New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-28
Three Hurled to Death
by Coney Island Coaster
Continued from page I

daughter and grandson chhslhB u 'he
framework.
Macdonald was relief operator on the
railway lie had worked there for SIX
wears Last night he had just taken
charge of the car. while its regular
operator, John Clinton, went to his sup
per. They were rounding a curve, with
Macdonald on the front seat. when the
front of the car rose, left the track and
then bumped along the ties until II
sweryed and fell over on its side.
The man catapulted from the seat ana
dropped head foremost to the pavement
lie struck Mrs. Celia Povenova, OF III
Roerum Place. who was walking below,
knocking her fiat and bruising her Sc
verely. lie died instantly.
Man bangles Head Downward.
There was another man in the car
when il was wrecked. His feet were
caught and he dangled head downward
until released by Vitale and Kellerman.
He escaped without giving his name,
When the ambulances reached the
scene they had to force their way
through the crowd. A squad of police
was fighting to keep the throng back
from the three still shapes lying in the
vestibule OF the ticket Office. Reserves
had t. be called out before order was
restored.
Then through the press strobe a
middle aged man. dressed IN black.
am a priest" he told the patrolman VINO
tried to halt him; "let me pass. lie
walked into the vestibule and knelt pc
side the three bodies.
1t became silent. Far down the
Bowery could be heard the wheeling
chant of a merry-go- rounds organ:
Father John y. Gallo. of the Church or
the Sacred Heart, at Newburg, prayed
beside the dying women. First woman
in the front of the crowd crossed her
self and knelt down. Others followed
her.
The lights OF the ballyhoos and side
shows of Coney Islands Bowery looked
down upon hundreds of persons knee !
ing in its garish street. their heads
bent in prayer. The priest looked up
once. then he bent again, his lips NOV
ing i'm the last rites Of his Church.
Presently he rose and slipped away and
the crowd rose, each man looking at
his neighbor a little shamefacedly.
Mcdonald was dead when the ambu-
lance surgeons arrived. One glance at
Mrs. Hartman told them that 1t was
ONLY a question of minutes before she,
too, would die. In vain attempt they
pumped hypodermics of strychnne into
her and rushed her to the hospital.
She was dead when she reached it.
The girl, Ruth Cuddy, was breathing
when she was carried up 10 ward
bed. When physicians examined her
carefully il was found that her skull
was fractured. her lower jaw, both
arms and her right leg were broken.
She died within an hour. Her father
is dead. her brother, Harry, cripple
and her mother makes a living as a
scrubwoman.
The family lives with the mothers
parents, the McLeans. simple Irish folk:
who choked back their tears 70 talk OF
their grandchild last night.
Ruth was always trying to help, they
said. Her mother wasn't well, and
didn't she put her foot down week
ago and say that her parent must take
a vacation? Ruth was strong, and since
her mother left on vacation to Con
necticut, two days ago, she had been
playing scrubwoman in her place.
News Kept from Mother.
To-day was real lovely day, and
when Nellie Wells, a neighbor, sug-
gested that she and Ruth go down to
the island the old people insisted that
she go. Harry couldn't say anything
last night. He sat hunched up on a
chair in the corner, sobbing softly, his
thin little arm held before his eyes.
The mother does not yet know that
her child has been killed
"The Rough Rider" is controlled by
the Ocean Beach Amusement Company.
Thomas Ward, the manager, was ar
rested after the accident. charged with
homicide Later, he was released on
So, 900 bail.
Inspectors Of the Building Depart
ment were at work determining the
cause of the disaster for some time
last evening. They expressed the
opinion that the rapid speed of the