The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07
LOST BOTH OF HER FEET.
SHOCKING ACcLD EET TO MISS ELL
ElNOR ~. FAYERS.

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an APpeintnest with snr. ssuos X Tee
Esok-Ee meets Her ~ she Hs Borne
20 an Ambulance IN Long nsland city.
The clang of an ambulance attracted the at
tention Of James II. Ten Eyck Of Jersey City as
he stood outside the Thirty.fourth street ferry.
house in Long Island City at IL 80 o'clock yes
terday morning. The ambulance stopped in
front Of the Long Island Railroad station. A
crowd gathered. and in q few minutes four
railroad mon appeared carrying an injured per
son on q stretcher from the station TO the am.
bulance.
Ten Eyck walked over toward the ambulance
and reached 1t just as the mon were ready to
lift tho strotcher into It. He pushed his way
through tho spectators, in order to get a look ut
the injured person. when he saw the face Of
tho victim he uttered q cry and would have
fallen IL two spectators had not caught him.
The ambulance drove OF to st. Johns Hospital
In jackson avenue, Long Island City.
Ten Eyck was led into the railroad station,
whore he said that the person on the strctcher
was Miss Eleanor B. Fayers Of Richmond Hill,
and that he had had an appointment to meet
her on tho arrival of the train. Ten Eyck took
a car to the hospital. but the Sister in charge de-
clined, under orders Of tho physician, to allow
him to SEQ Miss Payers.
Miss Fayers is % years old. and is employed
in the household of E. d. Stevens OF Richmond
Hill. who 10 superintendent Of schools for the
borough Of Queens. She received a telegram
from Ten Eyck yesterday morning to meet him
N the ferrynouse at Long Island City in order
that they might visit the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art In Central Park. She set out to take
the 1l:22 train from Richmond Hill, and
reached tho depot several minutes ahead of
time. She met several friends at the station,
viii whom she talked. but on hearing her train
approach said sood.by to them and started to
cross the tracks to the platform on the other
sldo. The whistle and. bell Of the west-boiind
train. which che was going to take. drowned the
train. Miss Miss fg.. 9s a %a iiRed's to the e shss'o Of the
platform and stepped down between the east
bound rails. The next instant she was struck
wheels OF the cars passed over both of her legs.
Inc train was quickly stopped by Engineer
Edward Penders. Miss Payers was extricated
station. Coroner Cronin and Or. Nammack of
Lne Ooroner.s Office were on the train. II was
the young woman's lie was saved. DR.. Nam
was sent to / ong Island City. At st. Johns
tMospital Or; Hall Of that institution and nr.
Mllliam J. Burns and DIR. Valentine of the Long
leg at the kneo and her right leg between the
knee and ankle. Miss Fayers had lost n large
quantity Of blood. but last night the physicians
Miss Fayers gave her personal effects to Ten
Eyck to keep for her. MIR and Mrs. Stevens
visited the hospital during the carly evening.
put could not see Miss Fayers. Engineer PEN
been IN the employ Of the Long Island Railroad
FOR thirty yea s. lie had never had an acct
dent until yesterday. He knew Miss Fayers,
from all blame by those who witnessed the acct
dent: Others on the platform heard the whistle
and bell OF his engine, and said that he could not
feet from Miss Fayers when she stepped down
upon the tracks.