New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
FATAL CRASH AT CONEY.
ONE DEAD; SCORE HURT.
Express Hits Trolley Car on Bridg.
Cars Catch Fire.

The first serious accident on the BruoElyz
Rapid Transit line 20 Coney Island this season
occurred shortly before o'clock Iasc niEht.
when an elevated express train crashed into a
single local car on Dead Mans bridge. which
crosses the Coney Island creek. One man was
instantly killed and a score or more persons were
injured The dead man Is George Foreman FTs
was identified by a meal ticket found in his
pocket The police have not yet learned his
address. Those most seriously injured are
% arms and legs. BY glass
JOHNSON Albert Of No 2s Forsythe two riss
LIDDEL1. Miss Eiua. newark. cut about face
MAIJoIIN Morris Of No 2af NeII0hen street BToolr-
MCDOWELL. Edyln O. of No. 81 liberty street Brooke
Brooklyn: decorations and scaip wounds
sCULLY. Mrs Michael. OF No. a7a Dean Brook
sCULlY.. Michael No. as Dean street. BrooEiyns
cut about legs
When the car ran on the bridge its trolley pol,
jumped from the overhead wire and the car
came 20 a stop, siX-car express train bound
from New York 70 Coney Island vas thunder
ing along behind it at high rate Of speed Ths
local car was crowded as was the express train.
Several persons standing on the rear platform os
the car, seeing the approaching express train.
jumped into the creek About one hundred yards
from the bridge the mOtorInan OF the express.
The rotormaR of the express train threw on
the emergency brakes. but the momentum car
ried the train along At apparently unchecked
speed With loud crash and amid a shower
of glass and splinters the express crashed into
; the local car, The latter left the rails as cid
also the first car OF the train
Everything in confusion IN r1omenes
the cries Of the injured were heard on all sides.
and, to add TO the pardemonium. two Of the cars
caught fire. An ambulance call was sent IN. and
the reserves from the Coney Island police sta-
tiou were called out.
DR.. Mortimer Raynor. Of the Coney Island Re-
ceptiOn Hospital. responded to the call The
driver OF the ambulance Iashed his horse and ths
ambulance tore down the Coney Island BOule-
ward. 1t swung on at Sth street and crashed
into an emergency wagon Of the Brooklyn Rap
id Transit Company. One of the shafts OF the
ambulance pierced the body OF OF the horses
of the wagon. The animal was severely in-
tured that IL had to be shot later. DR.. RaynOr
was thrown from his seat TO the ground. Hts
face was cut and scratched. The front axle Or
the ambulance was broken. DR.. Raynor patched
up his cuts and ran down TO COuey ISLAND
Creek where he jumped into a steam launch
which was hurrying 70 the scene.
When ne arrived at the bridge Dr. Rayno-
temporarily treated those who were most seri-
ously injured and hurried them to the hospital
in the police patrol On the way 20 the hospital
with the first load Of injured the patrol wagon
ran into and knocked down Mrs. Helen Carson.
OF No 168 FIatbush avenue. Brooklyn who
had stepped from behind trolley car In front Os
the wagon She was painfully bruised. although
not seriously injured Mrs. Carson was placed
in the patrol wagon and taken to the hospital
The prompt arrival Of a fire engine from ths
West Sth street station prevented the hre from
spreading. and il was put out after stream had
been played it for few minutes.
An emergency gang arrived on the scene soon
after the accident. and work was Immediately
begun clearing up the wreck. II was nearly an
hour and half before traffic resumed
Trains were tied up for long distance. and
hundreds OF persons got OF and walked 10 the
bridge
John Fredertckson was the mOtOrman Of the
express train. and John SOrubergeF was the
conductor Immediately after the accident the
conductor OF the car disappeared At a lats
hour last night no arrests had been made.