New-York tribune., 1896-09-30
A DRIVER'S FA1AL FADH'
THE NOTORMAN OF a TROLLEf-CA"
HELD TO ANSWER.
,,,. s,vs xo ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE RiN'-
ING or HIS GONG. AND THAI Il"
THE WAGON TOO LATE TO PRE-
A Collision

VENT A COLLISION.
>,,..o,sor of No l72 Whon-st.. Jersey
,,,. 80 ,broxn from his seat by a collision VIII"
..o,,ovcor xnile driving four horses at'achcu ~
a bie truck laden with several IONS VI -
boqa in Avenue G Bayonne. early ye7'e'u"" "'''''
ing. and was instantly killed. ... ,or
Nicholson has been employed as d 'o"''s''
ooroi years by J. V. Bartlett Co. whoies"'o
butchers IN Phillips-st. Jersey CITY JIG ielt ula'
a-,,s .s,ahiishmcnt some time after midnight WIN
a consignment OF pork for the packing anu s"o"
ing-house OF Ruhlman & Co.. at avenue - w 49,,
West Tventeth-st.. Bayonne. repairs "iV
r,ade IN the macadam pavement OF Avenue ~
Bavonnc and he used the paVeu car
,verue & for his route. when he fell heahiohh ~
,ha ro,d,va, his neck was evidently broken. hlS
bodv WAS removed to o Brens Morgue' at bers'"
Point ,. ,,,ot,
rho ,rolIcv.car which ran into Nicholsons truck
was No 1862 The motorman was Niilam NoN''
ney Of Avenue and East Iwenty-'s".n "s
onne and the conductor was Acheson hudSoh' VI
- prght-st Jersey city. The car lett the
crsenvill, barns of the Consolidated Traction |om-
many for Bergen Point and Port Rlchmohu Ie''s "'
Ravonnc on it's first run for the day' ~ 80 - '
There were no passengers aboard AT 'he "'''o "
The collision The motorman ana conductor JUN
sa, that the car was not travelling faster thah
TWO miles an hour at the time, the fnotorhna" nav
inc or, of the electric current Dlock peSonl
West Twenty-sixth-st, near the Intersection -
which the collision occurred.
Il saw the truck ahead OF rs, said MoNil'"'!
tho rnotornan Il had been on the LOOKOUT lor II
all the way down. for since the tearing up vi
Avenue - have passed IL often Inc dtlNei' ""o''
I knew well by sight always took the tracks 10
make II easy for his horses. was ringing 'i'c
gong before saw the -ruck. We came oehinu 1t,
but the driver paid attention to my signals anG
before could stop the car II Suu'h ~ ~ -, @ VI
he truck out not with much force. me norseH - -
suddenly started forward and saw the driver I,ll
TO the road. ihey ran until stopped by o'"r.e rnn
NcTpaniels ne mOtorman OF another car "a"
fo thc driver raised his head ana saw tnat ue
was dead | do not know whether or not E ne WhS
asleep wnen the approached, but retneiiD,i per
that one morning not long ago had 10 leave MY
car 70 wake him up ., lit. s,o,orsn,
Conductor Hudson corroborated TINS statement;
Both men were arrested by the Bayonne ponce anu
arraigned before Recorder conneiy IN 1ns lo.Te nr
Couri I'm the forenoon. An attorney TOT tHc cUi
marathon emuoying them sought to nave ,thrin us
rharged but Recorder Connolly held McNllinciy
,rith0ut hail upon a charge OF mansaushter. HUI
SON the conductor released Later IN lie u.s
Nri<inne, was arraigned before Judge hudspetn
in the Hudson County Court and Admitted 20 % pan
to await the action Of the Grand Jury, " llitil
RYAN OF Bayonne became his surety in s2,3w ms ms
was NcKinrey's first accident IN TWO years service
as q motorInIn Nicholson was married