New-York tribune., 1900-07-11

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Hospital
wAPE Miss MsEy Of the MsgdsleP M 5 Hone One 0asngP- sun
fering from shock; taken neighboring store
wHEI4AN Mrs. Margaret forty-hve years old, of One
hundred and and Broadway. suffering
from shock: taken TO store, then called cab and
driven home.
The accident was the result of a runaway car,
No. n. OF the heavy eight-wheel closed cars
Of the Third-ave line that got beyond the con-
troll of the motOrnan at the top of the steep hill
in Amsterdam-ave running from One-hundred-
and-thirty- TO One-hundred- and
twenty -fifth-st. The car, in charge of William
z. Hammond, motorrnan. of No. 223 East Nine
ty-sixth-st, and Thomas Maxwell conductor, of
No. 552 West Thirty-nnth-st., had just dis
charged its last passenger at Northumberland
thirty-eighth-st It is customary for the cars to
proceed slowly down the long. steep hill. At the
foot Of the hill, about e-hundred- -and-twenty-
seventh-st-, stood cars No. 412 and No &c. the
former being an open car, and the latter one of
the heavy closed ones
When No. II had reached e-hundred-and-
thirtieth-st. the motorman of Car No 412 saw
the danger. He shouted to the twenty passen-
gers his car, most Of whom were women,
Jump for your lives!"
At the same time he ran around to the sides
Of the and assisted many of the elderly
to spare. Some of the passengers standing on
the side rail when the runaway car struck No
412 were hurled into the street Car No 4l2
was jammed forward into the rear platform of
Car No. 30. which was standing about twelve
feet IN 'front.' In this car were about dozen
passengers. They escaped all injury by running
out of the front door Of the and jumping to
the street when they heard the shouts of those
on No. 412, Hammond ran back through his
car and jumped of the rear platform. He
capped injury. Maxwell the conductor also
a he naN re-
ceiving a cut over the right eye.
Car. No. 4l2, which was caught between the
runaway and No. 36, completely demol-
ished. So great was the force of the shock
# was shortened at least eight feet being
?armed right together. The roof Of the-car was
broken and bent upward IN the middle The
force split the car almost in two its entire
length. Both front and platforms were
crushed into kindling wood, and about the only
things unbroken were the wheels and steel axles.
The crash took place directly in front of the
quarters of Engine Company No IS Assistant
Foreman Kennehan. Engineer Convoy Firemen
Blair, Whelan, ONiel, Rice and MahOn, to-
gether with Policeman Collins, stationed at
One e-hundred-and-tw -twenty-fft and Amster-
dem-ave, rushed to the scene Of the wreck.
whelan at to the ]. Hood Wright Hos
pital and summoned ambulGnces, while the
others together with several citizens who were
near by, attended to the injured and those who
had been knocked down and stunned. With the
exception OF Mrs. Klug and Mrs Whelan. the
injured were carried into the engine house and
attended TO until they were taken TO the hos
Dital There were several of the assengers
who injured slightly by pieces Of flying
timbers. These were patched up by DTs. Ogivie
and Adams from the hospital, and then went
TO their homes, refusing TO give their names.
Conductor Levine Of Car No. SO, also ped
narrowly. He was collecting fares when he first
perceived the danger. He then warned his pas
sengeTs and they all jumped Levine stuck to
his car until the last passengers were out. Had
he remained q moment longer he might have
been killed.
Those injured and taken to the hospital all
left that institution after having their wounds
dressed, with the exception Of James Smith, who
WIS the most severely injured Of all.
The streetcar line officials who appeared on
the scene refused to make any statement to
the probable cause Of the accident The damage
done TO the three cars is placed at $500.
Hammond and Maxwell were arrested by De-
tective Enright, Of the West One -hundred-and-
tWenty-ffth-st. station, and arraiened before
Magistrate Flammer in the Harlem court, who
paroed them in custody Of their counsel until
Friday. whom they viii have examination.