The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-09
KILLED, f4INJURED
In ELEVATED CRASH
Second Avenue Express Tele-
scopes Last Car Of Stalled
Train at 18th street.
PASSENGERS IN A PANIC
Three of Victims Believed Fa-
tally Hurt - Motorman's
Body Dug From Wreck.

One man was killed. two women and
q man were probably fatally injured
and eleven other persons were badly hurt
early last evening when northbound
Second avenue express train crashed
into stalled Third avenue iocai'expresa
on the elevated structure in Third ave.
nue. at 1s7th street. The Bronx.
A panic followed among the passen-
gers Of both trains and many Of those
who were hurt received their injuries
In the wild rush TO get out OF the cars
or by being flung from their seats by the
force OF the collision. Reserves from
two police stations were required to pre-
serve order among the crowd that gath.
cred about the scene Of the accident and
to regulate the jam Of stalled passengers
held UP at stations as far as 129th street
until the wrecked cars were hauled away
and the northbound tracks cleared.
The cause Of the accident Is not
known, but Assistant District Attorney
Albert Cohen NJ The Bronx began an
investigation to determine whether II
vas due to negligence. The man who
was killed was Charles X. Harris, 80,
motorman OF the Second avenue train.
All Tie OtneT IHtHpCES Vi ttc ~
both trains professed ignorance OF the
cause Of the accident and said they had
no warning OF the collision until the
crash actually occurred. Harris. II was
learned, went on duty less than an hour
before his train smashed into the stalled
one ahead Of it
The Third avenue train had stopped
about midway between the Fordham
road and 1880 street stations. 1t ts be-
iieved. TO permit a train ahead Of II to
draw out OF the Fordham road station.
The signal for the Third avenue train
to proceed had not yet been thrown
when the Second avenue train came
along and bumped into the rear car OF
the Third avenue express.
The forward car OF the Second evenue
train and the last car Of the Third ave-
nue. train were of steel Both were tele-
scoped and badly damaged. There were
only a few passengers In these cars. but
the other cars of both trains were well
filled Harris was crushed to death as
the platform Of his car drove through
the rear platform Of the stalled car
ahead. and firemen had to be called to
chop his body out Of the wreckage.
Two physicians and six nurses were
summoned from Fordham Hospital.
They converted the second and third
cars OF the Third avenue train into an
emergency hospital. Most of those
treated were either cut by broken glass
or cut and bruised by being trampled
and knocked about In the rush Of pas
sengers that followed the crash.
The most seriously injured. all oil
whom were removed to Fordham Hospi.
tai, were Miss Katherine Mccormick
-. an employee OF the hospital; Miss
Anna Mallon. 3s, 400 East 1S7th street
and Stephen Galfhofer, SO Glover ave-
n~s. Yonkers All were found to be
suffering from internal injuries and the
surgeons said they might not recover
The others who were treated were able
to 30 to their homes.
Unless the brakes on the train that
caused the crash were defective, Assist
ant District Attorney Cohen said, II will
be almost impossible to determine the
cause OF the accident. The crew OF the
Second avenue train said that train was
travelling at scarcely Ave miles an hour
when the accident occurred.