The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-02
IS HURT IN HUDSON TUNNEL
% my TRANS COLLIDE Ar
-YD SIREET TERMINAL.
IN 'urrd Mrr- ~ sH InrS"'IRS Train.
Mhlrh Suited a Train or EInp1ies
WHEN NoInTman Loaf Controa-Fa.
IaI!Gir> NrrIr,I LAY safety Devices.

iaLiit> NNrrtrd hb sadeD DEVICES.
E-nt.rn passengers were injured
I,,,.. oct th.,iu ,.'rinl~lv shortly before
n,-,u Yesterday when the northbound
Hudson luur.l- Tram they were riding
%, smashed latu tho rear of a Eve car
empty tram At the temporary terminal
~ tu- ne. 40 tAe Iwenty-third street
station I've dsNtCes Ia mitigate the
dangers It collision with which the COM
I.nv had equipped its cars prevented
more, serious results al the crash. in the
"pIniun ~ the officers ~ the Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad Company
IN" first explanation Of the cause OI
IN" collision 20 he issued from the Office
~ William 4 MCAdoo. the president Of
the yumIanv, put the blame un George
Phillips ~ 5lO PaliSade avenue. Jersey
CIV the motnTman of the collidinG train.
Later when fuller facts were IA the pos
session IT the company's officers Vice
President ". 4. Fisk issued statement
which said that Phillipss train was
coming down slight grade into the
lWentV-third street station and that he
lns' control 1t hIa train because vt ms
'ndhIit,y to make his controller work
When he discovered that he was unable
t. turn IN the current u was too late tn
amply the emergency brakes Mr.. Fisk's
Statement said
The injured whose hurts necessitated
their removal To Bellevue and New York
hospitals we're
b,uu'H FnW,Ep iH Maple street Jer<e,
60, uo-e hrokrn and ton que cut
H"YtF HuEEEr s7s Bergen avenue. Jersey
CO erm'e, on head and arms, Commissions aud
rg .3rA.ucd
,or. r,ErHotnNEw. North rhlrt.entn
Etrect Newark. ~hNrk
,EossN,N Mrs, HENErErr. u South street.
Jer>~, ,iu cuts and spTancd hip
'HoylEE. HEEMAs. "a East ls5d street. left
shoulder bruised and cuts nn the >raIp
uvoRIAN. HEENs>. ~ R"ule, ard Ray onn-.
la'sraisd alp and arm
''oLusTEiN. Louis. ~, Avenue G. Ia, onue.
- .l~s~ "a hics and leg,
kNhFP. NiIINHD l1S west iO-d street bruises
Ur lsu >hOgIIrr
TrErNt rtEE. Nj, L.. Ta.'nDT pise.. Jersey
CIt,. flW broken
'oss Miss iN~IT lS togr'ccutN street Jersey
I.'r bruises ON =, ain Aru lace
- 'SLoN. THOMAS - NcNAr4"r sven1~
. - h"uh sui. imam u tie 80 iHn| 81 ne
Ir'' ur'lss. arI ,rt. ON Irg,
-UyEE rENINNI, 80 Avenue q, teE onrc
T. lt.r rfo.'r srt tu'> ~ 80 r~Ai
There WEI. -rN .ru-r passengers VINO
70 "iNsd urnUr cuts from h-pksn glass
ami Irf.r-. the g. theH tong hurled
sgIru~r 'hs -fanClI.u. ~ the forward
Ctr - ~" ,rllid'nG tram Ih"'r iurts
were attsnGs-i - ~ the surgeons " o.,
came Win fu- rWu .mhUlauo,-~ tom k.-l
lelu. md w. from \ow N.rA Ho-pIt.I
ana uN wiling 0isUa0-sr ut court yl1s
FER m a ustrtN uf...>' 70 hey Went
Z, tNsur homes
u Wiz - ~ ~ r.nl.,.s trst tho n.rth.
houni tam fr.'l Jersey ~ yp.d DOWN
tho ~lxlt rrDtu- into tho Twenty third
EtTs-t station .,,p'Gfug 2, the mot Hr.
~. u -..sf-Usuf. l- hat bs.u rIunIug
~ = nIr.r' Uit" I..,'" 20" from the river Ilh,
and h.. N.,ll-v.d iF p Tor JOB .iraWEuE rn'n
the twenty .tulrt street -f.'l.u n,. Tod
dropped the tram d.Wn To- a five. mile
g'It R@y"ni t0" station platform ~ an
distance ~ ahu'It q hundred feet stund -
empty tram when had r"'-ntly DIS
'1sr gssi ~ ptsssugsrs and which Wis
w.Iting e. h" switched upon reserve
trek
N" incoming tram ran hv m" signal
ss' for q showdown IN The south sid., =
the STATION PASSED the -t.ftpn Il.tisrn
- fur cNp aud -trtl,k th.. rear ar e
tho I'VE sn,uti.7- Neither IN" front oar
- the ColIdIuG Tram nor M" car winch r..
'siNssi tho snusk st' the track
The Jar VAS sever" and ~" passenger
~ IA" front ear ~ tho incoming tram
we're thrown - the cement Huur or against
the supporting -tanchion- az N" SIDE
door entrances Son.. Of tho wrudoW-
Vsrs broken and hits ~ glass sTaftar..t
against IN" faces and hands ~ the yuInhl,d
Passengers.
The nol-s. - the collision was heard
shove ground on sixth avenue and when
the report came up from b-low that there
had hs-sn an aCCidsnt there wA- Cou-Id..f
aide excitement among N" SHOPPERS
which Was not le~=snah by the arTlval
# the ambulanCeS Reserves from The
Mssi Twentieth street station kept
Jath through the crowds until thu. last
- IN" hospital PATIENTS had been earned
away
There was mo- appreciahl" di-rurhanc"
~ the frIifr on the tunnel lIue.. since the
tWo car which had Suffered most from
m" effects at the collision could be
switched immediately Z" the reserve
tracks beyond the Twenty third street
station. like all - the Hudson com
pany's cars. they W-r'. = steel built on
What ~ knuWn a. the fun bridge truss
Twp" They w"T.. equipped with anti
telsscppIug anvil buffers and an anti
climbing device 10 prevent buCkhng
~ collision. M" latter Modification Ot
an invention made nv General Manager
FRANK Hedl.v 1T the lntsrborough
Phillips. the motprman was held on
q technical charge Il criminal nsgl genC".