New-York tribune., 1905-11-08
|. FITZGERALD, ,JR., KILLED.
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ing as the horse for less than one hour after
ward kind friends were gathering around Mr.
Fitzgerald's mangled body.
The races at Nrvana were over just before D
O'clock and the spectators hurried to the sta
tion in traps and automobiles to catch the 5:1o
train. Mr.. Fitzgerald did not take convey
ance but walked Therefore, by the time he
arrived at the station the NeW-York train was
due and the platform thronged with gay
crowd from the races Most of those who were
acquainted with Great Neck knew that the
eastbound train for Manhasset and Port Wash
ington would pull up to the platform before the
New-York train started and guard.
Owing to the crowd, however there was con-
siderable confusion
The train for New-York pulled in on time on
the track next to the platform, and the people
began to crowd aboard. There was much
noise that few heard the eastbound train ap-
preaching on the outside track. Finding the
steps clogged on the platform side, Mr. Fitz-
gerald ran around the end of the New-York
train with the intention of boarding IT from the
other side. Scarcely had he stepped on the
eastbound track when the engine was on him.
He was knocked down and the wheels of the en-
CINE and first car passed over him before the
train stopped Both legs were cut off and the
whole body was horribly mangled and disflg-
ured What Mr.. Fitzgerald did was most
natural thing Within three years there have
been several other fatal accidents. as areaoy
stated. There have been many complaints made
to the railroad company. but the road has UP to
the present time refused to change its schedule
SO that the east and west bound trains VIII pass
at some other point than directly in front Oh
the Great Neck station
News Of the accident was at once sent to Nlr-
vana and Mr. Brokaw, accompanied by MI
Childs and Payne Whitney. hastened 70 tne saa,
n y-Q
was granted to remove the body to the nome OF
General Louis Fitzgerald at 3oth-st ana Lex
dead man were communicated with, and prepa-
ratons were made to send the body TO New
York on special train tonight
which Mr. Fitzgerald tried to board learned or
the accident just as the train was pulling away
from the station, but did not know who had
been killed.
In addition to riding Tiger Lily at the Nirvana
races Mr. Fitzgerald had the mount on CRU
sader in the second race. but failed to finish
among the first three horses. The dead man was
a prominent member of the Westchester Hunt
and the Meadow Brook Hunt, and was known
among the New-York hunting set as fearless
and clever rider He had been riding for the
last eight years. He was twenty-five years old
He was a graduate OF Columpla, WIleFe he was
prominent oarspan.
Louis Fitzgerald. jr., was also member OF
the New-York Racquet and Tennis CLUB and
was an all around athlete. He lived at the diff
ferent clubs of which he was member and
also at the country place of the family Eagles
Rest, at Garrison, n. Y.
The danger of the Great Neck station is all
too well known to residents Of this village.
Last year Reginald Gignoux, the son of Charles
c. Cfignoux. one of the most promising young
men of the place, killed by train under
conditions similar to the present
General Louis Fitzgerald, the father of the
dead man, is ex-president of the Mercantile
Trust Company. The legislative committee
which is investigating insurance has been trying
to get hold of General Fitzgerald for some time,
as the committee believes he can throw consid-
erable light on the famous yellow dog account
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Cen
eral Fitzgerald is an ex-director of the Equita-
BILE The house of General Fitzgerald, at o5th-
St and Lexington-ave., has been closed for some
time Last night only the servants were there
and they refused to say when the body was ex-
pected, or to admit the knowledge of his
death. -
The body arrived at Long Island City at $50
o'clock last night W. Gould Brokaw. who took
charge of the body after the accident at
Great Neck, brought the body to Long Island
City where It met by the dead man s
brother and taken at to the Fitzgerald
home at 34th-st. and Lexington-ave-