New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-29
EPSTEIN SAVES WOMAN.
Assists Her from Cab Just Before
1t Is Wrecked.

Az the risk Of being seriously injured, Deputy
Police Commissioner Ebstein rescued young
and fashionably dressed woman last night She
was the occupant OF a carriage that was
wrecked by a southbound sixth-ave. surface car
az Thirty-ainth-st.
The carriage which being drawn by two
horses was crushed against pillar OF the eie-
waited road. The young woman heard the SHOUTS
OF the rnotornan before the car struck the car
riage and opened the door. Deputy CoInilH-
sioner Ebstein. who was the sidewalk. rusneo
10 the door and dragged the young woman OUT
3ust as the car demolished the vehicle.
The driver OF the carriage. John St george
Of No 305 West Twenty-fourth-st-. was 1Ilro"ii
about twenty-five feet and received possi.'e
fracture Of the skull. He was hurried 10 the
New-York Hosvital. where the physicians "e'e
unable TO bring him back TO consciousness.
II was learned that st. George. who Is q ol.Ne
FOR II A Ross. a livery stable keeper, a. 80
ia West Thirty-second-st. had been hired Oy
- ,,o,,,, woman TO drive her from the Grand
Central Station down Sixth-ave his paS9e''b
.o,a him that she did not know the number Oh
,ba house where she wanted TO go. but couio
-ecosnfze IL He was told, Therefore, TO 0iAN0
down the avenue until she ordered nm 10 sup
s.. George drove 70 Sixth-ave. and then 'uIleo
south. Ii is not known exactly now the accl-
dent occurred, but Deputy Commissioner Eo-
stein gave the following account OF what ne
saw:
I was walking on the west side Of the avenue;
and the carriage just abreast ca ny, -.
earv the driver turn his horses so that theg
would cross the tracks TO the other sac sllu
the same tine ] heard the violent rlhsIlls "a
q car bell and the shouts OF the lhoto iT,,
when turned around saw Ihat a consul s.
between the car and the carriage was LeN "a
HE I had no idea that there was any one IA.
side the carriage until / saw 'ne cooi - 49,
and a woman in 4 white hat look Out hS-i
szins that she would probably De hurl 80 "a
% her 20 lump. at the same time ruhHlLLe -
tba carriage door she jumped just as sot
there and half fell into my arms We -
escaped being struck by the fragments Q. Clt
carriage that few all around as the car soruCh
e. ] regard the escape OF the young MOlli'' -
nothing short Of miraculous.
The Commission helped the haf-fainting
woman TO drug store and Police Surgeon
nor,e, Dopovan. OF No. 46 East One-hundred-
end-sixth St. who had been walking with MI
r-,e.e,- attended her. He found that she was
suffering only from a severe shock. and pre-
scribed restoratives. In a few minutes me
young woman arose and said she would con-
tinue 10 her destination on foot. She aosoiuIeiy
refused to reveal her identity.
81. George was found LYING among some OF
the remains Of his carriage, unconscious he
had been thrown clear across the tracks TO the
east side OF the avenue. and his head had struck
the asphalt pavement. Underneath his head
rvas p big pool OF blood. and it was thought at
FIRST that he had been killed. DR.. Miller, OF the
Nevv-Yorl Hospital. said that the driver was
severely injured. The horses attached TO the
os-riaee were severely cut, and were taken 10
a Veterinary surgeon The carnage We
the gutter. only the pole Of the carriage re-
NAMED whole.