New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-06

ACCIDENT ON THE LEXINGTON-AvE
ROAD
STRAND CAUGHT GRIP AND A CAR GOT Be
YoND coNTRoL>-THREE CARS ALL
CROWDED. IN COLLISION.

CROWDED. IN COLLISION.
Cable No. 2sl. OF the Lexngton-ave line.
while running north at 7:30 o'clock last evening.
had Its grip caught In a broken strand Of the ca
bic at Eighty-frst-st., and before 1t could be
stopped 1t ran to Nnety-sxth-st In the mean time
1t smashed two other and injured six per-
son. The injured are:
MOONEY. Ellen twenty seven years old servant Of No
20 East One hundred and twenty first St; laceraed
scalp wound and cut over her left eye. Taken to
Harlem Hospital.
LENNON 9s Marsarst hirty.,wo years old servant Of
Taken to Harlem Hospital
hundred and scalp wound and Commissions OF
the body Taken to Presbyterian Hospital.
hundred and -nnth-st injury to the left ankle and
possible internal injuries Taken Presbyterian Hos
GRETZER Pauline twenty three years old Of No 643
Columbus save tainted and sustained Commissions.
fa., 1smes sfpmah Of car No. h o. no Ito
The accident occurred at the time In the evening
when the southbound filed with working
people on their way home. Car No. 2sl made Its
last stop at Seventy -eghth-st At Seventy ninth
st. Mulligan. the gripman, attempted to stop for
a group OF women. when he discovered that the
grip was caught. He made frantic effort to re-
duce the speed Of the by putting on the brakes
and, falling to do So rang three bells a signal
of danger to the conductor One block ahead Car
No 3l. In charge of James OGorman, gripman
and Philip Carey conductor running. filled
with passengers Mulligan shouted to Carey to
put full speed. that his grip caught
Carey gave the danger signal to OGorman 10 put
on full power as quickly as he could at the same
time giving the danger signal to Henry Morgan
conductor of Car No. 1858. which was further ahead
OGorman was not quick enough In working his
grip, and at Eightythird-st. Car No. 29l struck
the rear platform Of No SOl with crash and
shock that sent the passengers of both cars
sprawling the floor, and smashed the front and
Mugan, was thrown bodily through the front
NJ No nd Car nod in lirV v
leaping to the street just before the struck.
Pandemonum regned inside both cars. which were
running north at full speed Men and women fought
unfortunately In their efforts TO escape and at
Eighty -fourth-st. one woman In car No. 30l sue
ceeded in climbing through a window and fell into
the mud beside the track She was picked up by a
number of men who witnessed the collision. and
carried away.
further accident, but finding collision with No.
3S6. which then only block ahead. unavoidable,
he deserted his grip and awaited the shock 1t came
quickly. for at Eighty-seventh-st car No COL which
into No. 1856 at Eighty seventh-st. The front plat
form OF No. 3O1 crushed several pieces OF the
roof were knocked off, and the rear Platform Of No.
1856 entirely demolished. The excitement among
gripman Of No 3s6 attempted put the brake,
but found that the chain broken. He then seized
the front door of his and held II shut in order to
prevent the passengers from leaping Off and being
killed The weight of the three cars instead Of de-
creasIng their speed seemed carry them forward
with greater rapidly.
The cry Of danger was taken up by the pedestrians
and carried on from mouth TO mouth. until the signal
man at the Ninetynnth-st. power-house learned
what had occurred and succeeded in signalling 10 the
power house to have the cable stopped. Before this
could be accomplished the three damaged cars had
reached Ninety-sxth-st., where they were stopped