New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-20
/ THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN !
TROLLEY RECORDS KEPT UP.
THE USUAL NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS RE-
PORTED YESTERDAY.

ONE MAN FOUND DAZED AND UNABLE TO TELL
HOW HE WAS HuRT-oTHER MTsHAPs
The comparatively cool weather OF yesterday
proved grateful relief to the inhabitants OF brooK
lyn who swetered and roasted throughout the
preceding Sunday Although IT was cooler at the
seashorc there seemed TO be falling off In the
number of people who left town and gathered IN
myrads at the various resorts The trollcy-cars
were crowded usual. 1t was an impossibility 10
keep the people from crowding every avaiiap'e
space OIL the cars. and even at an early hour the
police and employees of the roads gave up the fght
and allowed the public to have its own way
Tho trolley roads kept up their record for ncci-
dents on Saturday afternoon and In the early
hours of Sunday morning The list is In no wise
reassuring.
Philip Smith seventy -four years old. was found
on Saturday evening by officer in the hallway OF
No. 80 Man-st.. suffering from fractured thigh
Tho old man appeared TO he considerably dazeu
and was unable to give a clear account of himself
He said he had fallen from a Fulton-st. trolley
car but could not tell when the accident hap
pened or where he at the time lie was
taken to the homeopathic Hospital
Two men were badly injured at about 10 o'clock
on Saturday night, and grocery wagon was
Knocked into bits by Nnth-ave. trolley-car at
Concord and Pearl SITS. James Nolan the driver.
who lives at No. "a Uudson-ave. and friend,
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thrown TO the pavement. Nolans back was badly
wrenched. and he severely cut on the face and
hands Carroll received a possible fracture of the
skull, and otherwise cut and bruised. The
men were removed 10 the City Hospital. The wagon
was damaged TO the extent of about slaO. The
trolley fender was broken and twisted The wagon
was owned by Edward O'Donnell, OF lSS Myrtle
ave.
A trolley-car Of the DeKab-ave. line ran over
Joseph Schnizer, a pedler late on Saturday night,
and crushed his left foot below the ankle. The
accident occurred at knickcrboCkeT and Dekalb
ayes. and primarily the fault OF Schnitzer.
He driving along in his wagon and when OPP
posite the he put out his left hand and seized
an iron upright the front PLATFORM. lie re-
Ceivcd such shock that he fell to the ground MS
foot striking the track Schntzer was badly cut in
the head and was otherwise injured The police
arrested Smith, the motorman. but he was re-
leased, after telling his story The pedler Is now IN
ST. GATHERINGS Hospital
Nicholas Barctta, aborer. internally In
jured on Saturday night while track-layng In
Nostrand-ave., near Ellcry-st. He did not see a
Nostrand-ave. car, which bore down upon him.
until too late He is now in the Eastern District
Hospital
James A. Gardner colored man. living at No.
81 Marion-st. was cut in the knee and lip at about
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Iifth-ave and
Forty-second-st while riding on Nassau car on
its way to Coney Island he was riding on the
step. and lost his balance.
About o'clock car of the Fifteenth-st line;
while on it's way to the station at Ninth-ave. ard
Twcnteth-st.. ran into car CT the 1hird-ave. line
at Third-ave. and Fifteenth-st John Maher. a
young man who lives at No. iS Sixteenth-st.. was
standing the platform Of the Third-ave. car at
the time watching road employees shifting
He struck by projecting hook and
severely the lip. An ambulance surgeon
dressed his wound and sent him to his home.