New-York tribune., 1901-01-31
MAD RACE OF CABLE CARS
EXPRESS WAGON WRECKED AND MANY
PEGSOAS INJURED.
THREE TsNIN TO HOSPITALS IN A sERI
OTS CCNDITION-GRIPMAN LOST
ALL CONTROL.

-Four persons were seriously and many Others
slightly injured in a collision on the Lexington
ave branch Of the Metropolitan Street Railway
lire soon after O'Clock last night Those seri-
ously injured are:
Thirty fth leg broken in three places
Taken 20 Flower Hospital
FINN Miss NJ twen,y-eiEht years old Of No 1883
bo5y Taken home in cab o' the
EEIEEMFRw u M west Thons g sPtyes, Sd
head and body. Taken Bellevue Hospital
PoLAsKI SADIE fifteen years ears old Of No l,74e Lexins
juries Taken Flower Hospital.
Among those slightly injured and who went
:lame arr:
HFT 5a@ easS oa Of 70 Gf "a f sss s'sF 5f5sB
o'coNNoR. Edward J. and brother Harry. Of No. -
sutton Place. cuts face and hands.
ROTH o Of So s4 d East Pe Nnsy S5ts[ @fs
St shock and cuts on face.
scToNCE1'T Augusta, Of No. 229 East Eighty-second-
sTEIN. Mono, No I54 East seventeentt-st.; shock
The accident is believed 10 have been caused
nv the parting of the cable. Car No 101, in
charge of William H. Vigar. of No. 115 East
one-hundredth-st., the gripman had just started
north from Thrty-fourth-s A few hundred
feet from the starting place the car made
sudden lurch and started ahead rapid pace
VICAR tried 10 apply his brakes. but they were
of no avail. Between Thirty-ffth and Thirty
sixth sts. the runaway car dashed into Car No.
I64 in charge of George Parker. Of No 1.3SS
Park-ave gripman The two cars became
locked together. and although Parker tried TO
tighten his brakes he could do nothing TO
slacken the speed of his car and of No. 101,
which was pushing il along.
The passengers Of both cars realized by this
time that something unusual had occurred. and
became greatly excited. The men who were on
The rear platform either jumped or fell 10 the
nayement and many women were prevented
from taking the same risk by other male pas
sengers. At Thirty-eighth-st. Car No. l64 struck
an Adams Express Company wagon, drawn by
two horses. and dri. en- by Richard Sullivan, OF
No 800 East Forty-sixth-st., accompanied by
his helper. Michael Hurley, Of No. 507 West
F9orrv-niurh-st The car upset the vehicle, and
threw its contents. about three IONS Of small
packages, in all directions. Sullivan was pitched
from his seat and landed on tie back Of one OF
his horses and then fell 10 the pavement He
escaped with slight injuries. Hurley was riding
in the rear Of the wagon on the packages. He
pitched 10 the pavement. but escaped in
jury
Both cars continued On their run. and at Thir-
ty-ninth-st. struck Car No. 3l4. in charge Of
Emil Weltzer, Sripman Of No. IJo Thrd-ave-,
and John Hardigan. conductor. of No. 2}3 East
Fifty-sNth-st.. driving it ahead rapidly. The
3orce Of the collision broke several psnes of
glass WeltZer tried to stop the car. but was
unable 10 do so until he reached Fifty-fourth-
IN the mean time the starter al Thirty
fourth-st had telephoned 10 the power house,
and the cable had been stopped.
Patrolman Cooley, Of the East Fifty-first-st.
station, and Bicycle Policeman Law. who were
al FIfty-fOurth-st. when Car No. 314 was
stopped, telephOned TO Flower Hospital for an
ambulance surgeon. and DR.. Phillips took the
Dalling woman and the Polaski girl u the hos
pital. kelleher was q passenger on Car No. 164,
standing on the rear platform He was thrown
10 the pavement by the force Of the collision.
Miss Flynn was a passenger on Car No 10l.
After the express wagon had been overturned
the sidelights exploded and set fire TO several of
the small packages and the vehicle. Several
policemen, with the aid Of few pals OF water
extlnguished the flames before much damage
had been done.
Several OF the residents on LexIngton-ave
near Thirty-eighth-st- fearing that many Of the
passengers had been seriously injured threw
open their houses and invited the policemen TO
brlnS IN the wounded Kelleher while being
assisted 10 a drug store by Roundsman Brady
OF the broadway Squad, fell to the pavement
ana had TO be carried Mrs William Laffen
VINO lives near by, invited the roundsman TO
bring the injured man into her house He was
taken TO the drug store. and few minutes later
10 the hospital
No lOi, the first one Of the runaways. had its
render and dashboard broken: Car No l64 had
several panes Of glass smashed. and had its rear
dashboard broken: Car No :;l4 had several Of
ITS windows smashed. Traffic on the unroyyn
track OF the line was at a standstiu for several
hours. a.