The evening world., 1911-09-02
DEADLY CURRENT
ON BROOKLYN 4"
cR|PSPASSENGERS
Man Screams When Feet
Touch Generator and Hands
Close on Metal.
FATALLY HURT.
Rescuers Try to Save Victims
and Are Held in Vice
Like Clutch.
ONE FATALLY HURT.

An accident without precedent Ia the
history OF che Brooklyn Rapid Trsnsi,
Company. according to the oficiAis Of
the read, occurred to Abraham Msnder.
twsnty-three ysars old. OF No. - Glen.
more venue. East New York. early to-
day whom he barely mlSsed being
shocked to death IN his ssat in the
motor car Of an l. train bound over
the Williamsburg Bridge for East New
York.
Mendsr occupied a seat with his
friend. Nelson kentor. OF No. NN Gen.
trail avenue. East New York. II wal an
open car and the sea was we'll In the
a Beneath n TO one side OF the
seat was a generator box. and Member
had one Of his feet placed On this box
In such a manner az to come In contact
9TH an electric -.re.
The train was almost across the bridge
when the young man reached forward
and gripped the back Of the seat ahead.
He did this In order to illustrate some
story he was relating TO his friend. The
palms OF his hands rested on the metal
binding rim OF the seat back and he had
hardly rested them on the metal when
his body vas shaken by a heavy electric
shock and he was unable to 10. 20.
His foot on the, generator boz and his
hands on the metal rim had In some
mysterious way short-circuitsd q err
full current Of electricity.
FLAMES SHOT FROM HANDS AND
FEET OF PASSENGER
At the hrst shock that ran through
his body Nsndsr screamed. His cries
rose to . vail Of agony - flames shot
up about hts feet and dashed along
the metal sim to which bis hands were
held a. II fastened BY . wise.
kentor jumped up and seized his
friend about the waist. thinking to Dull
hm from he grip Of the electricity.
But entor had no sooner taken hold
OF his friend than he was unable to
let 60. A heavy current Of electricity
ran through his body and made his
feet dance in~voiuntarily and pound the
floor. The screams Of both men Gre
ated q panic among tho other pas.
sengers Of the car and the motorman,
thinking that . gang Of hoodlums we're
engaged in = night. blew his q o. 8.
signal for police aid.
The conductor Of the train. who VA
stationed on the platform OF the car,
rushed In TO aid the two magnetized
men and the minute he took hold OF
Keutor he was shocked and unable to
let 70. All the while the flames were
scorchlng Members ees and arms and
his yells were increasing In volume.
Two passengers who caught hold OF
tho conductor managed TO pull him
free after getting q bad shock.
MEN FELL TO FLOOR WHEN
MoToRMAN STOPPED TRAIN.
The train shot into the Brooklyn
terminal with the sounds Of panic that
drew the reserves from the Clymer
manned fast In the magnetic grip OF
the short-circuited current until the
motorman shut on the power. Then they
fell back into the aisle of the car with
their clothing on Are. Their fellow pas
sengers beat out the fire In their cloth
ing and Kentor was quickly revived,
Member, however. rolled over sense
less ana when an ambulance surgeon
arrived from the Williamsburg Hospital
he was seen 10 be in a bad way. His
hands and feet were terribly burned and
the heavy current OF electricity that had
run through his body had acted upon
him in precisely the sa m manner as the
currents en.2loyed In executions by cleo
trlcity. When he arrived at the VIII
iamsburg Hospital the surgeons said
that he had scarcely a chance to re.
cover and that another two minutes
shock would have certainly killed him,
Kcntor was also burned, but after the
ambulance surgeon. DR.. Schwartz. had
ministsred to him. he was able 10 e.
home.