The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-23
q HURT IN A COLLISION.
,poLLEY CAR CRASHES INTO a
sIx-HORsE DRAG.

A., Outline Pnrty from williamsburg, RE-
,vr,ipr from sheepshend Hay, Meets Dis
..tcr-A Marcy Avenue Car OF the
Nassau Line Runs into the DraE-Over
score or Persons Hurt. Two or
whom Arc believed 20 Ne D~yinE-The
,uo,ormau Escapes In the Darkness-Four
Horse. KILLED - Roth the Drag and the
Car wrccLcd-statements OF witnesses
trolley car on the Marcy avenue division of
,h. Nassau trolley line to Coney Island crashed
,nto . drag containing twenty-five men at $3.50
o'clock last night on Ocean avenue, between
Wings Highway and the Long Island Rail-
,,d tracks. Two men were so seriously
,n,nred that they will probably die. Fir
,.sn or twenty other persons were moro
Ar lcss severely hurt, but none of them, in all
orobnbility, fatally. The motorman OF the
TROLLEY car. q. G. Crane. was threatened with
violence by an angry crowd and escaped across
country. The conductor was arrested. There
q. difference Of opinion as TO who was at fault,
and the allegation is made that both the driver
NJ the drag and the motormanw were under the
influence OF liquor.
The party in tho drag comprised the members
Of the John J. Palmer Social Club. u Williams
burg organization, with headquarters at % and
o. Throop avenue. near broadway. There are
about afty members In the organization, and 1t
"a the custom to have an outing about once n
month.
For the celebration which ended so disastrous
" las, night 1t was planned to make a trip to
Sheepshead Bay and spend the day there. The
start was made at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing from the livery stable Of John Schlitz at 50
Moore street.
The vehicle used was q wide, eisht-seated
.o-.hln - AolJtn- thtrt--
two persons. Tho seats were parallel and faced
the horses. The drag was drawn by six
handsome gray horses and the lines were
handled by william Grupp Of 73s Hart
driver. With = footing Of horns and = merry
s tSsSA sfos ssi' g SSss to OK Ruf he i Bas. WHERE ras they
mad nsk, . e sn9 she start rh for dSS Sm mS Ss sps msd In 6 SRertE;
u SSf }. SssS 8 ,S 6: 's ss.s drag x. Rsrfiky ss ,Sss'' . sass
r ripley Iias deny ~ this, IA A. 1, any .1 Ts.s;
Ocean avenue. on which are the, tracks, Of the
speed Is always attained
on t the G noetS sSo GST srask .'G TSe a driver T' was f fsc
quently obliged to pull out to allow a car be
froat Of William Hoistein's hotel on the Brook.
Ign. side of King's Halfway the changing of a
pulled i the Yea leaders Has" to i the left sH sthG iS going at q
lively pace. Tho leaders swung out, to the left
and across the south bound track. The pair be.
wheels Of tho drag were Just turning on to tho
rails.
TAO was coming at . terrific rate, and in a mo-
ment there was . crash, and the car and drag
went up In tho air. Panic ensued. The oar was
Tho passengers were hurled in all directions.
s ESas TO or. me r s5Su nc of 1sem I ISe mem me .h sssiS;
from the womsn, and the shril nsishing OF
m n . : m,uTse the men realised what had hap
pened. Two Of the big gray horses lay dead on
their legs broken and rbs crushed.
The front wheels Of the drag were smashed to
The occupants were crawling about on the
ground dazed and bleeding.
He lay still, for his back was broken and he was
Paralyzed. The front end of the car was also
torn away. the windows were smashed. and the
L was very dark where the accident occurred.
ts. and the work Of caring tor the wounded be.
gan: Trolley car, to and from coney Island
injured persons were carried into Holstein's
gE RS; y $. l aiyES Il. ilt Gs 5s2 y. E +. R { sy cf SIS
i fa5 Gsif as si 81 e. IA at9iva Ts e As sSSa shssF su IF s6s
ELLEN OF Coney Island;
a dozen policemen in charge Of Roundsman
caring for those injured: Calls for smbulsnees
the Norwegian hospitals and from tie 'toney
Island relief station By the time they
Holstein's, and were ready to be taken away
but owing to their number 1t was several hours
were hurt badly enough to require the services
OF q physician were:
rHE INJURED.
,s sen1 and \ Isi s.; 5S5l II rs iss s:4 ..is $50 sa assl'p ss :'rss =.
scalp es1 =aasa. Ma ':i: 4's san: e. 5 Bs. ssi. so Locust street
F@sGvTr, z. aa years old: Of 7os Tenth street
Sf GGsasTl. i g5a1. q . ys ssSs; ola sff: :ali TO s' icSs H asa:ol
bSals,srd. internal INJURIES. lssera,ed scalp wounds
aaTrr. WaaLAH; driver, SO years old. Tas Har
KSHLaEyEa, yaHD. 3. year,. painter. 2ss South
AaHEs WILtAa 4. aa year; truck driver; right LEI
spsained; taken TO Norwegian HOSPITAL.
PRmsosE; whIIIn. 81 Keap street. back and rib
krTsiR, GronaE, MAspeth. L. l.. cut on hands. Or
scaLIEyER, HENRY. 1897 Broadway. right eye in
1I5ed taken home. he was on the car.
Sifth street, Commissions OF nbs and right leg; tAkent
Toas. AIBESr, 81 years. OF Grove street. seal
wound; taken home.
While the wounded were being pulled from
the wreck before the arrival OF the police tn
crowd about the scene manifested a strong de
sire TO wreak vengeance on the motorman.
They blamed him for the accident and afte
ne I'D crawled out of his car and II was seel
that he was unhurt they began crowding aroun
all over and kept backing away.
Had II not been for the other employees OF tn
foad, who stood by him, he would probably hav
been roughly dealt with. AS each car came u
the conductor and motorman ran forward to sc
what tho trouble was.
When they saw Cranes predicament the
fathered around him. some Of them arme
levers, and although ~outnumbered. the
managed to bluff the angry crowd on until tn
needs of the wounded distracted their atteI
tlon.
At the first chance he got Crane took to hi
hee!s, and when the police arrived he was not
DO found. The conductor. Adolph Fischer. wa
ton.
He said he saw nothing In front Of the car q
ne stood on the rear platform. and had no war;
ing OF the accident until the crash.
Word OF the accident was sent to the office
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