New-York tribune., 1899-07-15
TWO HURT IN CABLE BLOCK.
MEN CRUSHED IN TRYING TO PASS BE-
TWEEN STALLED CARS.

TWEEN STALLED CARS.
In a blockade the Broadway cable road. from
spring-st. the Battery. yesterday afternoon two
men we're badly crushed between cars and we're
taken to the Hudson Street Hospital.
A broken strand OF the down cable stalled the
the Broadway line a little before 1:So yes
terday afternoon, and the road on the lower sec
ton. from Houston-st down, completely
blocked About o'clock one Of the cars at Spring.
ST managed to catch the cable and began to push
the ahead OF 1t toward the Battery. AS fast
as the caught up with they were pushed
along until nearly two dozen cars were oeing
pushed In an unbroken line The jar and impact OF
the meeting of two cars caused a sudden jolt tnat
nearly threw people from their seats and resulted
In the two accidents.
The line OF cars had reached Cortlandt-st. and
was Just about TO pick UP another ahead when
Frank Furst twenty years old, Of No. 9s5 Third-aVe
tried 70 pass between two Of them. The jolt that
followed meeting propelled the cars forward
and they caught Furst and badly crushed his LETT
leg He was taken to the sidewalk, and a large
crowd quickly gathered. No arrests were made. as
the police thought that the gripmen and conductors
were entirely bameess.
Hardly moment had passed when WORD was car
ried along that another man had been hurt at John
ST. one block distant. The report was found 10 De
correct and the injured man George Roster
cashier for the Gilbert e. Barker Manufacturing
Company OF No So John-st Roster. who lives at
No 7H East Northumberland -thirty-fourth-st
tried TO pass between in the same way
that Furst did He caught in the same man.
ner and his right leg torn from the ankle
nearly 10 the thigh. In spite of the pain ana the
loss Of blood Roster hoped his other foot to the
pavement where number OF citizens ran TO MS alo
A hastily constructed tourniquet stopped the flow
of blood until DR. Bailey. OF the Hudson Street Hos
pital bandaged the wounds. Rosters wounds were
much more severe than Furst's. but he never fai-
tered and submitted TO the ordeal without MUIR
mur Notwithstanding the loss OF blood, he did not
faint but assisted the physicians and policemen IN
dressing his wounds. He removed 10 the nos
pital, whence he was taken to his home
Furst was also removed to the hospital for treat
ment and later sent to his home. The two acct
dents happening within a moment Of one another
caused great excitement among the passersby' and
the streets around the OF the accidents were
crowded with an eager throng which pushed and
showed in it's attempts to get near the sufferers
Officers from the Church-st station were sent to
the place and the crush grew great that reserves
were called out They succeeded in keeping the
crowd within bounds.
The block on the cable itself no more serious
than happens often that line. A strand OF the
was occasoned while the change from the dead
10 the live" cal BILE being made. Finally al
about PAS o'clock, the cars were running on $40"
time and the road. which was blocked from Hous-
ton-st. south. again in running ORDER AS soon
as the first northbound reached the Intersection
of the southern section of the cable, near Cnam
bers-st another delay was caused by the fact that
the cars had 10 be pushed by hand across the spot
As the complete change IN cables was , maui
at 2:55 o'clock the road resumed its usual running
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