The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-02
A BICYCLE D E KILLED.
CHARLES sOHILLINs INHALED ON
A CARRIAGE POLE

A Tandem suash-Up In NIatauan-FtFteen
Men Rolled In . Reap In n bicycle Race In
CIeyeiand-w oman Run Down on Her
way to Church-A Head-On Collision.
RAILWAY. N. j., Aug. 1.-Charles Schilline, 10
years old, Of 12 Gordon place, was killed while
riding q bicycle on st. Georges avenue, near
Kinsey street, on Saturday night.
Schilling and several others were returning TO
Railway from Elizabeth. riding on the left side
of tho road. As they neared Kinsey street cor
ner they met two carriages. One was in line
with and right behind the other and II 10 pro-
sumod that schilling saw only the first. He was
riding rather rapidly ss he turned his wheel TO
tho right and passed the hrst carriage and
swept In again just in time to be caught and
impaled on the point Of the shaft OF the second
carriage.
The men in the carriage refined in their
horses at once, and SchillinG's companions de-
tainod them until Chief OF Police George Wright
arrested them. Schilling suffered greatly. He
was taken into q neighboring dwelling and
physicians were summoned. He lived only Q
few minutes.
The shaft tip passed between the ribs. and. It IL
thought, either perforated the base Of the heart
or ruptured one Of tho largo blood vessels. Tho
men In the carriage were John O'Rourke and
Earl Dalvis of Elizabeth. They were released.
as IL was evident that tney were not ~ thulI
HEAD FIRST AGAINST A POST.
MArAwAN. N. j.. Aug. l.-when the Iroquois
run to As6ury Park this afternoon Carl n.
Sivelt was ono Of two men riding o tandem.
They were riding rapidly on the dirt sidewalk
in Lower Main street when the front man on the
tandem saw q woman on the walk in 'front.' He
attempted TO turn to one side when sivelt, not
seeing the woman, turned the machine In an
opposite, direction, running 1t squsrely into .
oollislon threw the front man to one side. sivelt
struck his face on the post squarely and fell
almost unconscious to the walk, He was picked
up and carried 70 q house, with blood streaming
that his head was cut open three and a half
inchee from the bridge of the nose, 90 rs 10 show
the skull. His nose was broken and there was o
severe cut In his mouth. He was taken to New
ark by train tonight.
yIFTEEN RIDERS N A HEAP.
CLEVELAND. O., Aug. IA bicycle spill excited
the spectators at the handicap race at Mark
HannaIs street railroads Scenic Park yesterday
afternoon. There were forty-four entries, and
as the track 10 narrow. II was seen from the
scattered over 400 yards, so that the pistol shot
sent them away without much confusion: As
the scratch and other rear men came up with the
some one swerved. and In an instant ffteen riders
were in o heap. Broken wheels and bleeding
men were rolled in the dust. Great excitement
prevailed, and many women in tho stands
E Z. Thompson was badly cut and was In
ternAlly injured. F. l. Cowles of Geneva. O.,
had his hip dislocated. c. A. Callashan had his
had his arm broken. Others were badly In iured.
One spectator rushed out to help a friend who
had gone down in the crash. and was run into
and KNOCKED unconscious. An The crack riders
were ahead OF tho smash.up went right on and
nntAhed, disregarding the accident