The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Station Agent Shuts Off
Power, Allowing Victims
to Get Down Safely.
FIREMEN AID IN RESCUES
Tah Lights Of Smashed Car
Said to Have Been Burning
Brightly as Warning.

and a motorman, Patrick Keogh, was
seriously injured in rear end COLI
sion at o'clock last night between
two trains on the Pelham, Bay Park
Hunts Point shuttle in The Bronx
Keogh, who suffered a fractured
skull and internal injuries and was
said to be dying in Fordham Hospital
was arrested later on a charge Of
criminal negligence.
Firemen helped the police reserves
in rescuing the 200 passengers aboard
the two trains.
There was panic among the passen-
gers, especially those seated in the
rear car Of the stalled train and the
forward car Of the following train.
That the list OF injured was not
greater was due largely to the prompt
action of the agent at the Elder ave-
nue. station, who switched off the cur
rent from the third rail at one Of the
emergency switches before the res
cuers began carrying the victims along
the tracks.
At Elder avenue the injured were
helped down the station stairways to
the street and received first aid from
three ambulance surgeons from the
Fordham Hospital.
Many Able to Go Heme.
The injuries Of psssenger~ consisted
forS sis- maat. part Of decorations from
broken glass and splinters. abrasions
and sprains. Many of them we're able
to 60 to their homes after being treated
by the ambulance surgeons. Drs. Gold
man, Schwartz and Levine, all Of Ford
ham Hospital Following Is the list OF
injured as far as could be learned:
Patrick Keogf. motorman. OF $50 Irv-
ing street, The Bronx.
Terence Donohue. IS. policeman. at
teched to the 135th street station. living
at 2351 Newbold avenue.
Terence Donohue. Jr.. 1S. his son.
William Wohlpert. 80. of 270 City
Island avenue. ~
John cartarzio. q. OF 1ss conover
street, Brooklyn.
barnard Morris. "a. Of 7s5 Logan ave-
nue., The Bronx.
Bernard Morris, Jr., and Edward, mis-
two sons. respectively and 5.
Frank Howe, 10 of 1888 Second ave-
nue., Manhattan.
Clarence Record. 81. Of 206 East Forty
first street. Manhattan.
Hyman Miller. a. also of 206 East
Forty-first street. Manhattan.
Edna johnson, "a. of 1445 Glover street,
The Bronx.
jerome Dorian. II. of 22i7 Lyon ave-
Henry Seal. "a. of 212 West 12sth street.
Manhattan.
Thomas Eden. 81. Of 1417 Stratford
avenue. Bridgeport. Conn.
Mary Fletcher, 16. also OF l417 STRAIT
ford avenue, Bridgeport, Conn.
Joseph Iasbor. "a. Of 1888 Glover
street, The Bronx.
sarah Tanisofsky. As. OF 3os East
l5Oth street.
street.
Mary Falcone. 19. of 1868 Appleton
Betty Moore. 20. of the same address.
Della CUBAN, AZ, OF i8S Scoff1eld
street. City Island.
Dorothy Meianson. 2s, also of Scof-
neld street, City Island.
Tail Lights said to BE Burning.
Tho two trains were southbound
from Pelham Bay Park. Train No.
was I'm charge of Elmer E. Martin.
motorman, of West Harrison. n. T.. and
Charles Hall. conductor. It had had
motor trouble and was losing time. but
limping along until just as 1t pulled out
from The Elder avenue station toward
Wheeler avenue IL. stalled completely.
So far as could be learned. the train
lights were not at any time extingushed
aud it's tail lamps we're burning brightly.
Keogh. driving Train No. ?, started out
from the Elder avenue station and.
with only slightly retarded headway.
crashed into the rear car Of the train
halted ahead.
The sound of the impact and tho
splintering OF glass and metal brought
many persons rushing from the street
up the stalrways of the Elder avenue
station. Among the first was Patrol
man Henry Hettrick OF the Simpson
avenue station.
Hettrick found the frightened passen-
gers already swarming to the rails and
he tried to calm them. In the shat
tered cab Of the second train he found
Keogh buried under wre, age OF the
-mashed platforms. N
Several fire engines, hook and ladder
truck and squad OF police reserves
also arrived. There was no fire In the
wreckage. but firemen Joined with the
police In helping tho injured TO the
street
TOXIC CONFIRMS CHOICE
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