New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-25
BOTH HIS LEGS CRUSHED.
wHEELMAN RUN OVER BY TRoLLEY-CAR
ON THE BRIDGE-TRAvEL GREAT
~ DELAYED

Felix Barnett thirty years old and unmarried a
packer In a wholesale drygoods house In Canai-st.
Manhattan was knocked of his bicycle and run
over by a Third-ave. trolley-car last night AT D
o'clock Just where the land span Of the Brooklyn
Bridge Joins the Ironwork the Brooklyn side. on
the south roadway and both OF his legs were so
fearfuy mangled that they were amputated soon
afterward by the hospital surgeons
The accident was the worst that has happened on
the Bridge TO a wheelman and emphasizes the
danger a bicycle rider is in when he Is overtakeh
by a trolley-car the down grade and the car Is
running fast. The trolley-car which ran over Bar
nett was loaded with people returning TO brooklyn
from Manhattan and the accident was witnessed
by at least seventy-fve people. while hundreds
afterward saw Barnett carried away to the nos
pital.
The car was No. COL, and the motorman was
Peter Sweeney. Sweeney was running his car al a
lively pace when he began TO overtake Barnett on
the down grade. Just as he neared the emo Oh the
Bridge proper the car overlook heavy truck.
which with the car bade fair to take up all the
space In the roadway. The car the truck ana the
wheelman drew up together In bnnch' ana as
soon as Barnett realized 1t he began TO get out OF
the way of the car He was about on line be-
hind the inside hind wheel OF the truck wheh 'he
car drew UP with him. and the car. the wagon ana
the wheelman were going down the grade al ABOUT
an even speed. when Barnetts wheel was seen 10
swerye a little. and he moved closer 10 inc car.
Had the car been a closed one his swerVihs "ou'o
have made no difference but as the car iorged
ahead preparatory to passing him the eose Oh 'he
running board struck his hind wheel and gave MIN
n tit that caused him to lose his balance lie ieii
TO the pavement. his head toward the OUTSIDE Oh
the Bridge and his legs across the OUTSIDE I'd" Vi
the cartrack. In an instant the fender had passed
over his legs and the next instant the car "heeiS
were rolling him over and over. Sweeney tr'ea 10
s.op the car quickly but II ran some distance aiter
Fall Half
car az soon as 4 stopped and ran to where Barnett
lay ..
He was recognized by personal lriehu. Ai."u
E. Peterson with whom he lived AT NO. 20 Laias
ette-ave Brooklyn. Just as Barnett fell from MS
wheel the bicycle shot to one side. and 1t was 'heh
that Peterson, who was a passenger on the ca''
recognized the machine as belonging TO barhe".
He did not know that Barnett was near py' ou'
as soon he glanced at the injured man , S
track he n was taken on the truck that
he had followed down the grade TO tne ed him
Ace where the ambulance surgeons eNalnlneu nm,
The seriousness Of his condition was apparent az
soon as the wheelmans clothing was CUT a"ay u,u
his Injuries exanineG ee i and The left Just below.
The surgeons decided that ampu.a'i1hn WrookIvn
necessary and he was removed u '"o
When Mr. Peterson was seen at his mouse III
Lafayetteav We a motnsman was largely to blame
for the accident to Barnett The car was running
anS wen regard seemed to be paid to al
though he was Immediately In front OF the ''' '
some time before he was run down .cod holm
"One of the first things he sald was si ~ ~ heep
NV moor old mother and sister now lie mas Vse,r
IN tbis country three years. and he mas mo.n ,
and sister living in GERMANY whom ne , supp pooIe
d az tbnuoh, a great deal Of them, and otteh spohe
"a them TO us at the house. His nearest relative "
ms Uett was tall well-built young fellow, ana
was an wheeman He ala PETERSON Pet GioT told S
acipss rororter that Barnett belonged TO a num-
Der Of organizations in Maph ana hs acaaan
sober steady going young man t; anu ''''
ances thought a great deal OF MN l., ,ha ,yorst
The accident to Barrett psrdse IN ra for
Ave- minu:es All sorts OF rumors were cur
rent about the delay. and one was ina. tiiiinp All
with four occupants had peeh run "'"''
the people in the carriage