The sun., 1898-03-02
TROLLEY CAR INJURIES SIX.
a SCHOOL OMNIBUS Overturned
nv LENOI AVENUE.

Rear wheels Smashed. and It IL Pushed with
Its Occupants fifty Feet AionE tho Track
The Horses nun Away-Five Chiidren ana
Teacher BRUISED ana Otherwise Hurt.
An omnibus Of the Reed Institute, q school'at
236 West 135th street, in which were Ave chill
dren and teacher, was run down by LonoN
avenue ndertroley car yesterday. It has
been the custom of tho institute to send tho
omnibus, which is known to every one In Har
lem, TO tako the smaller children from their
houses TO tho school. Tho omnibus, which
was driven by Timothy Collins ond was in
charge of Mrs. Julia Reed. the mother Of tho
principal, set out on its customary rounds yes
terday morning.
At $3.50 o'clock, having collected all but ono
pupil. the stage started up Lenox avenue. At
134th street Collins turned his team in order to
cross the track to the other side Of the avenue
where the remaining pupil resided. The omni.
bus had almost cleared tho trolley tracks when
a north.bound car crashed into IL. The rear
wheels were smashed, and the wagon with its
seven occupants turned completely upside
down. The avenue was crowded with women
at the time. and they screamed to tho motor
man to stop the car. lie was unable TO do this
track. The horses. which had been thrown to
the Irs BEGAN to , run Ths shr Gres IKE ot
lockers as tho % osepturned % sta stage % Bumped pc along
for about fifty feet before Policemen Hochter
and Flannery OF the West 125th street station
managed to catch and stop the frightened team.
In so doing Hochter was trampled upon. be-
sides having his uniform torn.
a crowd Of over 1900 persons had mean.
broken open by tho policeman, who started to
help out the occupants. They wero all piled on
the floor, struggling they vainly tried to gain
their feet. Mrs. Reed, who is 80 years old, was
lying partly unconscious in one corner. Blood
was running from two cuts in her head and her
dress was torn in several places. The children
were taken out one by one They were all
bruised or otherwise injured. Following are
their names:
DIX. HARRY o years old. Of 1aa West 1soth street;
long cut on tho left side OF the face He Is of
Henry N Dix.
DOE. HELES. o years old. of $40 st. Nicholas ave.
nue.; cut and bruised on the head and face. She is
the daughter OF Thomas A. Doe, chief clerk of the
Department OF Street Cleaning.
GOULD, JANE u years old. OF asa st. Nicholas ave-
who has recently to New York from Buffalo.
GARsIDE, MARGARET. aged years. OF 22o West
13Oth street. bruised on head and shoulders.
GARsipE HERBERT. aged years. OF the same ad.
father is wholesale shoe dealer l3l Duane street.
All but Jane Gould were sent to their homes.
The car meanwhile had continued on its way.
The policemen, however. mad learned that IL
was In charge of John Johnson Of 1872 Manhat-
tan avenue. He was accompanied by James
Flynn, whom he was breaking in. At the timc
of the accident Flynn was in charge of the
motor. Owing to his inexpcrienco he was un-
able to stop the car in time to avoid the COLI
sion. 1t was brought to q stop by johnson.
who was forced TO push Flynn aside. Both
nen were later on arrested. but were discharged
by the Magistrate in Harlem Court as there
were no witnesses present