The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-10

Train Standing at I4pth ~. station Was
Fun or strap Hangers -Notorman OF
Train Behind Says II Showed No Rear
Iights-Great Crowd on Platform
Also Hhen smashiny OF Glass Grinding
of Tlmbers and Screams OF Trapped
Passengers Spread Dlsmay--One or
Two Men Who Keep Their Heads Help
I'm Rescue Work-Pollce get Names Of
"a Injured. OF whom One VIM Die.
A crowded West Farms train Of the Second
avenue elevated line which was discharg-
ing passen gers at the station a 14oth street
and Third avenue. in The Bronx was struck
by the train running behrd it at e:l0 o'clock
last evening One man was injured so
badly that the doctors believed he would
die and thirty or forty persons were hurt
less seriously The police got the names Of
twenty-four Of the injured, a majority OF
whom were taken to the Lebanon Hospital.
Many more were treated in drug stores and
went home without giving their names.
Following is the list Of injured:
nLoss. CHARLES SIS Trinity avenne. cl1t1sloai
Attended AMI went honc
DEssELswNCE. HARRY. III Tilri avenue. scalp
wounds: to Leoanol HoIptsL
EaMoSs. WALTER conductor. iire PARK avenue
both legs spnlucl and eon;uslonx ireltet and
taken home.
GREyE. HESRT. 1898 Commons sweet West
chester contIslons treated at Lebanon HaSptA
and ia.er rem5ysi - his hJn,.
H,RNsrApr. Mrs, ASSIs. iisth street AMI Norris
Parl avenue. coallsols a1l sIo,u alielisi AMI
sent home
HANS. M,arIS. $50 East iscl stree: c91tusluax
attended All taken hons.
HoLr. THOMAS, Eighth avenue and Avenue u
lFnl0npor; c51tudons OF b1ly. - i.ebanoi Hos
pital.
HUGHES. MARTIN $40 East issd street eonluslons
and shOcX: treated and seat home
KuSz, CuARLEs, 5s8 Robbins avenue internal
Injuries and shock. taken to Lebanon Hospital
KUSz HENRY. same address. rgnt loot crisnet
taken 10 Lebanon Hospital.
MTEHAN. JOSEPH, ga Wales avenue: coniusloaS
attended and taken hone
AERz, SAMUEL. 1891 Washington sveane; Goa
tusions: attended and sent homo.
MzrRs. GsoR1E, $50 Washing on avenas; con'
tusions: attended and sent home.
NAudHrox, AAsrIs, 2i3 ProIpsct Rvelu.. cutB
nnd oon,aS!o1s; attended AMI seat hons.
QUINN. JAMES. 20l5 Hunnewsll avenue con-
tuslons: attended and sent home.
RAHKRL. GEoRuE. 057 Eagle avenue; cuts about
face ana body, attended aud sent hons.
SALrKa. FaASK. i1l Washington avenue. Mount
Vernon: c)ntuslons. attended an 4 sent nom-.
ScHLogssEn HESRr. go Unoa ayenu:. cuts
about face aad head, taken to Lebanon Hospital
SrHwE1E. GEoRGK, 9H East 1850 strcet. c1n-
tusions attended AMI sent home.
SULLIVAN. FRANK. Hist street and Washington
avenue: cantus!ons. attended and sen, home.
TERzsNuER, PETER. nreman Of Engine Com
pany y; lacerated night ear and face: taken 70
Lebanon Hospital
Week. MORGAN. 27a1 cambrellnz avenue CON
tusions add shocN takea TO Lebanon Hospital.
YoUNo, WILLIAM H. 1870 Beech avenue: con-
tpsioas; treated at Lebanon Hospital and removed
to his home.
ZrSooRA vlcronio s4s, Crrston avenue. com.
pound fracture OF the skull. internal injuries and
shock: taken 10 Lebanon Hospital not expected
to recover
The place where the accident occurred is
where Willis avenue intersects Third avenue
the two streets forming an open space OF
considerable area which is brilliantly ilu-
minated 10y arc lights.
IN THE RUSH HOUR.
The accident. occurring just at the worst
part of the rish hours blocked the north
bound track on Third avenue from 14eth
street clear down over the Harlem
Bridge TO I'D street. II was not until
$40 that this blockade was raised and
by that time most of the stalled trains
had been deserted.
The i4oth street station where the aoci-
dent happened il the busiest station Of The
Bronx 1t is where the Second avenue
trains branch of the Third avenue line
TO run over the new elevated portion OF the
subway system UP Westchester avenue
to West Farms. This junction is just
north OF tho station. Passengers are trans
ferred from north and southbound trains,
and four lines OF trolley cars transfer TO
the elevated also at this point. The station
platform is between the two tracks and is
almost a block long When the accident
happened there were over 400 people on
this platform.
The train that was struck consisted OF
seven cars Each of these had the usua
rush hour crowd OF sitters and strap hang
ers When it stopped. the rear car was
just at listh street
According 20 eye witnesses. the train had
been standing but few seconds, just long
enough to let or al those Who were going
10 ge. out and was about to take on a crowd
Of people from the platform when the
crash came.
SAW TRAIN COMING.
Among those on the platform WI srs
just about to take the train w.. ..ounds-
man hAi0lltl u illb I-lAaiAAlbt HAitti
and Roundsman Bolton OF Headquarters.
They were going to get into the third car.
Falconer stopped to let woman go ahead
Of him. A he did So the woman turnsd
and looked down toward tho rear cars.
She gave scream. The policeman looked,
end 80 did many in the crowd that was on
the platform.
They saw that the train behind. which
had just come around the curve at lfbth
street, was not showing any indication OF
coming 70 O stop and that a collision was
inevitable. Hardly had they time 20 notice
this before the crash came.
The noise Of the collision was heard for
blocks The whole Of the waiting train
was violently jerted ahead. The smash
ing OF glass and the cracking aud splinter
$500 NIAGARA FALLS RETURN.
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