New Britain herald., 1915-07-28
THREE KILLED IN
 COASTER ACCIDENT
Train Jumps Track Forty Feet ID
 & Air at Coney Island

] others bad n.,row escapes at Coney l Island last evening when a t"o .e4. l train on The Ocean Beach Amusement I companv,s scenic railway, the " "rNous II l Riders" at Jones Walk and the DOW I cry, jumped the track forty ieet III 1iie ! air. The three who were kllleo were 1 sbo+ frop, the track 70 the sidewalk l of Ina crowded Bowery below. Sonle I of +ha fourteen were thrown out on I tha trest1e of the roller coaster, but l only one was badly hurt
 | The dead are James Mcdonald, ] driver of the train, twenty-four years l old. living at Twenty-eighth street and 1 Neptune avenue, Coney Island; Mrs. 1 Annie Hartman, sixty-hve years old. 1 of 165 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, and 1 Miss Ruth Cuddy, fourteen year old of 1 2s7 Jackson avenue, Long Island City, Mrs. Moles Seriously Hurt. Mrs. Clarence Moles of Spring val-
 lev. N. r.. niece of Mrs. Hartman,
 was seriously hurt. She was seated in
 the first car with her seven -year -old son. When the accident happened she
 received fracture of the right arm.
 but was not thrown out of the car. The boy, whom she held on her lap. escaped injury.
 The accident occurred at 5:3O o'clock. Only one train was being op erated on the railway at the time, and the regular driver of this, John CIin- ton, who boards at West Eighth street Coney Island, had left his station for supper few minutes before, McDon- all relieving him.
 In Full View of Crowds.
 The. Rough Rider,'' which is one of the sWiftest and hilliest rides on the island. makes trip from the front of the building on the Bowery. back down Jones walk and then doubles the circuit on a, higher trcs- tie forty feet n the air. Almost at the end of the ride. the cars pass through an opening in the archway forming the face of the structure. Whizzing by in full view of the street.
 It was at this point that the car Jumped. The first truck left the track on the curve. The second truck, supporting the rear of the first car and the front of the second. also Jumped, but the last truck held to the rails. The first car was almost exactly in the center of the arch, and it turned over on it's side, crash ing against an iron railing that bar red the opening and threw it back on the runway.
 Priest at Dying Mans Side.
 The screams of the sixteen persons Tn the cars alarmed the crowd below Mcdonald, who was in the front of the hrst car, was shot head first to the stone walk. In the crowd was the Rev. John B. Gallo of the Church ~,f ' ln RY. ". He hurried to where the driver lay and finding his heart still beating, administered the last rites of the church. Mcdonald was dead when, few minutes later, an ambulance from Coney Island Hospital arrived with Dr. O'Reilly.
 Mrs. Hartman and Mrs Moles, who were celebrating the latter's visit Joseph Scales, Mrs. Mole's father He was watching the ride from the Bow cry. The body of his sister-in-la Mrs. Hartman, struck within few feet of where he stood
 Save Several Passengers.
 Sergeant Dennis T. Kennedy, who was near by, summoned Policeman John Hubman and Detectives Charles sKellerman and Vitelli. They climb ed up to the archway and pulled back to safety number of the occupants of the car who were hanging peril ously over the side. Theyfound one man hanging entirely out of the car, head downward, with 8 young girl who had been seated next him, des- paringly clutching his trouser legs. Shouting to her to keep her grip, Hub man and Kellerman hurried to her and hauled the man back to the car. The two scrambled down the stairs and disappeared in the throng that choked the Bowery for blocks on each side. Meanwhile vftelli and the others lifted Mrs Mole's child from her lap and freed her. She was car- ried down stairs and treated by Dr.. O'Reilly, but insisted on going home.
 Woman Dies on Way to Hospital.
 Miss Cuddy, the third occupant, who was thrown to the street, was hurried to the hospital with Mrs Hartman. The, latter died on the Journey, and Miss Cuddy died two hours later from a fractured jaw and internal injuries.
 Mrs. Celia Povenova, sixty years old, of I'll Boerum place, Brooklyn, re- ceived a severe confusion of the right shoulder when, she declared, she was struck by McDonald's body as it fell. She was taken to Coney Island hos pital. Several minor cases of shock among passersby who were unnervsd by the accident were treated, among them being Mrs. Mary Appleton and Mrs. Katherine Squey of 336 Fifty fourth street, Brooklyn, with their four children. Mrs. Appleton reported that in the excitement a pickpocket had stolen her purse, containing few dollars. The reserves, under Inspector Thomas Murphy, were called out to