The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-14
CARS COLLIDE; MAN KILLED.
FOUR BADLY HURT. SIX OR EIGHT
CUT AND BRUISED.
Madison Ave. Trolley Car. slipping Down
Grade From Hroome street. Crashes
Into Grand ~. Car At Centre St.-Piat-
form Rider Rolled Under Fore Truck.

One man was killed last nj ght and several
were injured in collision between Grand
street car and Madison avenue car at Grand
and Centre streets. The man who lost his life
was identified late last night as Abraham
Miller 10 years old, 1871 Clinton street, Man
haitian. The injured are Max Silverman
Of 20i Henry street Harry Ieventhal of 1871
East Twenty-third street, Samuel Gross Of
Sheriff street and William McManagle Of
33s East Thirty-fourth street. The last
named was the driver Of the Grand street
car He and Gross are in St Nncents
Hospital. McManagle has two broken
ribs and Gross II is feared. Is suffering from
internal injuries. The others went home
The Grand street car was bound east
and carried about ten passengers. There
we're as many more in the Madison avenue
car which was bound for the Bridge VIII
liam Bergkowitz Of 90 Forsyth street was
the conductor on the Grand street car.
The Madison avenue car was IN charge
Of Motorman Isaac Miller of 1876 Madison
street and Conductor Patrick Kelly of 23i
East nom street
Shortly after Motorman Miller swung
his car into Centre street from Broome
he saw the Grand street car then about to
cross the tracks There is quite a grade
from Broome street to Grand and Miller
says that As soon as he got into Centre
street he tried to put on the brakes. In
the excitement after the collision he
couldn't tell whether the brake refused to
work or whether the rails were slippery.
The trolley car dldn't a!aCken speed any
way. II ran down the incline at a lively
speed. The horse ear was almost over
the southbound Madison avenue tracks
when the trolley car hit IT, The rear plat |
form of the horse car was hit and hit so |
hard that the horse car was knocked around I
on the northbouEd Centre street tracks. |
The conductor OF the horse car was inside, |
bat on tho rear platform stood a lone man |
passenger Ibis was Miller, who was
killed
lie was knocked of the platform and /
tumbled directly in the path Of the run
away car. The front Of the trolley car hit |
him as he fell, and as the car kept on his I
body went under the forward truck Motor
man Miller still kept trying to work the
brake, and after the car had gone a dis
lance OF fifty feet he managed TO bring il
70 "A stop.
When the trolley car had been stopped
m ambulance was called from 81 Vincent's
Hospital, and while awaiting its arrival
the crowd that quickly gathered made an
effort TO liberate the body OF the man under
the car. They got beams from old Centre
Market which is being ra7ed and within
twenty minutes they had lifted the forward .
part Of the trolley car sufficiently TO drag
out the mnn. lie had been terribly crushed.
but the wheels Of the car had not run over
him DR. McGeary 81 81. Nincents Hos
piial said he had died almost instantly.
The driver Of the horse car is a prisoner
So is Motorman Miller He wns locked
up in the Mulberry street station. DR.,
Rames Of 60 Rutland road, Flatbush. was
passenger on the Madison avenue car
and he did all he could for the injured until
the ambulance surgeon arrived.
The police only got the names Of few
Of the cut and bruised but every passenger
in the horse car suffered. since all the glass
in the car was broken by the collision
No one in the trolley car was hurt An
immense crowd collected and the reserves
Of the Mulberry street station were called
ont 10 keep them in order. Traffic on Centre
street was held up three hours