New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-31
Not 4 NCKY HORSESHOE THIS
IT GOT INTO A CABLE SLOT AND CAUSED
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horseshoe battered ard twisted last nigh,
proved tina, there is exception to the generally
accepted superstition that such an article means
good lack 10 lis finder. In mysterious man
nor this particular BIT Ct iron dropped through
the slot IN Soventh-ave between Fif,ieth and
Flfty-iirst SITS In front OF the barns and from
that time on the employees thought the cable was
bcwitched
The Columbus-aye and Broadway cables cad
al this point. As each car passes over a certain
point tho sripmdn drops cable and takes the
other Usually this Is done go smoothly that 1t Is
hardly noticed by the passenger Bui after tho
Troublesome horseshoe invaded the conduit there
was no end of trouble Each car instead Of smooth
~ gliding over the place would Jump into the air
and sometimes go forward ten fifteen feet with
a qui.k lurch. The following might take a
smiIar jump but backward = similar distance.
II wa' all right until the cars began to stop with
such tuddennesS that the passengers were piled
In heap in one corner Twice this happened
Shorty after o'clock No. le5. bound down ard
hied with Tassenssrs came n, al9Gs The erpmsn
on m, front end He was not aware Of any eN-
istins? difficulty. and dropped his cable. he sup
took n leap and he was thrown over the dashboard
to tho street. lie fell heavily. and his jaw was
broken.
Thu messengers Jared roughly J9:fEh Ter-
Magic Donahuc twenly,n'c years Old. OF No. 30l
West Thirty-fourtl-nt.. mad her sdc injured and
her face cut \ loEen others more or less
cut by broken glass and hurt by the shock
All were treated by physician who was called
froE, Roosevelt Hospital and were able to 20
home The superinr andent OF the line at once
placed several OF Ms best men Ia the conduit to
locate the trouble u possible. and In tie mean
tma the cars were stopped below the danger point
the cable was dropped and the car pulled over the
bcvhtcned portion by horses All Went well unil
I "a D. m, when car No GG3 came aonr and almost
DUPLICATED the performance OF tho first car
II, was better filled than the other and more pet
sons were hurt None. however. were seriously
I'M ared Mrs Agnes Carroll. thirty-cieht years OH
o. No. % West Sixty ninth-st.. had bruises OF the
back and d, hips James Sterling. three years old. OF
No $50 West Fifty -eighthst.. thrown. from his
mothers arms and badly bruised Freda Ferger
Twenty-Five years old. Of No. $50 Columbus ave ,
escape. with painful bruises.
FMe+year-old Dorothy Murray. of No 1873 West
SiNty-siNth-st. was on the seat beside her mother
ana was thrown with great force against the end of
the car. She escaped with bad cut on the face
All ne injured persons were ted by n doctor
from Roosevelt Hospital. and were able to so home
BESIDES those named twelve or fifteen others were
more Or less hurt by the shock
While all this was going on the mechanics were
vainly SEARCHING for the cause of the trouble
Not until 1920 o'clock did they discover the alleged
cause In the shape OF the horseshoe mentioned IL
WAS pcought out much battered and twisted and
the cars then moved smoothly