New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-20
Il CAR JUMPS TO FIELD
ONE KILLED, M4NY HURT.
Peculiar accident to Cypress Hills
T'ruin-SUftch WGs Faulty.

One man was killed and thirteen persons We're
injured in curious accident on the elevated
railroad az Fulton and Chestnut SITS, Brooklyn
shortly after noon yesterday One car OF a three
car train bound for Cypress Hills left the tracks
plunged over the guard rail and shot into an
open field about twenty feet from the structure,
The wreck was caused by g faulty switch
Simon A Wilson, sixty-three years old, OF
No. 1873 Berkeley Place. Brooklyn, who was on
his way 70 his real estate office. at NO ot4 'e-
,raica-ave- died few minutes after the acci-
dent The injured are:
ALLEN. Joseph. Nc % AoS.Oyd-ATe-' 'anA'i'A '-N
1Ft-MMoND william Glendale; scalp wounds; home
fAsNs @ H .s -s % street Hospital
ERAFT Henry No ss Ra5lroadave- BROOKLYN 110s
1i'l crt : and s contusions Of body; home
1EGGETT Bsisrsvild JsITaiGa OA'A
MOORE Joseph No q D 4se5 So. e"'01
PTx NJ broker NO oi ia t BSs5 b s5s
x,TNr Preston ! No ISL IAnwood-st Srook!yn' B0~4'
wounds and Commissions OF body: nome .oo.
fR1 I5S: Sa1 about ads faos: ho1ne.
sRosT7nTfzA1. guard No SIb Han Condition
e+itioai: bradford street Hospital
RoYs Mrs Mary No 24S West 5s Stree. Hospital
.-=-HTTT- Fsws-c No 81 Grant-ave: oislocaeed Jaw
eontusions Of ana ieEr; home
fUC 3EI25s. Mary No % o1'H''''-'''''
A. FuIto,-s1. near Chestput-st-, there IS an
snc1ine about g block long. running TON INC
elevated structure 70 the surface Tracks Oh 10
Long Island Railroad Company 1t Is useo IL
summer for operating the elevated lrS1ll' 4i
13roadway Ferry to Rockaway Beach NO 'rsAiis
e.1-a bean run over the tracks since last Sep
..ember II was tbs compauys plan 10 fu4i
.ss4 car with new shoes over the tracks ves'e1~
day.
ORDERED TO REMOVE SWITCH PINS
The officials OF the road and the police say
What Kenneth Baxter, an euploye was oroereo
no remove the switch pins yesterday at the point
where the incline begins. It Is sa1o thaI tho
Fest car YVES due at the point at about Inc saIle
r<tr1e that the accident occurred Whether Ba2-
.s- had removed the pins is not known, but one
Inf the policemen who visited the wreck In1rne-
loiatelv after the accident said the pins were
out Of the switch
Tho +hreA-car train en- route to Cypress Hills
rama along at a moderate rate Of speed, and the
lsrst car passed safely over the switch Inc
tseoond car however, did not take the switch,
and the coupling between the first and the
isecond car broke. The front wheels or the
SECOND car swerved over the westbound tracks,
carrying away the guard rail- and plunging over
she incline into a vacant lot The coupling BE-
tween the second and third cars broke and the
last car swung diagonally across the tracks, be-
ing kept on the structure by the other guard
rail
In the third car. which narrowly escaped the
fate of the second car. there were about a dozen
passengers. They were thrown into q panic
Immediately, and several attempted TO jump TO
the street: but cooler heads prevented them
The first car ran three blocks 10 the station.
where II stopped, and the passengers hurried
10 the scene Of the accident
Patrolman Dougherty. OF the Liberty-ave. sta
ton, was on Fulton-st.. about a block away from
the wreck at the time Of the accident He tele-
uhoned Immediately TO police headquarters and
told them TO send aTobulances and fire engines
Drs- Richardson and Albers. Of the Bradford
Street Hospital. were the first TO respond. Drs.
Cronin and Glynn, Of St Marys Hospital and
other doctors from st. Johns Hospital and
Bushwick Hospital arrived few minutes later.
With the aid of the police reserves from four
precincts the doctors soon e1tricated the pas
sengers from the wrecked car. Simon A. Will
son was the first man TO receive attention. The
doctors saw at once that they could do nothing
for him and he died soon after their arrival
The other passengers were hastily treated and
hurried to the hospital while several
who were not seriously hurt received treatment
and went home.
POLICE AND wRECKERs CLASH
The wreoking crew Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company arrived soon after the acct
dent and began clearing away the wreckage
car they set fire 10 il, but the Fire Department
quickly put out the blaze. They attempted to
start the blaze again but wers withheld by Or
der Of the police.
The blazing wreck greatly increased the
crowd who believed that some persons vrar.
Eun confined IN the car. Captain Cullen Of the
1Aberry-ave- station prevented the vreckers
from moving the ruins Of the car pending an
Investigation by the coroner. Coroner Kennedy
arrived at the acme Of the accident about an
ssEf after It occurred and made an iuvesttTa-
zion but would make no statement
The Rev. Mr.. Mccoy and the Rev, Mr. Forau
OF the Roman Catholic Church OF the Blessed
saorament fastened 10 the wreck and helped
Tie doctors and the police remove the injured.
For time the police had hard tub preventing
the crowd from interfering with the work of the
Tescuers. When the excitement was at its
height hundreds OF children who had Just got out
of school 1Ocked around the ruins
Daw Smith, general superintendent of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. and Vice
President CaIderwood were among the first to
arrive at the wreck They made q careful in
Testigation Of the tracks and cars. but would
say nothing about the cause OF the accident or
who was responsible. George w. Buryea, of No.
BOZ Janualca-ave., Brooklyn, the motorman, was
taken IN custody by The police but charge
was made against him. Baxter disap peared i'm
hour last night had not been found