New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29
BROOKLYN NEWS.
MAN AND BOY KILLED.
FREIGHT TRAIN sMASHES TROLLEY CAR
IN PARKvILLE.
THREE MEN SEVERELY INJuRED-cHARGEs

THREE MEN SEVERELY INTERPRETATIONS
THAT SIGNALS WERE DIsREGARDED
A collision between a trolley car Of the Brook
Ign Rapid Transit Company and a freight train
OF the Long Island Railroad Company yester-
day killed two people and severely hurt three
others The accident occurred at II o'clock in
the morning at Foster and Gravesend ayes. in
Parkville. The list Of killed and injured fol-
lows:
KILLED.
CLEMENS WILLIAM rhlry-eisht years Old No. 22o
Unidentified boy. fourteen years old.
INJURED
TAMMANY. JOHN forty-two years old No iii Ber-
genst the m''ormsn. fractured ribs and Internal
BEDELl> Charles hfty-thee years old 40 50 Bond-s'..
BREHM RICHARD No. 2ic Fourth-ave.. fracture Of
"S
Mr.. Clemens and the unknown boy were in
stantly killed The trolley car was wrecked.
Since the trolley cars have been running on
the old Culver road there have been many mar
row escapes from death. The cars are sent from
the Old Nnth-st. station down a steep hill at
such rate Of speed that pedestrians and drv
ers Of vehicles find it difficult sometimes to cross
Fort Hamllton-ave. safely John Tammany the
motorman Of car No. 49,, started from the sta
was going at a fair speed when the scene Of the
accident was reached Tammany. who is said to
be a new man. seemed to be unaware that the
Long Island Railroad Company sends trains from
Bay Ridge TO Long Island city He did not slow
up. therefore, as he approached the Parkvllle
station, and ala not see an engine drawing ten
freight cars putting along toward the crossing.
In an instant the engine crashed into the front
part Of the trolley car tearing away the plat
form and the first three seats. The car was
tossed against a telegraph pole. while the few
passengers who had seen the engine approach
Ing and had crowded to the rear OF the car
leaped from It In terror Mr.. Clemens AMI the
boy. both or whom We're killed. were sitting just
where the engine struck the car. Clemens was
thrown against the telegraph pole, and his nead
smashed into a jelly by the side Of the car. The
boy was crushed to death I'm the wreckage. An
other boy, whose name could not be learned
was thrown from the ear to the cowcatcher Of
the engine 10 which he chung with all Of his
strength. Apart from shock he was uninjured
Several of rammanys ribs re fractured
and he received internal injuries through strik-
Ing the ground. Bed'l and Brchm were injured
in the same way Tammany was taken to the
Kings County Hospital. whore he was held on
charge Of homicide. The doctors say that he
will recover Thomas Burns. conductor Of the
car. who lives a. no. 0S WyckoH-st.. vas also
arrested. we'll John Carroll Of No. l}2
East Fourth-st., Long Island city and Timothy
Murphy the engineer and conductor, respective
ly. Of the freight train.
Tammany alleges that white showed on the
signal tower semaphore. meaning that the road
was clear as he approached II. but that Just as
ne arrived there red was shown, signifyng that
the trolley car should stop to allow train to
cross the road. Whether this was so or not, sew
eral witnesses say that Tammany put on full
power and attempted to cross the railroad track
1t was too late and death and injury followed
William Burns who Is in charge Of the signal
tower. stated that he had sgnalled for the troll
ley car 10 stop. as a freight train was coming
Fireman c. G. Costello. of engine No 10. in
ParkVille corroborated Burns's statement. so
did a trackwalkcr Of the Long Island Railroad
Company.
Those who were arrested will be arragned to-
day in the Grant-st police court. The injured
were taken into nearby houses and attended 10
bv doctors living in the neighborhood The dead
We're removed to an undertakers place. Glenn
ems was interested in racetrack business.