The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-14
CAR HITPIRE TRUCK; oNEDEAD
WILLIAM DAYTON rs CRUSHED
AGAINST ELEVATED PILLAR.

Company No. .. Answering an Alarm
Turned In "Tor Fun" BY Young Man.
10 struck II thirteenth street and
Third Avenuc-Many Receive Hurts.
Just a. they got to Third avenue Lieut.
Sherlock saw q trolley car coming rapidly
from the south. II wasn't moro than thirty
feet from the truck then, and the motorman
was whirling the brake desperately.
Tho car was damned with passengers.
who saw that an accident was imminent
They we're all on their feet women scream
Ing and trying to Jump, men holding them
and trying to calm them.
Mangles, Knecht and Roach saw the car
az quickly as tho Lieutenant and jumped
and yelled to them. Tho men on the left
side didn't SEQ II, and Sherlock's warning
came too late.
The men Of Fire Truck 8 turned out Of
their house, at los East Thirteenth street,
Last night at $50 O'Clock, responding to an
Seventh street.
Lieut.. Sherlock, in command Of the COM
pany, sent the truck east In Thirteenth
street as fast as the horses could gallop.
Tillerman Haupt was driving, Firemen
Heating, Barry and Dayton were on the
loft side footboard and Manglee, Knecht
and Roach were on the right, every one
clinging tight as the truck went tearing
through the street.
The car. going still at good speed, hit
the truck just back Of the front wheels.
jamming it against an iron pillar OF the
elevated structure with terrific force.
Fireman William Dayton was caught be-
tween the truck and the pillar and was
crushed. He died instantly.
Barry and Heating. who were on the
footboard In front OF Dayton, were thrown
headlong to the street and escaped death
by the narrowest margin. Both were
severely bruised and cut
Tillerman Haupt was banged against his
steering wheel and hurt in the abdomen.
Sherlock, on the 'turntable. was thrown of
the truck but landed like cat on his feet
and escaped injury.
The impact OF the collision was 80 great
that the ,eirders Of the elevated road were
the fore part and a couple Of ladders were
broken, The trolley car bounded back
ward and went OF the track at right angles.
with the front platform crushed In. All
that saved the motorman, Christian Res
muss Of 557 West Fifty-Arst street, was the
blow He was bruised, but was not seri-
ously hurt.
The passengers, particularly the women,
were In panic. At the instant OF the
collision many Of them started to jump.
station, Brooklyn. wlo was on the front
seat OF the car. seized two women and
prevented them from throwing them
selves into the street. Carson was hurled
against the front Of the car and hurt about
Mrs. Annie Ricorda Of 7os Eleventh ave-
nue., who was In the second seat had baby
In her arms. She held tightly to the baby
when the crash came and was thrown
against the seat In front The baby got
two black eyes and cut forehead, but Mrs.
Rcorda wasn't hurt.
Several other passengers suffered bruises
and we're treated by DR.. Bowman. who came
with an ambulance from Bellevue Hospital.
Motorman Resmuss was arrested by
Patrolman Randolph OF the Fifth street
station. charged with homicide. Several
decla red that the accident was the result OF
| careleesness on the part Of the motorman
He had taken on dead car at sixth street
| thereby losing time. and was In hurry to
catch up with his schedule.
The witnesses said the motorman seemed
| to be taking a chance to get across Thir,
| teenth street ahead Of the truck. AL
| crossings on streets where fire companies
! are located are known as fire crossings
| and oars are supposed to come to full
stop.
II was q false alarm that brought about
Dayton's death. The police found out in q
| few minutes that somebody had pulled
| the box at First avenue and Seventh street
for fun
Frank Hand. who is 10 years old and
lives at 2l3 East Seventh street, was pointed
out to them as the one who did it. They
| arrested Hand, charging him with mali.
| cious mischief He was locked up in the
| Fifth street station.
The fremen and street car men dragged
| the truck away from the pillar and released
! the body Of Dayton, the upper part Of which
was crushed as il by blow from gigantic
| hammer.
He was IS wears old and had been on the
! fire force twelve years.