The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-12
VINE HURT IN A CAR CRASH
,yDER TROLLEY TUNBLEs HORSE CAR
OYER ar 4 DARK CORNER.

Passengers Say the slower Car Had the
Right Of Way and That tho Motorman
was RcckIess-His Car and Passengers
weren't Dnmagcd-So Arrests Made.
A sixth avenue trolley car and Dry Dock
line horse car collded at the corner OF North
Moore street and West Broadway last night
and in the collision the horse car was wrecked
and every one Of the eight passengers In It
was moro or less injured. The driver was also
hurt.
The wost- bound cars OF the Dry Dock limo
reach West Broadway through Walker street.
and then run on the east side OF the other thor
street where thew cross both tracks Of the troll
10y line and continue, on their way through
The custom for the trolley cars to give the horse
cars the right of way. and the passengers who
wSs' 7a"" cntr@y to rSckicssness on the part
Of the motorman of the Sixth avenue car. as
he was going at rapid rate OF speed and was
al o'clock and may have been due TO the fact
thai the street is very dark at this crossing:
horse ear Ss bG in rne sTes S Snd HGr
bernard MclIugh Of 2il Clinton street Il vas
on tts way 70 the Cortland street ferry and be,
.s ysy rate Jus. It eGa;lipSS Ugh ls
Street "T the trolley car. hound north. IN charge
Of Motorman Frank J. winant ami Conductor
Charles schnabcl. came along and crashed
into il striking the horse car right in the
midd!s. james H6cy. one, of the passengers.
declared ,a'terward that the horse CIR
V wSSi k .bSS oil the compctcy y" over SON
its round roof till u rested on the other side;
.Y LesGr n9c enS5 y as GrNsr
who said that the car was simply unsnt o,,
There wa, great crash ,S "i TGStwSrE p ana
scngers added TO the confusion. Policeman
Ferris OF the Leonard stree, station heard heard
e., there sS on TSn 'TIS hTS to h the people
out 81 the wrecked ear AMI to carry them
into tn, house Of EnGinc company at
10 HIls,n street Hospital itnr an amhula9rc,.
and ambulance surgeon McWhorter Responded.
been 20 It's fender and none OF the occupants
had been hurt, The wrecked horse car lay on
finally removed by n, wrecking gang. ,,...
c. .y @ Sy h sanS fEGt GS"s .r cut f6 R
dclphia cut ON right hand: Grace Lesser OF T.
kiyne,on street Gu, 9n right hanI , James r,S;
hand; David Cantor 81 l35 Grey street. Jersey
City. scalp. wound and COMMISSIONS John Napier
Saiulsky Of 127 Adams strce,, Hghoken. con-
tusions AMI nose cut jacob fredlann Of 49,
Avenue {. Blyorur. \. j., shock; and BERNARD
McHugh. tho driver. back and sides badly
MaTIueh wa. put on the next east bound car
OF the Dry Deck line nnl was taken home in
that way All of the Others. but Hoey and Miss
Lesser. took the next west.hound car for the
dressed their Injuries Hoey and Miss lesser
went 10 Hudson street Hospital. where they
remained for several hours and then went
home
None 81 the injured would make any com.
plant to the police. saying that they pr"'rrrri
10 take their remedy In a civil suit, 80 10 ar
rests were made In the case
A Fourth avenue undar.trolley car collidel
with truck at Twentieth street iaSt night.
RnD hN u r. cor ~ n l.f III 10 IA
street was thrown TO tho pavement and
stunned lie was taken 20 Bellevue Hospital.