New-York tribune., 1905-08-14

ming and several passengers we're burned ana
shocked. All three ears were crowded 10 their
capacity and beyond. ana a panic followed
the electrical display. II was only by the
hardest kind OF work the part of the con-
ductors and rnotormen that fatalities did not
result
Those injured were:
BRoNX.
FsZZo George forry-ssven wears of No. 2s5 West
27th-st.: out over eye; went home
CARTER M Asnes forsyops years ola s-, OF and nd eft
knee, Lebanon Hospital
CARTER t5, Be9smn B3B4s5 ssnoH geI7s Tospa Ga same
tusio5s Of leg and right knee; Lebanon Hospital
y,rTTz Maggie twelve years I57th and Long
1ooo-aTe conSusions OF hack and head: Lebanon
Hospital.
Tood-aEe oontasions Of knees. Lebanon Hospital
7AsoS & ePRs gn6 6ne essno@ Efs5s @lf ospiis 81 TAI e
Eorg Emil OF No go West 1leth-st; shock "en'
,,o1T s,-. r-,,, sam. address: shock: went home
NOLAN Mrs. James Of 24a West 2sth-st-' shock;
81 oo1fSsions Of right knee; Lebanon Hospital
u1RIcH Ms theresa years old G of 61ti i6ih
sions 81 sne q Ai95E S65T: Ie6anoa Hospital.
U1Ics nc: s,5N Mar ssSoS sss H6Piis ia95fsi
zr7zTTF Ms Mar same address: shock: went home
BROOKLYN
RBEE Aes th5se re- face gssrs ana 99 shck e No "
coNRoY. John. twenty-thres years old Of NO 1SS
R!chardson-st, shock
EARLY Alice. twenty years old Of No. 20 PoWeTS-st'
g s burn. Sd ot q ne Ne i.ss 6ss Mz sad
s,TpER Lucy twsnty-tOuF ysars old Of No IS
The Bronx car MAS on the Webster-ave line
hound for Mount Vernon. Nine of those in
,ure5 had TO be taken 20 the Lebanon Hospital
Some one turned in q fire alarm when the car
,vss struck but the services of the irernen were
not needed.
The car built 10 seat eighty persons, had near
" one hundred board when the bolt hit IT.
The lightning struck the trolley pole and was
conducted 10 the motors under the car where
lightning arresters headed 1t off and conducted
il into the ground.
None of the passengers were struck by the
bolt, but the lightning enveloped the in a
blue blaze for second and the passengers. a
majority of whom were women and children
became panic stricken. The power was not in
terfered with by The bolt and the car kept on
for some little distance at full speed.
Notwithstanding this there was a frantic
rush for safety the part Of those inside the
car, and scores Of them leaped into the street.
those in front being knocked down and tram
pied upon by those behind them. It was in this
rush that those injured were hurt.
The conductor OF the car. John Connoley, Of
No 473 3d-ave. had presence Of mind enough
10 pull the trolley pole away from the feed wire,
which deprived the car OF its power. Then the
yno1orman. Bernard Clarkson of No. 21 Frank
Inst New Rochelle. applied the brakes. and
The car was brought 70 a standstin before more
PERSONS were hurt.
Calls for amhulances brought two from the
Lebanon Hospital. but they Were not sufficient
10 accommodates all those hurt needing hospital
attention and the patrol wagon from the Nor
risania station was pressed into service.
The trolley car was not injured beyond slight
burning Of the woodwork under the flooring, and
was able to run 10 the car barns under its own
power.
The storm in Brooklyn was particularly heavy
in its electrical display.
The two trolley cars struck there were filled
with persons on their way 10 Coney Island. A
number of passengers We're burned and shocked
while others were injured in the panics that fol-
lowed.
BY chance il happened that both OF the cers
were Of the Tompkins-ave.- -Lorimer-st. lire. One
was at Church and Flatbush aves.. while the
other was at Gravesend- and 18th aves. The for
rner No So. was standing still in the pouring
rain. The car was so packed that passengers
were standing between the seats. The rain was
falling IN torrents and it was so dark that the
was heard, and almost at the same instant the
car appeared 20 be enyeloped in a sheet OF
fame. It seemed As II every passenger felt the
shock. and they tumbled in all directions as
much as the cramped quarters allowed The
shrieks Of the women and cries of children were
heard above the noise of the thunder.
Every one who was not too much stunned
leaped from the into the rain. and a dozen
or more persons who had been made helpless by
The shock were assisted from the car and into
orug store. IN response to a hurry call two am
bulances came from the Kings County Hospital
With DR. Wight and Or. Joachim A dozen or
more persons had been shocked. but some of
11eIn had recovered before the doctors arrived.
After being attended by the surgeons all of
'le victims were taken home in coaches. Few
or the passengers all OF whom had been
oTenched by the rain resumed their Journey 10
pAey Island Most Of them waited until after
the storm and went home in other cars.
ne second car running al a rapid rate
n,i"ugh PaT+yille when IL struck by the
nghtning n, too was crowded with men.
women and children bound for the beach.
among those stunned by the shock was the
,LLy'9Iiiian- lie stuck bravely to his post but
~ 81 ran Ior some little distance before he
as able 10 bring il 10 a stop. In the mean time
mere was a scene Of the greatest confusion in
sllF me car Men and women struggling
~ Eei out Some Of The cooler heads tried to
restrain the more excited, but score or more
tLcceeded in leaping from the moving car
H'st of them fell ia heap beside the tracks
aI.p u is a wonder that more were not injured
by the fall.
Dr. Diefendorfer. who lives near by. rushed
tioL IN The rain and attended TO a number Of
"oIeh who were suffering from injuries re-
celfed II jumping and s-on he shock An
sE-ahce Surgeon Peck. who came from the
h1igs County Hospital. treated two cases and
,,..9se were the only names taken by the police.