The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-01
COASTERS COLLIDE high UP
FOURTEEN PERSONS MORE or
LESS HURT IN THE BIWP.
Ger stalled on . summit ana the Next
Came Jp the Incline aRd struck II
AFTER GettlaG Passenger Down ny
Rope and Ladder Police Close Road,

Came Up the Incline and struck II
AFTER GETTING Passenger Down ny
Rope ana Ladder Police Close Road
The ClAson Point twin racing coaster
Suss across the street from Clason Point
amusement park in The Bronx. had ar
accident yesterday in which fourteen
persons we-, more or les hurt after
som- Of them had sat still for a coupls
of moments IT. a stalled car watching
another car pl nEe down and up bsfor,
hrting theirs The accident happened
iw feet above ground and the relief II
the injured was pretty problem.
The coaster was only opened a week
hxr nv a company of which Arthur -
Turpin u president The ride H. a long
one ~ nearly mile. The cars are hauled
NJ 10 a good height and travel the rest
~ the up and down way 10y gravity
There are parallel tracks. On which two
sets ~ cars race.
A. O'Clock Yesterday afternoon a
double car. or two cars coupled togsi her.
started on up the big initial incline
There we're twelve men aud women IN IL.
The car took the first long dip and roe.
Ia the top Of the second dip. Down that
u plunged and rose with les-ening speed
N summit This summit was about
iOn feet above ground The car should
have Guided slowly over " and have
started on third plunge Instead il
slowed TO stop.
The twelve pAsssn gers were perplexsd
They rocked gently IN their seats. but The
car didn = move They joked a moment
oT tao and several ~ the men looked for
a way 10 start the car Had there been th,.
slightest footing outside the track some
one might have got on and given the car
. shove B'I' there wasn't a strip to stand |
on Just then woman cried ont
Look Here comes another car
Everybody jumped around and aaw
that a single car had been started after
them UP the first haul II was now AZ the
TOP ~ the first DIP Evsn a. the stranded
coasters Saw this The s,ngle car gave a
swoop and darted up 10 the top % the
second dip. Owed down and came rushing
up az them There Na- crash in which
the passengers we're shuJiIecocksd clear
~ their s~a's There were only men IN
the single ca,
A mounted policeman Thomas Dor
sett. heard m" hang Squared over and
IN aen'oriar AGENTS commanded the
wrecked ones a'p' 10 81 tight Bot h
cars we're stationary A. ths top Of the din.
held mostly hy to- sid brakes l,
Dorr"tt got Sa~St Walsh 10 phone the /,
Lebanon Hospital 10 an ambulance
Meanwhile h" p'It bow ins into n long ,
rope fetched he The coaster railway 1
employees and slppin the Topped rope !
around his shoulders he began clAmbe-- !
Ing up the ~ eleton franswork Of the rail {
road. 10 took him several minutes to
reach the top Once thor. he made fast q
the rope 90 the track
Dorse't found the women hy.taricaI q
and the men hativ shaken IA mind a. in v
todv He ordered thsTn again 20 sit per n
feciv still and vellsi for a ladder The, Il
got IS foot ladder over ~ the anuSaui.n' v
lArs and propp~si ~ against the frame
work e the railway Just then d. n
I"os-rIiAn arrived "a an Ambulance. from :
@banon Hospital He went NJ III. lad l.
Ter and With his lit'l. bag shng on MS .
arm be- pIllsSi himself up hand over hand
me remaining p feet 10 the ra lvaV track "
lhere he So 70 wO-S prOddiag every one
md asking questions With his h.lp
'Orset' got the casualties then aud tIer. :.
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ven" The Hrort. .n~- pruisrt and l..t hand.
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. en'r stree -nec bruises spu cat hands. 81
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- 't.t'. ~ brnv. shock Thoma. 10 an 90.
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'"''- ~ - "as' furh street .hocs II,de VA
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- I"' iron, ,Ho.. -
w.. I"na Tom. ~ al r,.r rioth stree, hey 10
~ "oD"f' TO ear. o. sut a~r son Arthur q VI
'ir' 90" much br.is~d and Mr. TOMMY ltN
a. .'T'r.1s from ne shor, an
~" bv one IA. police rnanagal 10 lower in
"fNb"dy bv 'ha rpp~ aud steer then wi
" IN =" N. iadde- Henry CogoIowr,z 81
IN ~" hro'en nose" vas the only one IN
." mai 'D gp 20 'h~ hospital Tn. Nonen
in-finS from shock had mostly to D. la
'"s'"i Tor hvs'a-is de
N" polio" closed the coaster railway 81
Ter ID" accident 80,