New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
CAR BOLTS INTO A HOUSE.
HAD DASHED DOWN STEEP INCLINE AT
YONKERS.
FRONT OF COTTAGE AND FURNITURE
IN RECEPTION ROOM SMASHED
ONLY TWO OF MANY PAS
SENGERS INJURED.

trolley car loaded with passengers last night
dashed at a terrific speed down a steep incline
in Yonkers. jumped the track at a curve and
ploughed Its way through the wall Of house.
The continued going until II almost filled the
reception room of the house The passengers
and crew had a remarkable escape. only two re-
ceiving injuries slight The accident was
caused by the brake chain parting.
The car, open one, in charge of Will
lam Humphreys. motorman. and Harry Hobert
conductor. In Park-ave. there is steep hill
about three blocks long When the motorman
started to descend 1t at $40 p. he applied the
brake gradually, and had control for about a
hundred feet. Then the chain parted and the
brake refused TO work. The car instantly bound
ed ahead. and before the bottom of the decline
was reached was going like railroad train. All
the passengers many OF whom were women
stuck to their seats. because they did not dare
move, as the car swayed dangerously.
PUT ON BRAKE TOO LATE.
When within fifty feet of the bottom Of the
hill Humphreys signalled to the conductor to
apply the rear brake Hobert grasped the
handle and Just the reached sharp
curve he put the brake down with all his
strength. But 1t too late. The car jumped
the track and went straight for the home Of
Mrs. 7. W. Betz, at No. no Ashburton-ave..
jumping the curbstone The rear brake did not
materially check the speed. The car sped into
the front yard. and banged against the front Of
the house. 1t pushed the wall in. and the for
ward end Of the car rumbled over the reception
room floor, tearing the carpet and smashing the
furniture all sides.
After entering about ten feet the car stopped
and the passengers assisted to get out.
some stepping into the dining room and others
into the front yard Nobody was hurt except
young named Thomas Hitchcock OF
lola -hdv aH1trr rha saN and
hands, and the motormar who received a slight
cut on the cheek. Hitchcock attended by a
neighboring physician The hood OF the car
was smashed and doubled over. but the DASH
board not damaged. The front and rear
windows were broken
TORE AWAY FRONT OF HOUSE
The car carried away bay window and two
side windows OF the house. II tore out almost
the entire front part of the house
Mrs. Belts. her daughter Mrs Albert Arnoldt:
Mr.. Arnoldt small child and two servants
were in the basement dining room at supper
tered the plaster from the walls in all direc-
lions. They rushed out OF the basement door 20
the street Miss Belts falling in faint in the hall
way. Mrs. Belts said afterward that they first
thought an earthquake had occurred Her loss
thing in 1t were rendered useless Even the
pictures were knocked from the walls and
ruined.
SEVERAL WOMEN TAINTED.
number Of women tainted after being assist
ed from the car A colored woman with q baby
In her arms sitting in the first seat with
her back TO the motorman The sudden Jolt
threw the child to the floor from her lap. and
forced her over the seat il front of where she
sitting.
Wreckers were sent to the scene but were
unable to remove the imprisoned car. IL VIII
have to be chopped 10 pieces II was fortunate
that Mrs. Belts and her family were late at sup
per as they use the front room as a sfterag
room and If they had been there they would
all have been killed.
The incline where the accident occurred has
always been dreaded by passengers