The evening world. Newspaper, September 11, 1905, Page 3

RED THE CAUTION SIGNAL ICAR TURNED ROUND, Motorman of Wrecked Train Dashed Into Switch Full Speed, Though Rules of Road and Lights Displayed Called on’ Him to Slow Down. Tore Sixth avenue train?” Kelly inate no response to, this. It is little #hort of miraculous that the third car did not follow the scc- ‘ond je\strest. It came to'a stop when half-way off the structure. One. OVER THE/STREET. Ye remained there, so pérfecty, balanced that it swung gently up and seek ‘see-saw, while the frantic passengers crowded at the front door and jumped from the platform:to the cornice of the building at the south- cae. Ninth'svenue and Fifty-third street. From there they entered the Windows of a second-floor apartment Sveupted by J. B. Crowe, and mate way to: the treet, gore in ‘the car that. fe ‘to the Street, eleven were killed, so badly injured thet they miy;die,-thirty others aro in the man, a negro, named McCarthy, passing along the'street, was killed by Uielcar falling on'him. A policeman, Henry Adkins, also passing along > the street,’ ‘was so badly injured that he may dite. ‘The deaths of at least three of those who were killed in the car is Gne to’ the'fact that the forward trucks of the car which got half off the _ structure fell on top of the car in the street, crashing through it as thouga paper. joven persons were pinioned under the heavy trucks, and at least threemen. ‘who were alive before that were afterward taken out dead. VICTIMS: BURIED IN DEBRIS. ‘The-sbenes which followed the acoldent are indescribable. The dead and. ware buried ‘beneath the tangled debris-and for a long tine it was eto’ extricate them. The ghricks of the injured could be heard ‘and the greatest excitement prevailed, trouble noticed onthe trip downtown was at One Hundred and Hise fifth street, when ‘Kelly started his train out of the station so * guddenty that « nmber of passengers were thrown from thelr seats and a child} was'thrown out of its mother’s arms. Several. people.in the motor car Protented at the time, but they say Kelly paid no ettention to them. LAUGHED | AT JOLTED PASSENGERS. From that point down to Fifty-ninth street they say he stopped and Started the train.with such suddenness that it was with difficulty people Sept their seats. Two laboring men in‘the motor car called Kelly a scab ond accused him of annoying the passengers on purpose. Kelly made no re~ sponse, but kept jolting the: passengersfunéil he Mefthe Fifty-ninth street Hon. He came out of that station at a fuir rate of speed, but pulled up ly, at Fitty-fitth street. It is the:custom of the motormen to slow up Aate, but Kelly stopped,’ Then he suddenly started- ahead again “hit thie curve at full speed. nica BLAME KELLY. ever expected to Hit the curve at all, but his mistake was in not, heater et dbeeesleoria taaket ate th in, hit the carve the izeg that pen. The motor car wi rarer Vo nates, but settled down again om the tracks. Then there was 3 tremendous wrench and the ‘second and third ‘cars, crowded to the doors, ehot clear cad other cars and the express and uptown to;the corner. of Fitty- third wirsot sua Ninih aveude, A Lon thet mad avg ta tha eavet om ‘the oust slo f the avenue, and the second almost followed ft HAD NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE. ‘ yo4 There was no time for any one to leave elther car. AM) who were tn " fiie séoond car went to the street with it. Some were thrown out of the fWindows os the car turnei over end some were thrown through the roof, \wras partly torn’ off, ‘These eustained slight injuries, When the of the car fell on the o26 in the street the wors: of the acci- blocks: car that fell to the street plunged into the window of the drug of John ‘Jones; in the corner building, and across the sidewalk to the Lcdajucnallges ‘The negro McCarthy was in front of the drug store owas instantly killed, the car crushing him, The policeman, Adkins, was was caught in the falling car. His injuries are such that there ; ot’his living. |; a‘the second ocr of the building on the corner lives Mr. J. E, Crow family. They were in rear room when the accident hapenei, ond A. dinig pagal oes temivadoaet oirdgs THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENIN EVENING, G, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908. THE WRECK AS SEEN FROM THE STREET } STREET LE VEL. (Photographed Especially for The ‘and Tom Higginson,.No. 144 West Fitty-eighth street, gatemen. ‘The Coroner rounded up the members ot the crew at (he scene of the accident and took informal statements from them, He then écnt them to the ‘West Forty-seventh Street Station to be detained as witnesses. Switchman Jackson and the crew of the wrecked train were taken to the West Side Court, where they were immediately remanded back to the| West Forty-seventh street station, where Coroner Scholer, after a prelimi- nary examination, held the switchman in $5,000 bail and the other mem bers of the train crew in $100 each as witnesses. The company said they would furnish bail for the latter. The inquest will not be held for several days, THIEVES QUICK ON SCENE. In‘spite of the ‘horror of the scene it wasn’t thirty seconds after the fall of the car before thieves were about, Policeman Edward Moran; one of the first to arrive, found a man trying to. take.the pocketbook from an injured woman, ae The woman was pini she was holding dn to her to atrest the man, but "gd tec ey dae ABE A gan in to help the injured. now looking for him in the hospitals. He ts gure he 4 tothe hospital after he hit him. ‘There were many instances of heroism’ and unselfishness One negro who wes caught by, the legs under the trucks of the car, and monet ave atten) Sti aie, calmly superintended the work of getting him out, is af ‘A man and a womsn.who were taken out unconscious Tecowered alr: senses while lying an a track at the cuth, and, getting: up, did whet they could to rescue others. A number of truck drivers qame up and offered to take people to their homes. ‘The Sie lees caused a vomplete tie-up of both the Ninth and ‘Sixth NEWS OF SON'S WRECK EXPLAINED _ DEATH CRAZED ening World by Stafi Artist Curtis.) avenue lines for folir hours. Passengers who were on trains prior ‘to the} aecldent were taken from them end taken away by surface cars or walked | to the Subway. At some of the stations on the Ninth avenue line ropes were strung across the stairways leading to tho stations and big placards | tacked up, reading “Accident—Trains Not Running.” The blockade diverted the bulk of the rash traffic to the Subway. All ‘the expresses were pretty well filled by the time they had passed dnder the Harlem River. The platforms of the northern stations in Manbattan were ‘packed with people anxious to reach their offices, and in consequence there were lively scrombles to get aboard the trains. The congestion led to delays, and the cars jammed with passengers were unable to make any- thing like schedule time. 9 influence of the accident was shown on the stock market at the ‘eihee to-day. Interborough stock fell off 3 1- nesege nile Manhattan stock fell 1 1-2 points. = The Interborough oMcials, in a statement isstted this afternoon, say oe See te ar eron eines e¥Nk ‘employ of the Dany ised Ook 29, 1895, igaasdert gttrik mag hive ait agaiiot pee Paul Kelly, the motérman, ' fas ‘been’ fp the employ of the company for six months, starting March 6. He cumo here from St-Louis as a stelle breaker, having however, a record of, four veuts: sitiatactory service there, W OF FLAT CURVE'S DANGER. baie Gallagher, of the. Wert iphiasert cote pea police station, this afternoon, recalled that years/ago the “! operating company was called ‘upon to protect the ot Fifty-third givest and Ninth avenue by sloping the rails, with the sole purnose in view of preventing 4 train at high speed Santis ite balance, “T believe that ff the company haa built ‘that curve’ properly,” sald the captain, “and*had seen that it Posig session pres ee ee The: \ssteng Tent ap criminal that suzh a condiein a*apould have cutee |POLIGEMAN’S Saal bie SHOT INTO STREET “ie A ae Conductor Whose Life Was: Thus Saved Tells Thrilling Story—Says_Motor- man Ran by Signal, Then Broke Train by Sudden Stop. J. W. Johnson, the conductor of the wrecked train, made the following statement of the accident to Inspector Flood thig afternoon: “We had just left Pifty-ninth street and were running nearly at {ull speed when I looked over the gates and saw that the signals at Pifty-third street were yellow. and green, which means that the track is open fora Sixth avenue train to tum inte. Fitty-third street, If it has been set for ua to Gown Ninth mould have “T think y. the motorman, tleod the signals, for 1 felt the e Bency brakes go. on with full force,-but the first car of the train had already rounded the curve—into Fifty-third street. ‘Aa the train stopped the coupling tween the motor car and the second, There 1 was, broke, as Ie lt were twine: The first on the track, but our ear ickknlfed with the third ‘car that Is, turned end for ane wae, hed been oh the suddenly found | mysel ‘ing for dear iue on form “ond "A ° ene car slid Me fel ward the street on the bottom of th Then, to make the confusion oj co > miidiog, tee. Fay 28 init; tom =i is a “the “Those who had been unlucky enough FI f r i [tt e sft | ae Fj i 4 i it ull £2 y i a ‘3 t ES S| Bear me I S| with gne hand as T held to the gate fs were the ones who auf were jammed tn (Ween the seats so they could not more, End all that they could do was to walt be crushed. After the first aw} Pas I found myself hanging with it my strength to the gate. ‘Then the condition of the third car, the one be- hind me, flashed into my ‘mind. ‘I noticed it hung over. the TAb arecter, faba ost reaching & y of the drug stoi side of the street. Se seon, Buard.. stood on aw all this In a flash, ‘and ‘then turhed my attention ™} oar, Several crawled along the ceiling ot the overturned car to my. platform and ‘helped them\to the elevated structure. “Out of the awful mass at the other ena of the car people were Sradvelt Gleariraneting themselves and ever each other ees the ceiling car toward ‘my tform. As they got | Are catch hold of them with Bd other and ores hem up onto the form. att ian eee It Dooste them’ onto. rated si ture, and they ran ‘aibog ‘tine ites “and As my feet at ahi on ot the Asal right where ie