New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
John NJ. CARRERE
BADLY HURT IN CRASH
Famous Architect Thrown Out of
TaxiCab When Madison Ave.
nue. Car Strikes Il.
SKULL MAY BE FRACTURED
Mother with Him at Hospital,
Where He Was Still Uncon.
scious Early This Morning
His Condition Grave.

John Merven Carrere. Of Carrere &
Hastings, one Of the foremost architects
Of the country, was thrown from taxi
cab which was run down by trolley
car at Madison avenue and 18th street
last night and Is now in the Presbyterian
Hospital in a dangerous condition. The
surgeons say that he has concussion Of
the brain, and think that his skull is
probably fractured.
Mr.. Carrere had just eft the house Of
Don Barber. at No. 12j East 18th street.
and was on his way to his apartment at
No. 10 East 3lst street. Carl Frederick
son. chauffeur employed by the New
York Taxicab Company, who was driv-
ing the cab In which Mr.. Carrere was
riding, started across Madison avenue
as a southbound car was approaching.
Patroman Monohan. OF the East 9th
street station. who was on the north
west corner signalled to the chauffeur,
but before he could make himself un-
derstood the car had rammed the side
of the taxicab. turning it so that II
faced in the opposite direction and was
partly on the sidewalk.
The force Of the collision threw Mr.
Carrere out Of the cab several feet
away He struck on his head and
lapsed into unconsciousness. He had
not come to his senses early this morn
inc
were expressed at the hospital
Monohan ran TO Mr.. Carrere's assist
ance and called Dr. Hartwell, Of the
Presbyterian Hospital. Mr. Barber, who
ding Mr. Carrere good night, heard the
crash and came Up in time to identify
his friend. MIR Carrere's mother and
brother were called to the hospital
shortly before midnight.
Mr.. Carrere was born in Rio de ia
neiro. Brazil, where his parents lived, or
November Q. 1858. He left that country
at an carly age and received his early
education in Switzerland He was grad
uated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts
Paris. in 1882, and came to this country
While studying In Parts Mr.. Carrere me-
Thomas Hastings, who was also a stu
dent at the Beaux Arts. After the youns
men had received their diplomas they
decided to form a partnership. and tht
firm OF Carrere & Hastings was founded
by them in 1854
Carrere and Hastings received the!l
early training under the tutelage of Nc
Kim. Mead e. White Soon after Mr.
Carrere had entered into partnership
with Mr.. Hastings the new firm made its
first great success. when II designed the
hotels Ponce dc Leon and Alcazar, in st
Augustine. Fla. The designs for these no.
tells raised a new standard in the South
and architects ELL over the country
praised the work.
With their fame rs architects of the
younger school rapidly spreading. tht
members of the firm soon designed MAN.
buildings in this city end elsewhere
among them being the Paterson City
Hall. the Pierce Building, the Sloane
house. in East 72d street, and the house
Of Commodore f. &. Benedict. at IndiaI
Harbor.
With the construction Of the Life
Building. in West 3lst street, and tho
National Academy Of Design, in West
57th street. together with the Edison
and Mail and Express" buildings, the
firm of Carrere e. Hastings gained a
place among the foremost ranks Of ar
chitects i'm this country
In 1897 Carrere & Hastings set the seal
on their success by their successful bid
in the competition for designs for the
new Public Library in this city. This
award came To the firm a few days after
its designs for the National Academy of
Design had been accepted. Then came
the work Of erecting the Congress and
Senate office buildings. in Washington,
and the greatest monument of the firm
the huge Pennsylvania Station here.