New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12

the debris piling around her. Her legs were
pinned under jagged splinters of wreckage, but
she was not injured about the body.
when the began to fall the people in the
aisles seemed to be thrown into one big strug-
Cling heap" she said. "I heard their screams.
and 1 remember calling out to Barbara. Then
1 lost consciousness. The rescuers trying TO pull
me out brought to- They got me out finally
and carried me to a bakery, where physician
tended to me. I had hardly any clothing left
My purse was gone. Barbara lost her purse and
her gold watch. 1 don't know how 1 could have
got home if Mr.. Won Schoeler the minister of
Mizpah Chapel, had not taken care of me- He
brought me all the way up here I cannot thank
him enough"
CAR ENVELOPED IN FLAMES.
Mrs. Mary Pelton. of Yonkers was coming
downtown to do some shopping She sat in the
second car. reading a newspaper The train
was making good speed, she noticed as it neared
the 53d-st. curve.
Just at 53d-st. the car seemed to sway from
side to side said Mrs. Pelton, then bumped
along for a moment, while blue and red and
yellow flames seemed to shoot up along the
windows and almost through the floor Pas
sengers shrieked. Then the car turned COM
pletely over. it seemed 20 me- and the people
were tossed about like playthings l don't know
why, but. although 1 so terrified il struck
me as funny thst men should take such posi-
tons. and I laughed. The next thing 1 knew
the whole car seemed to be sliding down hill
In moment I was buried beneath hundred
kicking. struggling men and women. Oh. those
awful screams, I hear them yet ringing in
my ears. will hear them till my dying day.
Next came a terrible crash and for a second
all quiet. Then began the cries again. A
little girl next to me began to pray. Men cursed
and he
1 was lying on the pavement with a nurse bend
ing over me.
at seems a miracle to me that 1 was not
really hurt With so many about me dead and
dying l cannot understand why it was that
got only this little scratch and she showed
lacerated finger, which had been bound I'D by
one of the surgeons as she lay unconscious.
Michael J. Mulligan of No 362 West 53d-st,
was standing at 53d-st- and 9th-ave. when the
accident happened He said:
When the car came over it crashed through the
plategiaSs window of Joness drug store, and then
stood upright N the street. I men. women
and children tammed in the car. dying before my
eyes. l woman and giri pulled out by
policeman They were carried away
ing along the street. and were caught directly
under the l don't believe either of them
uttered a sound
Fred Frenz. baker. whose shop is at No. 796
9th-ave.. made his place into sort of field
hospital. Tables were placed together. and on
them the injured were laid until they could be
attended TO by the surgeons and nurses. He
said
was standing at the door of my store when the
accident happened ! Immediately 10 the rear
of the store TO IL the house was safe for the
buildings were shaken when the car struck the
corner, and | feared that some serious damage
might have been done Then / ran out to the
street. found man lying on the sidewalk right
in front of the door He had both legs broken and
a fearful wound IN the head. Some aystan ders and
myself carried him into the store. and placed him
two tables until a surgeon came Several others
were brought N. Among them were several u1TIs
who were covered with blood. although NOT badIy
left
Francis PARKS. of No. 5As West 5sd-st. was
in the third car. which left balanced on the
edge OF the elevated structure. He said:
TIE car ahead of us seemed fairly TO shoot out
from the track. The people ia the car In which /