The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-09-15
Members of Lafayette Re-
publican Battery and
Their Friends Returning
From Union Hill Shuetzen
Met With Serious Accident
REAR END COLLISION
BELT LINE CAR JUMPS THE
TRACK AND ADDS TO THE LIST
OF TROLLEY VICTIMS THE IN
JURED

JURED
After a splendid time spent by nearly
two thousand people at Schuetzen Park,
Union Hill,sthe Lafayette Republican
Battery'sgannual trolley ride last night
WIS marred by rear end collision on the
homeward trip. in which number of
women were injured The collision oc-
CURED on Summit avenue, between Ia
briskie and Hutton streets.
The injured are
Lizzie White No. 179 Bartholdi ave
nue; back injured
Mrs. Haggist, No. s69 Woodward
street: right leg injured.
Mrs. Ebenezer Closterman, wife of
Desk Sergeant Closterman of Headquar-
tiers. who lives at No. 295 Wilton street;
bruises and shock.
Mrs. George Flick, No. 80 Ege avenue;
bruises and shock.
Mrs John Hauck. head and face cut
by flying splinters of glass.
Mrs. Charles Graft, No. PIG Halliday
street; bruises and shock.
Mrs. George Davidson. No. 253 Month
cello lssahey left leg injured.
Mrs. Henry Beggs, No. IT Astor
Place; right leg injured.
Dr. J. P. Henry, of Summit avenue,
and other physicians were soon on the
scene. attending the wounded. None was
fatally injured and all were taken home.
The accident occurred about O'Clock
this morning. So far as can be ascer-
tanned il was caused by the car in front
stopping. to keep from striking milk
wagon that crossed the~street in front
of il. This. car was No. 1896, in charge
of Conductor James Cookman and Mo-
torman Tipple. The car which ran into
it was No. 1902, in charge of Benjamin
Weber. conductor. and Frank Shay, mo-
torman.
The front Of ear No. 1902 and the rear
of car No. 1896 were btdly shattered and
the wounded were passengers on both
cars.
The accident created a panic among
fha nassenpets nn hotb oors
Both were open cars, as were all the
twelve occupied by the picnickers return
ing Nome.
At 9.15 o'clock last night Belt Line
car No. 1924, east bound, jumped the
tracks in front of No. 139 Newark ave-
nue. The car was filed with passengers.
all Of whom were thrown to the floor.
Among them was Police Sergeant Will
lam Duffy, of the Gregory Street Police
Station, but he was uninjured. Several
Of the passengers We're injured. Sarah
Ryas (eoiored), sixty-two years old, of
No. B4 Montgomery street, had her left
arm injured. Sadie Swain, thirty-one
years old, of No. 2S4 Fourth street, was
injured about the ankles and lost pock-
et-book containing S4.20 in the mix-up.
Elizabeth Greene, twenty-four years old,
of No. 519 West Fifty-third street, had
her left foot injured. John F.. Gross,
seventeen years old, of No. 129S Bay
view avenue, was injured about the legs
and had his clothing badly ripped and
torn. Angelo Cannon, nineteen years old,
of No. A. Baxter street, New York,
was injured about the left arm and left
leg.
All the injured refused to go to a hos
pital except Sarah Ryas, who was help
ed from the car by Patrolman Mccarthy
and taken to the City Hospital. 1t was
three hours before the car was righted
and put back on the tracks.
The accident occurring in the early part
Of the evening, when the avenue was
crowded with pedestrians, created great
deal Of excitement 1t is said to have
been caused by the condition Of the
tracks on the avenue. where the street
is being torn up to rerave between the
tracks with wooden blocks preparatory
to asphalting the thoroughfare.