The sun., 1910-07-09
TROLLEY CAR RUNNING WILD
~ WPSTH TRtCk iSHES
TNTO ~ IRON POIE.
QUE Sf IT. Han . IIunsirrd Pas.enErrs
Killed aud Nrari, y score injured
PASSENGER ssys Msisrn,an let go
Of Handle WhIIr TaIk ing N nIih women.


round a curve at Thirteenth avenue and
Thirty seventh street, Brooklyn !
frightened mOtorman tried To jam 1t on
sEaIn. but before he could master the car
iron trolley pole and piled iifty pas.rng, ~
IA a heap Ons man was killed outright
and eighteen persons we're injured. SON.
of them ser iously
The police heard that the motorman was
not minding his business Just heforr the
accident illiam 1ierncy. a passenger
who Vas riding ON the front seat. told
Polio. Capt Farr of the PBrkvill. station
that the motorman aud conductor were
chatting with Two women The motor
man had taken ths hand Of the controller
handle Tierney said. and when the car
swerved the handle jumped The con
ductor was standing ON the running
board talking 80 the women and the
motorman Capt Farr thought there
was enough m Ti.rneys statement to
warrant locking up both motornan and
a
The car was well Rlled when 10 left the
Thirty ninth street ferry and headed to-
ward Canarsie Mr. Tierney. who lives AT
563 Fast seventh street Brooklyn, was on
the front sat with his son William just
hefore the car n"ared curve a; rhlr-
teenth avenue and Thirty seventh street
he noticed. h" sad. that ia" motorman
had fung the controlling handle around
to the full speed notch and that he had
released has hand He was chatting
gayly with two girls. and the conductor.
according to Tiern-v was helping the
conversation along
The car was spinning along n perhsps
thirty miles an hour whom the handle
Jared Of IT. has. The motorman made
a desperate attempt To clamp It hack on
the bs-s'. but hs hadn't time. The car
running Wild struck sharp curve. went
uh az a tangent and lungsd against the
trolley poIs rierney and has son were
thrown heavily but were not hurt Neither
was the motprman or conductor
The mOtorman of the car was william
Br~g.l and Samuel Morris was IN. con q
I ductor
nump@r II rapple w-r" near the
corue- when the car went "a and anon z
them was a policeman He hustled to a
call box and informed III. Parsville
staten that ambulanCes were needed
I Parky H.. ,alied on the Norwegian the
Brooklyn and the Seney hospitals Capt
| Farr of tho Parkville station got "ut the
r,.sarva. and sent Tor all ~ IN. men the
Fourth avenue station could supply
, Nmhulanra surgeons and policemen
w-r" hacllv ue.-ied The injured lav
whore thsN had h.-.n pitched hv the
t.rriiic lmpa.'' uf the caT against th" pol.
! 4 crowd hai sprung up ~ quickly that
~. injured men and women wPr" g.d
.l,out Wv the curious Farr showed tl-
c-1vi away and gave The Surgeons q
hauc- Co wo-S
First OF AZ temporary huspltgI was
..,ta anli-hed m vacant lot near the corn-
pf Thirteenth avenue and Thirty ---venr h
-r-...t r." hiG arc hight m the corner
furnished some light and the r"st was
supplied by lanterns that the polio-rnen
rIstlei up m the n-lghhnrhoud Half =
dpzcn In'e'ra- worked hIsily ther" fpr
IN hour -"ndN those Who we're more
sorrrrlslv iniu"d To- the ,. .spI'nls and at
tending tr the oth.s- IN IN" spot EarI
,sith hls men established police lines and
.ert IN. rapidly growing crowds fr"m
auupyIng N" doctors
Ine man had been AilI-d instantly
liz mans" It appeared from papers IN hrs
i,uckats was Georg. D-ngel. who lived
at 3gIi THIRD avenue. Brooklyn HIS hsac
had been crushed.
R.nJ'urn Sl.gle :: wears uld ~ -
hIghta-nth street. MAS suffering from m
,ernJl INJURIES md CpncWsSIpn nf IN. brain
He 49, sent - IN. NorWegIsn Hospital
" llham Nuz.r ~ years old of - ParA
street. sa- injured rhoit the hes! znC
uppar b.dy He was sent - the King,
County Hospital Mrs Dora Van Hau-
wick. p years I'D. of 5O3 Ha rnOn street
suffered broken right arm Sh. wa'
removed to IN" Norwegian Hospital Mrs
Dora PadOlki's left arm was broken Sh'
lives at 49, HppkinsOn avenue She wen
to the Kings County Hospital Lour
CaV,eria 80 years old. of 1853 Douglas
street. brooklyn. was injured In the Ief
side He was taken to the Kings Count,
Hospital Carl Ritter. ~ years old. q
251 Dumont avenue. BROOKLYN. had
broken night arm ard was sent y" th'
Norwegian Hospital
Tn. others who were less soTIo,Isl'
hurt and who we're taken TO their Brook
Iyu homes after treatment at the fek
hospital were. Matthew Jacobs. ~. .
20 Amos street bruises on tho upper par
of the body: charles y salmon. 81 ~
I27s Forty-firut sire-t bruises and cut
on rhe fac. and body; Abraham Pafolski
81 Of sSS Hopkinson avenue. left le'
bruIsei: clara PeEir. ~. Of $40 Par
avenue. rigkI arm bruised and cut On th
Arms: Mary MikulSki. 10. NJ $40 Par
avenue hruizai and cut, Paulin" BeTk \
%. II s7s HopkinSon avenue, face cut an
arms bruisei. Paula Salmon. -. Of l27
Forty -firrt street hody bTuIsei. Sidn~
Mailer. ~. ~ I77S For'y-hrst stree'
b.,sly brui-ei. Henry Nsdler. -. II i27
Forty hrsi street. arms cut and bod
Ibruset; Goiii. Berk. L. Of i7s Hopkiu
-on ayaru" bruiss~, iTma W"iusteir
.5 of ~ Belmont avenue. hip bruised
. and Mann" Carroll. "a. ~ ~ Coop''
street right hip brnIs"-i
, The car Nas pretty veil smashed Iar
,tcularly 40 the from snd. when it hi
~. irpu trolley pol" The s"ats wor" tori
, AWAY from their mooring- and some -