The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-21
JUGGERuAUq'S LAIR.
How the Grove STREET Car Was
Smashed by a Caboose
Yesterday.

Hoboken horSecar No. 131 of the Grove
street line, filled with people, was wreck
ed on the death trap known as the Grove
street crossing of the Erie Railroad yes
to-day afternoon at fifteen minutes be-
fore four o'clock Seven people were more
or less injured, none fatally, while six
others marvelously escaped with their
lives. The accident was caused by fly
ing caboose crashing into the car. The
list of injured is:
Mrs. M. STEURWALD, % years old,
of No. 1888 Park avenue, Hoboken, in
jured internally by being trampled on
and cut about the head-and face by flying
glass.
ABRAHAM GROSS. 80 years old, of
jured and cut about the face and neck.
NORRIS FOGELSON, 80 years old, of
No. 800 First street, Hoboken right leg
hurt, back injured ana head cut.
EDWARD s. VOORHEES,, of No. 354
Greenwich street, New York, back in
Mrs. MARY BARNARD, of Milton, N.
j.. hurt by being trampled on.
HARRY BARNARD, By years old, of
Milton, n. T., internally injured and legs
The seventh victim was woman who
resides in Hoboken. Her face was terribly
cut and bruised. Her wounds were dressed
in a Grove street drug store and she made
her escape from the scene before her
name could be aScertained.
The car left the depot in this city at
half-past three o'clock in charge of
Michael Collins, driver and Henry Goe-
few we're ot taken OK n h
vonia avenue, which is a transfer station.
Of the Summit avenue line, was reached.
When the car left that point there were
ten men, three ladies and a, boy inside.
Arriving at the switch, this side of the
crossing, Conductor Goelet ran ahead to
II tne eea gae e saw ne
and a signal to go ahead was given him
by the two fagmen, Michael Mcintyre,
of No. 06 Ninth street, and George Dixon,
Of No. 205 Seventh street.
Collins whipped up his horses and start
ed to cross the dozen or more sets of
'oG Only two ' tracks had ts to be crossed when
Flagman Dixon began shouting to Driver
Collins to hurry his horses. Collins look
ing around to ascertain the cause of the
fagman's alarm, discovered the caboose
bearing down upon him.
He became terror-stricken and in his
excitement stopped the car almost in the
middle of the track on which was the ca
boose. The caboose was in charge Of Con-
ductor Milton Hannis and had just been
Joseph Harding at Erie. street for the
purpose of making a flying switch into
the easterly end Of the yard.
sengers had Of their perilois position was
when attracted by the shrieks of Conduc-
tor Hannis, who was straining every
was made for the doors. The front one
was locked, and before the rear one
could be opened the crash came.
The side of the car was smashed into
thousand pieces and the whole car was
dragged down the railroad tracks about
twenty feet The horses were thrown off
their feet and dragged along with the
wreckage.
Above the smashing of the woodwork
and the crashing of glass the groans and
shrieks of the injured passengers could
In their mad efforts to escape the pas
sengers knocked the women down and
trampled on them. Men cursed End swore
and pulled and tugged at windows and
doors to release themselves. The conduc-
tor and driver of the wrecked car having
got themselves to places of safety looked
on in horror.
The first men on the scene who went
to the rescue of the passengers were Jo-
seph Montgomery, of Grove and Mont
gomery streets, and Robert Bumsted, of
No. 344 York street. They witnessed the
kicked open the car doors and were haul
ing the cut and bleeding passengers out
ef the wreck when policemen arrived on
the scene and lent valuable assistance.
Many of the passengers who had es-
capped with slight injuries hurried from
the scene in terror Those who were
stunned or painfully injured were carried
into q hagman's shanty on the north
"A general alarm was sent out for po-
lice assistance. and within five. minutes
after the accident occurred Chief Murphy
/ and Inspector Lange were on The scene,
| with Captain Kelly and two dozen police
Ainibulancea soon arrived from Christ,
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