New-York tribune., 1902-10-27


The most seriously injured
severely cut on the head face and hands.
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ARTHUR James No us New Main 81 Yonler5 badly
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severely cut on the head. face and hands.
BAILEY. Miss wnona entire left side cut:
euts Ss from ayins glass OF bruises and ''"a''
CALLAHAN, Miss Katie. orehard-s. Yonkers severely
sprained sack She has number u bruises having
been found pinned under the car Dr. Pierce who
tion from the shock her injuries
EscHER F; L.. Of this city. bad wounds the arms
GENABocK; Harry. Of this city bad wounds the
MCLINTocK; Miss Merle. Of Mount Vernon. face split
open TO the bone from the nose the back of the i
badly bruised.
@ and 5sd a s5 ad TSPs shoc bad wounds on the
oBES M Miss ss3d Ma%s Of @ YopssTs bad wounds the
chin; ear and hands badly cut.
The injured were all passengers in the trolley
car. while the occupants Of the automobile andt
the motorman OF the car escaped without al
scratch. despite the fact that the auto was
hurled to one side and the car jumped the
tracks and turned completely over.
The injured We're carried in other cars to the i
residences Of several physicians. and eight were
taken TO st. Johns Hospital including the three
worst injured. The injuries consisted princf-
pally of cuts and bruises heads and arms
| One woman has her face split open from herr
nose back over the ear to the back of her head.
and the top half Of her ear is missing. One
man has his face split from the forehead to the
| chin. while others have their faces cut and
| bruised in various ways. Had the car turned I
/ TO the west instead OF the east. 1t would have
| gone over an embankment upon the tracks OF.
the New York Central and Hudson River Rail-l
road Company.
| CROSSES TWICE IN FRONT OF CAR :,
The accident happened in warburton-ave.,
| the speedway between Yonkers and Hastings
There is long level stretch of asphalt and ma
cadam roadway. about five miles in length. used
almost exclusively by all the traffic going north
| from Yonkers- 1t is especially in demand by
| automobirsts. and hardly one can resist the
temptation to speed. Only one hill is met in the
whole stretch, one about two hundred feet in
/ length. at the rear OF the residence of Samuel
/ Untermeyer-
/ a trolley car in charge OF Thomas Moreland.
conductor. and Joseph Mcgee. motorman. ierr
/ fcS Hastings loaded with passengers at . p m
! AT Glenwood-ave. long. heavy Winton auto
| mobile with two men and two women in it
! crossed the track directly IN front of the car.
barely escaping collision Again at Arthur-st
the performance was repeated. evidently 70 the
i great delectation Of the occupants of the auto
| mobile BY the time the hill back of Inter
meyers had been reached the passengers had
/ dropped of the car until only about twenty -nve
were left. At the brow of the hf1 the machine
was again noticed. only about one hundred feet
| in front of the car and the motorman. profiting
nv, his prevfors two experiences braced himself
/ for more trouble The gong kept ringing
| violently and the car cautiously closed the gap
/ between it and the automobile
| THE CAR STRIKES THE AUTOMOBILE
| When the car was almost abreast OF the ma
/ chine the driver Of the automobile suddenly
swerved to the left and crossed the track with
| in five feet of the car Before the motorman
| couId check the car It had struck the rear OF
/ the automobile and before any one had tima-
10 move the car was lying across the sidewalk
| on it's side with its passengers screaming from
| fright and pain. The automobile was thrown
violently to the opposite side OF the street. butt
quickly righted itself. The mOtornan and con-
ductor were both thrown OFF the car. and
Quickly picking themselves up started to renders
| vbat assistance they could The passengers
| were helped out Of the doorways at the ends
Of the car. and one who was apparently nooI
much injured. sent TO a neroy mouse toN
| inform the police and hospitals.
In a few minutes another car bound for Yon-,
| kers approached the scene of the accident ana
the injured passengers were placed In It, ON thsi
way the police patrol wagon and the ambulance
from St Johns Hospital were met. and some
of the more seriously injured were transferred
to the ambulances
PASSENGERS DENOUNCE OCCUPANTS
Meanwhile the automobile had stopped after
going some distance. and the driver and anotherl
man alighted. They returned to the scene of the
accident The police arrived at about this tinne.,
and promptly placed the driver under arrest He
gave his name as ". B. Raymond, and his adj
( dress as No $50 Eighth-ave, Manhattan When
the occupants of the automobile saw tnat the
driver had been arrested they left the spot with
! all speed The driver refused 70 disclose the
/ names of his companions. but sent word to them
| through a Yonkers man who called on him later
at police headquarters
of the car at the residences of various physi-
clans along WarburtOn- ave, eight OF the most
where DR.. George r. Pirie attended them Or.
C. A Miles attended the three bOys-George.
James and William Arthur.
/ All the passengers who were seen after their
Injuries had been attended to. were unanimous
in their denunciation of the occupants of the
automobile Miss O'Brien sat near the front OF
the car and says she the automobile pass
in front of the car three times. The third time
IL was struck She distinctly remembers hear
ing the bell rung and says the motOrman was
entirely blameleSs.
DRIVER DENIES CROSSING TRACK.
Raymond when seen at Police headquarters.
stated that he did not cross the track at all.
II was running along. side the track" he said.
and did not cross at all. / had no idea the
car was so close 10 me. and heard no warning
bell The first I knew was when the car struck
my machine in the rear and tore off my mud
guard and tire. Ny machine was hurled 20 one
side but righted quickly. After going some
distance I managed TO stop il and with my
companion returned to render all the assistance
, / could When / saw that we were TO be ar
rested / sent my companion of post haste with
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