The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-02
MAPS BICYCLE RECORD
TIE Accidents to wheeimen ana wbec,ror.
and Accidents Caused by Thorn

and Accidents caused by Them,
Last month THE SuN printed a summ,rv
the accidents to bicyclists In this city ap,iss
April. nearly half Of which. as shown hv ~
record. wore caused by scorohcrs. ~licporis n,
May indicate that scorcbcrs arc becoming fo,o"
and that the blame for tho greatest numhero
casualties during tho month must be attachoa
to another class Of w%heclmen, namely. tho c.ra
less non.scorchers. Following is an abstrac, a,
last months bicycle accidents. as reported il
THE SrS
whcelman knocked down by horse ear fan,
under the horses feet, and barely ESCAPES seriov.
injury.
Scorchor runs down n little girl. her leg bcr,
broken and her face badly cut. Scorchcr doesD',
stop to investigate.
Coaster smashos against whcelwoman, throw.
ing her to the ground and wrccking her whce,
She is not seriously hurt.
Driver running his horse collidcs with wheel.
man. knocks him of his wheel, grins, and drives
on. Cyclist badly shaken up.
Horse takes fright at woman on a tandem
runs away, breaks it's hip bone and has to bc sbnt'
Dog throws wheelman' whose arm is broken
Cyclist runs over a boy. breaking the lads log.
Cyclist knocks down a woman, who receives a
Trolley car collldes with cyclist, fracturins one
'Cyclist loses control of his wheel, rides Off .
pier and is drowned:
seo,cher starts for Coney Island with hi,
BWepJnpATI, tOU1tS III contact Win "a Clergyman
| and is married. Damage, SIS.
Driver knocks over a wheelwoman, whip, nm
his horse and disappears. Woman seriously In.
'"Bike. cop" chases a runaway horse, 4,
thrown down, dragged a block and suffers from
several bruises and a confusion OF the spine,
Gable car runs over wheelman. breaking his
right leg.
Driver compels cyclist to jump for his life.
while the wagon runs over and smashcs his
Cyclist strikes a curbstone and is thrown
| breaking his right leg, Several other yShnai,
men close behind him fall in a heap. scrape their
shins and sustain a severe loss of dignity.
| collar bone.
Wheelman. in dismounting. falls into adry
t%erneily. ~
Cab runs down a cyclist on the Boulevard, tho
wheel Is smashed, its riders knee injured and
Wheelman and wheelwoman. in a head-ou
receiving a fracture of the right foot and tho
woman escaping with a confusion Of the elbow.
Wheelmsn runs oyer a woman, who is badly
bruised and sent to q hospital.
Cyclist loses his head and bucks into a horse
car. He is taken to a hospital.
Driver curses wheelman for being in the vay
and turns his horses upon him; ,wheelman 10
knocked from his saddle and his machine
Street sweeper is run down by cyclist, who
doesn't stop to investigate or leave his card.
!Cyclist strikes a stone, is thrown and breaks
ao sSGFe ssms snoShs down bgc,t ped e.. tic,; and !. turns
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rides into a ditch. She is tished gu, badly
scratched and shaken up and is taken to a hos
pital
Man and woman start out on a Tandem. run
into q buggy, fall under the wheels. get pain
fully bruised, and go home in a cab.
Wheelwoman steers into a rapidly moving
wagon and is thrown to the pavement, her right
kne being sprained. She Is taken to a hospital.
Wheelman becomes insane, has a delusion that
he Is obliged to go into the bicycle business on q
big scale, and is taken to an asylum.
Driver runs down cyclist, lashes his horse into
a run, Is stopped by another wheelman. Jumps
out Of the wagon and escapes. The horses owner
comes up, bangs wheelman No. 2 over the head
for interfering, and is arrested; Wheelman No.
] shoulders his wrecked bike and walks home
badly bruised.
Scorcher knocks down an elderly man. break.
ing the latter's arm. Scorcher at once remounts
and skedaddles.
Wheelwoman runs into wheelman in Central
Park. is thrown and slightly injured.
Elderly wheelman gets in a collision, has hi1
skull fractured. and dies of his injury.
Cyclist mysteriously falls of a ferryboat in
the North River. loses his wheel. and swimo
ashore. Goes home to dry his clothes and think
it over.
1t is said that not more than one.ffth Of all
the bicycle accidents occurring in the city are
reported in the newspapers; but the foregoing
list is large enough to warn every person who
rides a wheel or who goes afoot against the
danger from careless riding. There were proha.
bly, more new riders during April and May than
broken collar bone or a fractured skull is no,
uncommon even among skilful wheelmen' and
it behoves all alike to look sharp and take -
chances.