The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
HOSE WAGON AND CAR CRASH.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FORCE
DRIVER INTO COLLISION.
Car Didn't Stop al Crossing. Though En-
zine Had Just Passeti-Passenger and
Four F1remen InJured-HOrses Hurt,
TOO-MOtOrinan Tries to ScOOt Away.

In responding to an alarm from Second
avenue and 1O6th street last night shortly
after o'clock, the tender of Fire Engine5s
crashed into the rear of northbound
Madison avenue car at lOeth street, The
four firemen on the tender were thrown
to the street and all were more or less in
jured. The car escaped being wrecked
owing to the GOODNESS of Michael Kelly,
the driver of the tender. An old man, who
was on the rear platform of the car, was
thrown to the street and severely bruised.
None of the other Occupants of the car
was injured.
The tender was following in the wake
of the engine, which cleared the crossing
as the car neared it. How the motornan
came to send the car ahead the police and
fremen are at loss to understand. He
did, however, and Driver Kelly says the
car was going at high rate OF speed when
the tender approached the crossing
Kelly started to turn to the left, or north
ward and in this way might have pre-
vented the collision; but just as he tugged
at the reins he saw four elderly women
waiting in the street for southbound car.
Surrounding them were several little chill
L
turn to the north would result in running
down this group, and he decided to chance
turning to the south.
-Pile off, fellows; we're in for it, he
yelled to Fremen Dennis Curtin, Edward
Murtha and John Christy, who were on the
rear of the tender. They held on, how
ever.
Kelly yanked the horses up and swung
them around from in front of the swiftly
approaching car. Just as the nigh horse
was pulled off the tracks the car sped by.
Kelly had quickly spun the hosecart around
and the rear Of it crashed into the back
platform Of the car
The force of the crash toppled the tender
over and piled it's wreckage on the backs
of the horses The four firemen were
thrown to the street in heap. Driver
Kelly landed beneath the others on his
face and lost three teeth in addition to
being badly cut about the head and face.
Murtha and Christy, received injuries about
with slight bruises.
Alfred Pultz, a seventy year-old man,
was knocked from the rear platform and
sustained scalp wounds and abrasions.
An ambulance was summoned from the
Harlem Hospital, and the surgeon dressed
the wounds of Pultz, who hurried home
before the police could get his address.
Murtha and Christy were taken to the
hospital, where they were attended: then
they left for their quarters. Kelly was too
busy looking after his horses, both Of which
were badly injured, to pay any attention
to the ambulance surgeon.
The car was crowded, and the crash threw
the occupants into a panic. All hands
rushed for the doors. The motorman,
Herbert Judge, thought it best to get away
and started the car northward. He had
not gone far when Fireman Curtin. who
wasn't much injured, leaped to the plat
form like cat and knocked the motorman
from the controller. The car was brought
to a stop, and Curtin held on to the motor
man until Policeman Prctorius ran up
and placed Judge under arrest He was
locked up in the Fast i04th street station
The fire to which the men were respond
ing was in the saloon of Joseph Leon, at
326 East 10th street. The saloon was Quilted
and about 81 500 damage done. Engine
5s. minus its tender full of hose and four
tiicmen, was in bad shape to fight flames
when it arrived at the fire. Engines SO and
IS arrived safely and between them enough
hose and men were supplied to enable
Engine SIS to get busy.