was struck by cable car
at One Hundred and Third street.
1t was few minutes after 6 o'clock
when car No. 122 rounded the top of
the hill at One Hundred and Second
street on its way UP town. 1t was in
charge of John Hovan, gripman, and
James Haley, conductor. AS usual on
the grade the gripman tried to apply
the brakes, but they did not work, and
the conductor was as unsuccessful in
the rear. The snow, driven by the
high wind, blinded pedestrians in the
street. AS the car was dashing down
the grade Mrs. Mulvihill started to
cross the avenue from west to east
The wind was in her face and she held
her head low. When she was a little
more than half way across the track
the car struck her and threw her tc
the right. The car continued on Its
way unchecked by the shock.
On the other side of One Hundred
and Third street car No. 236 was stand
ing on the uptown track, ready to be
switched on the downtown one. II
was empty, as was the runaway cal
at the time. The gripman and conduc-
tor on the stationary car saw the other
coming and got out of the way just
in the nick Of time. With crash cal
122 hit No. 236. The cars were almost
telescoped. All the windows were
smashed and everything in the cars was
wrenched out of place.
Mrs. Mulvihill was lying unconscious
in the snow on the street when the cal
crashed into the one below. The acct
dent was witnessed by some people or
the street at the time, and they car
ried the woman into a neighborins
house. Then an ambulance was sum
moned and she was taken away, still
unconscious. The ambulance surgeon
said she was bruised all over her body
and that besides her fractured skull anc
broken nose she had internal injuries
which Of themselves might prove fatal
The car employees had just got fairly
to work on the wreck when car No. 10;
reached the top of the One Hundred
and Second street hill on it's way III
town. Precisely the same accident oc
Cured to it as to car No. 1872; the
brakes did not work when applied
The gripman kept ringing his gong TO,
while, and then when he saw thu
wreck ahead shouted a word Of warn
ing to the conductor and jumped. The
conductor jumped too. The car strucl
the already shattered No. 122 at full
speed and drove it further into No
236. The damage to car No. 236 wa.
thus increased and car No. 122 wa.
practically demolished.
The police of the East One Hundred
and Fourth street station were called
around and went looking about TO-
some one to arrest. Gripman Hovar
was gone, however, and no one knew
just when he went or where, and tn,
police went to look for him. Conduc
| tor HALEY was then taken into Gus
tody