New-York tribune., 1908-09-29
Il CRASH IN B0WERY
TEN INJURED IN WRECh.
Failure of 4r Brakes or ShPps'y
Rails Cause accident.

af- brakes failing TO work on slippery I@
Az - 60 80 collision on the Third ave
- sls,-srad road at Third street anu
- ,as+ night when traffic was al n'
-. To-, ,Sarsons we're injured a piOOh
- - ,rbe-e the accident occurred IS a Sii0t
~ - the rnotorrnan Of the rear tralI na1
. s,o,v ND almost to snairs pace aau - ~
- <o- that there might have been many
fatalities.
TIE INJURED
ABE4sox s~sRfs9sfs @ .sass the 'i5 head I'' o.
w.. Rone-f sixteen years Oid Of No lol East s'h
s1eei n cenfi4sions about the BODY, s 7,,,,s
~hCRkAa: ~ W. T5.'15r; Bronx: x:' cut right eye
PoIIAck Mss BE Bf'y Enet sh1I5y hRTsnsssd sssd5
P1-TTERMAN. Moie twelve yt ys2es 2e o-a q
RIcz5R&Is rs MT5 ssb street. confusons and abrasons.
Rr-E4MAN Louis twenty-three years oio OF NO % HAS
IIsrb street: about the race
srrRFrsTETN. Jaoob. forty years old Of No 10: Lis
Tensa arc, nFF Albert 7 thirty-two years OF No
ItaI = sse Z 100 svenue, Jersey City
TBAcK o s 9s. n bruises 5ss'sT s6o9t sFi gse Sao Sa 0
r.etvreen 9th and 18th streets. during the rush
Lo,,-s on the middle track are generally two
+-airs which are sent out about 6:30 o'clock
- f-irv Hall While one train was going out
T.-+ ,fpbt 2 northbound train was held up
abo,,+ i've minutes. Behind this was train
.o,arared by Joseph Duran, Of No 3Z9 last
os,r street and in charge Of John Nyland. con-
syctor. Of No 3oS East 125th street
r0,,-en saws he sax the blocked train about
-, t-,,5red feet ahead He says he put on
.bA brakes with leeway OF about fifty feet
- f,- some reason. which he was unable TO
.,lsir his train did not stop and crashed into
- o-e ahead The crash was heard several
flocks away. and from the screams Of the pas
szrze-s crowded in the two trains the crowds
q --e street below thought that many hun
dre6s must have been injured
= VAS evident however, that the moving
--ssn vas not going at great rate OF speed
@or -he damage TO the front and rear platforms
-esner-ivelv Of the two trains was slight Only
~ -arfrg was damaged TO any great extent
.--b11ances from Bellevue and St Vincents
-z---;-s1s soon arrived and the reserves from
= ~ ard Mercer street stations were soon
-, With the assistance Of the police and
go ~ the men passengers the women and
,-i5ren were assisted TO the Houston ana
qrh street stations
Most Of the injured were in the rear 'raln'
n, The platforms Of the third and fourth cars
--ra 4ou--h car Of the rear train was thrown
o4r the rails by the collision. But the off1cials
= -. rosa said that the delay, which was
rearlv Al hour, was due 70 the WorKn1en oelile
,,rbslA 10 get brake tubes to replace some which
-,are broken when the platforms gave way"
The ticket agents from Canal up to 9th
Street rad a lively tine placating the angry
passengers who demanded their money back
The one at 9th street especially. had II not been
for the timely arrival Of the police. would prob
ablv have been roughly handled. The pas
senEers had just decided 70 get into the booth
and get their fares themselves when several
pat-olren appeared. Then another decision
was quickly reached.
T-aHc was stalled 50 long that the officials Of
TIE road decided to send the Third avenue trains
up Second avenue
A representative Of the company said last
night
The Bronx train was slowing up for the
curve at 5th street when the train from Soulh
Ferry consisting Of seven cars. came up nenlno-
The second train was travelling slowly, and the
collision did little damage TO either train There
was delay Of sixteen minutes in traffic, and
the northbound track was blocked for forty
seven minutes before the track was cleared
longer delay. was avoided by shifting trains
returning from the north TO the northbound
tracks al 9Th street. Nine persons claim TO
have received slight injuries. and seven OF
these were il the second train"