The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-10
TWO DEAD IN
CRASH And FIRE
ON ELEVATED
Scores Hurt in Panic as
Wooden Cars Burn
Fiercely.
EXPRESS TELESCOPED
BY NINTH AVE. LOCAL

Ninth avenue local elevated train
.syry,n. hundreds OF passengers toward
their homes in Harlem crashed into an
exprcss train standing % the ll6th
street station early last evening.
Two men were instantly ldlled and
In the panic that followed when the
wooden cars which bore the brunt OF
the impact took fire scores were IN
iured The flames. mounting high from
The burning cars far above the street.
brought thousands of men and women
from that thickly populated section
ihronging to the scene of the accident
and nfty policemen charging into the
mass had a hard time restoring order.
The Dead.
COLLINS. JOHN. SO. OF 1884 Amsterdam
avenue. faKmsn on she rear car OF the
express train.
MINNIcK. GoTrLlEB 81 OF :iS Yves,
iis,h street.
The injured.
ABBOTT. BERT. 20. Of 81 Yves; is.d street
decorations Of tho scalp; Harlem Hospital.
CLEMENS. PATRICK. a. OF Manhattan
street. !acera;ions OF the body; kn!eher'
booker Hospital.
CROWLEY. KATHERINE. 80. Of :es West
1884 street, shock
CROWLEY. MARY. 8. he. daughter also
attended for shock.
o'poNNELI.. RALPH -. o. ess Yves; i53d
STREE. decorations OF the scalp. Harlem
Hospital.
GRAMMAR. EMANUEL. 20 OF $50 West
1890 street. decorations OF face and body;
Harlem Hospital
HAGEN. PETER. A. ~ rs Wes; iss,h
street. contusions Of the chest, and RICH;
rib. fractured. Harlem Hospital
HAHN. HERMAN. %. OF 1871 Edgccomb:
avenue. incerd,ions o: tho scalp and con-
tusions OF ;he body. Harlem Hospital
HALpiN. KATHERINE, IS. OF Sn Yves,
iii,a street. shock home IN ambulance.
cKEEFE. LUXE. 50. a7s Yves; isis; street
the sua.a or the rear cst OF he express
train. right -'bs fractured. Harlem Hos.
piial
MALENIsls. BEETAHAM. S. Of los West
l2sth street iace-atioIs and contusions
Of legs aud rtgh- knee: Harlem Hospital
MeMAHoH. THOMAS, So. % is7 EdEecombs
avenue. the nlo;o-man OF ihe loea! train :
fac anu hands burned. refused medical
attention and remained on station plat
form.
MAXWELL. JOHN L 80, O. s6' -. Mich
olss avenue. contusions or right .er ana
nigh, ribs fractured. Harlem Hospital
MURRAY. CELIA. Is. OF is Manhattan ave-
nue.. treated for shock and AIKEN home
In ambulance
STEWART. WILLIAM 4. %. q, IVES;
i:a,h street. right r.os fractured. Her-
lem Hospital
u.tI.rt a..
nue. shock and decorations OF arms. taken
home
wfNH. PATRICK, IS OF :; West lo:d
street, hands burned. attended and went
home
GoRMAN. EDWARD. -. OF .so West i:sd
sro.r eou'usions ~ IN. body; Harlem
Hospital
The seven car express rain, IN Charge
OF Moto!man Harry GlassoT ana CON
dlctor !. II. Lauer. loft Rector street a,
:o2 o'clock and at G :3S o'clock made It's
h-st stop after leaving Christopher. There
were probably hundred persons in each
car and great many OF them had LETT
the train at the lle;h street station be-
fore the crash came.
The gates had been closed and Motor
man Glassoff was waiting for the signal
from his guards when he and cverybod,
else who vas standing III the tram were
thrown down and those In the rear car
sav shower OF sparks as the nose OF
ne oncoming local was buried in the
srl.n,ering wood of their car.
There were s.A cars in tile local train
ell crowded, and Motorman Thomas Nc
Mahon said that from the time he left
South Ferry at . 81 O'Clock he had ex-
rsrc7ced difficulty in stopping his train
whether from defective brakes or slippery
rails he did not know, lie saw the eN-
press train standing at 10th street, he
said. and although he thought II was
about 10 leave he shut of his power sooner
than usual Then he saw that a collision
was unavoidable. and jumping from his
hr he yelled to the passengers TO hold
m irht and not TO try to get through the
windows