The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-23
TROLLEY CRASH IN BROOKLYN.
ONE PERSON SEVERELY AND
ABOUT 20 SLIGHTLY HURT.
a Putnam Avenue Gar strik GO the side Of a
Gates Avenu Car at Greene Aven ue
The OtOrman Was ON Rear Platform
Because Hts Car Had Been Disabled.

4 { Avenue Gar strfk GO the Side Of u
Gates Avenue Car at Greene Aven ne
The MOtOrman Was ON Rear Platform
Because Hts Gar Had Been Disabled.
Putnam avenue trolley car 3l74 collided
with car 1888 of the Greene and Gates avenue
line at Vanderbilt and Greene avenues,
Brooklyn, at $40 O'Clock yesterday after
noon, and one person was seriously injured
and about twenty others were slightly
bruised or cut with the glass hat fell from
the shattered windows in both cars. Direct
ly after the collision false reports we're
current that many had been killed, and
ambulances were FASTENED TO the scene
from the Cumberland Street and st. Johns
hospitals. The injured were taken into the
Cathedral clubhouse at Vanderbilt and
Greene avenues, where their injuries were
attended by the surgeons.
During the rush hours Vanderbilt avenue
is used by some OF the cars on the Fulton
street, Putnam VEN and Greene and
Gates avenue lines, as well az by the VAN
derbilt and Ninth avenues lines to and
from Manhattan. in order to relieve the con-
gestion on Fulton street. Car 1855 of the
Greene and Gates avenue line was on its
way to Manhattan yesterday afternoon.
II was crossing Vanderbilt svenue when
the Putnam avenue car oollidod with il.
The front Of tho Gates avenue car was
raised from the tracks and turned around
at right angles, 80 that the fender pro-
truded over the crosswalks on the south
sideo of Greene avenue. The Putnam avenue
car was thrown back fifteen feet, but it
did not leave the tracks.
The Putnam avenue car was disa bled at
the time Of the accident and IL Is said that
this was the cause OF the collision. The
front controller was out OF order and it
became necessary in order to operate the
car for the motorman, Owen Glaoking, TO
take his stand on he rear platform. He
operated the car backward by means of
signals given by the conductor, Sol. Mey-
erotz, who stood on the front platform.
The Oates avenue car had stopped at the
Vanderbilt avenue crossing to take on IA
passenger. The Putnam avenue car was
slowly going up Vanderbilt avenue. IL il
the rule for cars on both lines to come TO a
full stop at this point. Believing that the
Putnam avenue car was going to stop, the
motorman on the Gates avenue car con-
tinued to cross Vanderbilt avenue. The
Putnam avenue car, however, did not stop,
but crashed into the side OF the Gates ave-
u car. The windows in both cars we're
shattered.
The passengers in the Putnam avenue
car. which was crowded with persons going
home from Manhattan and with shoppers
whose arms were full of packages, were
thrown from the seats and tossed upon
the fioor while those who had been standing
fell upon passengers who had been thrown
from their seats. There were only a few
passengers in the Gates avenue car.
Conductor Meyerotz when too late saw
that an accident was inevitable. He gave
three bells for the motorman TO back up,
but as the motorman was standing on the
back of the car, he misunderstood the signal
and put on extra force, which propelled the
car ahead all the faster. The front plat
form and hood of the Putnam avenue car
were smashed to splinters while the fender
was rolled up under the car in a tangled
mass.
Conductor Meyerotz was caught in the
wreckage and sustained injuries to his left
side, left shoulder and arm. and also suf-
fered from internal injuries. He was re-.
moved to st. Johns Hospital. He is 20
years old and lives at 10 Rivington street,
Manhattan. The passengers became panic
stricken. and those who were near the
doors jumped from the platform to the
street, many falling or the mud covered
pavements. The members of the Cathedral
Club. which is named from the Catholic
Cathedral on the next block, and whose
membership is confined to Catholic young
men, did everything they could to allevi-
ate the sufferings Of the injured passengers.
Those who we're treated outsid by the
surgeons were Robert Laughlin. 20 years
old, OF III High street, hands and face cut
by broken glass, and n. B. Thompson of
400 Macon street, cut on eye by broken
glass.
Those who were treated at the clubhouse
gave their names and addresses as follows:
James Gilcoyne OF 1887 F~ifty-seventh street.
A. b. ~Stackpole Of 157 Stuyvesant avenue.
James Kelly of 31s Brooklyn avenue, Robert
Beaded of 3s Palmetto street, W. j. Solech of
90 Gold street. Manhattan; !. W. Watson
Of 504 Clinton venue j. W. Sweasey of
ISL Halsey street, G.. W. Bloch Of 757 Jeffer-
son avenue, william Scanlon Of 7l Halsey
street, l.. Lobler OF III Schaeffer street and
Mrs. Scanlon Of 305 Grove street. A Mrs.
selma nd daughter. j.. w. Carver and W. j.
Brogan declined 20 give their addresses.
They were all only slightly injured by the
broken glass or slightly bruised. Traffic
was delayed on the two lines for an hour
and thirty minutes. During this period
the Gates avenue cars were operated on
Fulton street, Putnam and Nostrand avenues
in both directions.