New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-26
10 INJURED In
SUBWAY CRASH
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impatient to get aboard, without seeing
a trainman.
He had hardly completed his inspec-
ton, when rumbling told Of the APP
approach Of the express. Standing
back in the expectation that the cars
at the station would pull out, he was
amazed to see it stand second after
second while the express came nearer.
Carried Airbrake Grip.
When his train was less than fifty
feet from the line of empties Albert
Martin, motorman Of the South Ferry
train, slid the door OF his box aside
and jumped. He landed on all fours
in the runway and started for the sta
tion platform. Colleary had time TO
notice that the motorman WAS carry
ing the iron grip Of his airbrskes.
Then the crash came.
The station swung with the shock.
As the cars settled back TO the tracks
jets OF fame shot uD beside the win
dows and smoke rose where the shat
tered third rail was kindling the ties
and woodwork.
Call some ambulances and the en-
gines." shouted Colleary to Patrolman
Wade, who was on the platform with
him.
Then he sprang to the side Of the
train, where scores of faces appeared,
contorted with fright and the effort to
gain freedom. With the help of Patrol
man John +. Hyland, who was on the
northbound platform when the collision
occurred Colleary carried out Mrs. Nc
Clone, Miss Mullen and Miss Quinn be-
fore other assistance arrived.
Mrs. McGlone's left arm swung help
lessly, and the policemen feared it was
broken. She refused TO wait for the
ambulances, however, saying she must
find a telephone and summon her auto
mobile
Gets Shock from Lever.
When Colleary seized one Of the grips
beside a car door to hoist himself in
side he felt a shock that caused him to
drop 1t in hurry and wiring his hand.
BY the time feeling was restored and
he made a second attempt there was
nothing wrong with the grip.
There were about 200 passengers on
the express, the police figured, and all
were sent sprawling by the collision.
Many women who had apparently sus-
tanned no injury were hysterical and
unable TO leave the station until an
ambulance surgeon had applied restora-
tives.
Except for the fact that most of the
stations north of 207th Street are con-
siderably shorter than ten-car train,
and consequently few passengers find
their way into the first car, the list Of
injured would have been much longer,
the police believe.
The only persons In the frst car OF
the express were the motorman, who
Jumped; II. J. Supper, the conductor,
and Patrolman Bolger Supper and Boil
ger were hurled into the second car
The former escaped uninjured, save for
scratches, but Bolger was found un-
conscious. A splinter more than foot
long had been driven through his uni
form coat and sweater but was stopped
by suspender buckle.
Crowd Gathers Quickly.
A crowd gathered quickly, and those
earliest 10 arrive sought to force their
way to the station. Captain Hulse came
with fifty reserves and established po-
lice lines block away from its en-
trance.
Acting Captain Cooper, Of the Ith
~ o4iNl DtA'NAANf examined 1ne
motorman without throwing much light
on the cause of the accident. Although
there was no doubt, the police said,
that the rails were slippery from the
rain that was falling, the motorman
did not offer that as an excuse He had
failed 20 see the train standing at the
station until he was within fifty feet
Of it, he said. Then he had slapped on
mis- air and emergency brakes and
jumped.
Public Service Commissioners Hay
ward and Whitney examined the wreck
with A. l.. Merritt, lnterborough super
intcndent. They were inclined TO think
that the telescoped car was the last one
Of the dead train. The policemen who
had seen the accident stuck to their
belief that IL was the car from which
Martin had jumped that telescoped.
From 1920 until o'clock there was
no service on the northbound tracks
above Dyckman Street. At o'clock
trains were run 20 Van Cortlandt Park,
but passing the stations above Dyck-
man Street on the middle track and
making no stops. That service was con
tlnued until nearly o'clock, when all
the tracks we're again in use.