The sun., 1901-10-31

wind. Tlss SIX men wers to-sed into the
cir and 90 was the machine. Three OF
sisAin VI, E = fsw feet sp q sse % arsss sao One vas
pitched along In the direction Of the engine
and laid beside tbs track some littls way
toward the station. The two others we're
hurled nearly a hundred feet over into
field south OF ths railroad tracks aud
east of the highway. All were knocked
few feet east OF tho roadway the raised
platform Of the railroad station begins
and extends eastward along the tracks.
South OF this platform the land falls away
10 q low n,eadow-into which the two men
nom falling into this Oppression the rail
road company has built a fence consist
Ing Of beams sIsn inches, set into posts
inches In diameter. The automoob9
was lifted by the locomotive over the raised
platform and sent banging through this
beam fence. II tore away the fence Tor
distance u twenty or thirty feet, up
roofing one Of tho post,
The obstruction Of the heavy bennr.
however. with the weight Of the machine.
arrested its flight. and II dived down into
the meadow land beside the platform per-
hap- fifty or sixty feet from the point where
II had been struck That Is. what there
was left Of IL pitched into the earth there.
Both wheels on the left hand side had been
dsmolished. the front had been smashed IA
and the battery put out Of business, the
apparatus along the bottom had been
turned askcw. the front seat had been CON
yerted into kndhns wood and thrown
In spliL,ersfen or twenty yards further on,
the top front had been swept away. and the
left hand portion Of tie rear seat had been
carried ahead by the locomotive. which
released II when the locomotive itself was
brought 90 a stop some hundreds Of yards
down the line The woodwork Ia the
steering wheel was broken out, but the
metal remained and the wheel stood up
over the wrecksge like broken mast above
the wreck Of a ship.
The condition of the machine will show
what q marvellous escape the occupants
OF II had, and indicates, too, that had not
the turn been made at the instant ~ was
the engine would have struck the automp-
bile broadsda on In which case IL would
appear that the occupants would inevitably
have been killed Mr. Gerrie. when be-
had recovered con-Ciousncss, said that
had Fournier instead Of trying to make
tho turn left the machine 20 its course
and jumped for his own life, everybody
In the machine would have been smashed
Nv the engine. Mr.. Everall also credits
he party's escape To this turn, which
fournier says that he made because IN the
time at his disposal he could do absolutely
nothing else; he could not even uss the
reversing lever. Mr.. Everall says that
he saw the engine In time TO jump but
that just as he struck the ground the auto
mobile, propelled 10y the engine, knocked
him down. The people who saw him
thought beyond any doubt that he went out
OF the vehicle at the common impulse
which hoisted his comrades into the air.
Mr.. 0errie says that he himself hadn't
time to rise from his seat after NJ saw
Evcrall get up aud heard the ciy that there
was n locomotive coming, hef,ro he was
knocked out of the machine AID out of
consCi ousIsess
The two men hurted into the field were
Mr.. Fullerton and Batchelder. MIR Fuller
ton either struck on his head or hiS head
was hit 10y one Of the broken pieces Of the
machine. The others all recovered con
sciousness soon, but he had not wholly
recovered IL up TO midnight fournler
only complained Of swollon and pain
ful ankle, which last night wa said To H.
a sprain Of the foot Curiously enough
II was overall who sat behind Fournl"r
and Lewis who sat behind Fullerton. who
were IN" least injured while Fullerton. who
sat In the middle of the front seat was tho
most badly injured
Seishborr fastened 20 tho scene. and
dispatches were sent Ia Long Island city,
and nearby physicians were telephoncd
for DR. Mann OF Whcatlcy Hills Dr Rave
Of Hicksville. DIR skinner Of Mineola and
and In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. foxhall
Keene. who were driving la the vicinity.
catse up and assisted In caring for the In
jured men, who were laid upon blankets
on the PLATFORM IN n hOtel across tne way
and In a freight car which was standing
there. Later Mrs Harry Payne Whitney
drove over.
The Long Island Railroad sent out a
hospital car from Long Island City With
DIR Valentine. its surgeon. and all OF the
injured men were taken aboard. Mr..
Fullerton Gerrie and Batchelder were
taken to the Nassau Hospital at Mineola.
when. Dr Valentine turned them over to
DIR Ianehart. who 10 at the head % the
institution a. surgeon. The hospital WAS
lately tho recipient Of t7coo gift from
Mrs Clarence Mackay and it has been
supported In part also by +. ID Morgan.
Mrs o II y Belmont and others, who
have homes In the vicinity II was o~tah-
lishcd only wear ago, but already has
out grown itS quarters and has served
NOR. than once a. timely relief IN the cas's
of some serious accidents which have
occurred iu the neighborhood
Dr lan"hRrt was Obliged 20 trephine
Mr. Ful-rton's skull. and he said late last
evening that Mr.. Fullerton was doing very
We'll and that he hoped for th" best results
There was every reason 90 h'lievo. he said,
tha, tho patient would recover, but u Cpuld
not h. said positively vet Mr. Fullerton
SEEMED to recognize some % his family.
hut he had not altogether recovered CON
sciousne~s. He was the only one on whom
AN anG-thctic was used. Both G"rrie
and Batchelder, DR. IAnehart said, wcro
also doing well Mr. FounieT was CON
fined 20 his bed at the Hotel Martin last
ming hv the condition % his foot.