The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-01
BROADWAY ROAD BLOCKED
TWO CARS GET STUCK IN THE SLOT
NEAR BOWLING GREEN.

In Order 60 We've One. Another Car II Rausrned
AEainst It, AkinaunG WOOD the Chier
Reuait-Tvo hours Eiapss Bsrsre the Carr
Are Get ooinE and Travel &c ssuned
Two more accidents occurred on tho Broadway
cable road last evening, causing q block from
Houston street to tho Battery. which lasted for
two hours, and producing an untold amount Of
profanity and Rrumbllng among tho hundreds
Of passengers who were unfortunate enough to
DO aboard the stalled cars. The accident hap
penod near Bowling Green, within a stones
throw Of each other. They were about ton min
utes apart. Ono was on the north.bound track
and the other on the south.bound track, and bc-
tween them they tied up the lower section OF tho
road as tight az q drum.
The first accident occurred at 6:30 o'clock. A
north-boundc car with several passengers aboard
had Just passed Battery place whom tho grip
became fast in the ''gypsy." which is q wheel
near the bottom Of the slot to force cars to take
the grip at certain points. The car halted
abruptly, and 10 did all the other cars which were
in It's train. The gripmnn nearly twisted the
wheel from It's fastenings In his ~fruitless effort
to free tho car. Finally the wrecking crew was
sent for. Just before the wagon bearing the me
chanics arrived the second accident occurred. In
the belief that the task Of clearing the road would
DO q long one orders had been given to switch
the stalled south-bound cars to tho north-bound
track on the turnout which Is directly opposite
the Standard Oil building. Tho FIRST car to try
1t was q closed car, which had no one aboard ex-
cept tho gripman and the conductor. A. soon
a. the front wheels struck the switch there was
Q ~jarring sound and tho car oamo to a dead
gripman was hurled against the brake with
great force and the conductor was thrown down
When the Wrecfine crew succeeded in putting
the FIRST car which had como 70 grief to rights
they turned 1s, their r, attention 1sliar to n the second, WHICH Rich
wedsed 90 tightly In the slot that no ordinary
not Do foosened. alth%Epgh The cable slipped
Of men. carrying crowbarS and siedge hammers,
s%nen 90 i fami sGGn o. m iaE RSG 70 tsss patrons %R1ea n "a t e,
Broadway road was heard, but. as usual.
no Ro,n one on wa I, s sSSa Soo, sSPla sDD.S whss h %S:
ever, that the labor of the men beneath the
tt.ss tracks was not prSSdgS Samg a. any res;ults. and rd the
earth ordered the car 70 DO showed ahead, and
ders against all available projections, but they
car which stood about forty feet in Il The rear was
ordered to charge the stalled car at full speed:
h iss did . 50 o1 snd the as 'P sss Sson T heard ar1 IL st TO q
way since the head-on collision occurred
last week between Q Lexington avenue car and
o Columbus avenue car at Twenty-third street.
The charging car game tearing down the line al
tho full speed Of the cable. The force Of the col,
lision lifted the roar truck of the stalled cal
clear Of the rails and . board or two was tori
from the floor Of the rear platform. but tho cal
an order came from the pit beneath the tracks IL
shove her back a~little." and . powerful team
straining and tugstng at tho car for i've min
utes Without result tho hoyses were taken of
trant car from the inside. b floor wa
pulled mp and the men began cutting away q
the heavy machinery of tho grip with chiseli
and sledge hammers. After thirty minutes o
terrific pounding the o%nslaught began to toll o!
tho car was free OF It. Then tho car was liftet
over the iron rods which protruded from tn
In clearing the slot, and the stalled car began u
move again. While tho block lasted cars wer
run downtown to Houston street. at which poin
all passengers were dumped out, and tho car
were sent uptown again.