New-York tribune., 1900-09-25
ONE KILLED MANY HURT
FATAL COLLISION OF CARS AND BREW
ERY TRUCK
RETIRED GROCER ONE OF THE PAssEN-
GERS. TORN TO PIECEs-A HUNDRED
PEOPLE IN THE SMASH

Third-ave. closed car and a trailer crashed
into wagon of the Henry Elias Brewing Com
pany filed with empty kegs at Nfneteenth-st.
and Third-ave. at $50 o'clock last night when
the cars were filled with people The front car
was demolished. the wagon wrecked. one man
was killed and dozen people were injured.
The dead man was Morris Sternfels, ffty-fve
years Old Of No. 133 East Seventy-fourth-st
a retired grocer. Four OF the injured are Mrs
Ccrwin z. A Leggatt. John \ Luby, Of No.
325 East Fifty-ninth- and a man named
Marion. All but Luby refused their addresses
They were cut and bruised. but went home The
others who were hurt went home in cabs after
three ambulance surgeons from Bellevue Hos
ptta1 had dressed their wounds.
The brewery wagon was going uptown in
charge of Edward A. Frank. twenty-six years
old, Of No. 354 East Fifty -hfth-st Frank
wanted TO turn at Nineteenth-st and he
drove across the tracks just as Car No. 268. in
charge Of z. W. Dwyer. of No. $50 West One
hlndred-and- -thirty-f1rst-st came along It's
fuse had burned out at EIeventh-st and Car
No. i, in charge of Henry Baumann. came up
behind and pushed it along. The speed was
high aud the cara could not be stopped as Frank
turned his team and the collision was inevita-
BILE. Men and women jumped UP as they saw
the car go full speed for the brewery wagon
The kegs in the wagon were thrown this way
and that many being smashed, and some tum-
bled into the car In a front seat was Mr.
Sternfels. He got the full force Of the collision,
and it is believed his death was instantaneous.
He was badly mangled, and after the wreck
was partly cleared away his right foot, which
had been jammed from HIS leg. was found under
a seat. His head hung to his neck by a slender
piece of flesh. and many Of his bones were
broken. All the front part of the car was
crushed, so that It was impossible for him TO
escape.
The cars were Of the pattern with an aisle in
the centre and seats each side. Every win
dow was smashed. and no person escaped being
thrown down. OF the hundred passengers the
majority got out themselves after the collision
but nearly two score had TO be helped by citi-
zens and policemen. a few had to be extricated
from the ruined first car. and these were cut
and bruised. Ambulances were at once sent for
and Drs. O'Neal. NcMinimum and Ryan, OF
Bellevue. hastened to the scene. An impromptu
dispensary was set up, and injuries were dressed
hurriedly.
Half a dozen of the women helped out had
tainted and they were revived only to go into
Mysteries. Those who were unhurt congratu-
lated themselves on their escape.
Frank. the wagon driver. was thrown off his
seat into the street. but although empty beer
kegs fell about him. he was only slightly bruised
Both motormen escaped injury. except for some
bruises. All three were locked up in the East
Twenty-second-st. station.
The collision kept the wrecked cars on the
track for over an hour, and the road was blocked
for an hour and a half. A wrecking crew
worked hard and got the cars in shape so they
could be shunted to the house The wrecked
brewery wagon was shifted to the side Of the
street. The horses were thrown down. but were
not badly hurt.
Mr.. Sternfels's body was taken to the East
twenty-second-st. station, where It was identi-
fed by his brother-in-law. Mr.. SternfeIs was a
member of the Upton Manufacturing Company.
Of Portland, Ore. He to this city few
years ago. after retiring from business He
leaves a widow and son and daughter