The evening world. Newspaper, May 6, 1908, Page 18

| PATROL WAGON WRECKED, SEVEN POLICEMEN HURT Dashing at Full Speed to In- ;, cendiary Fire When Rear Bi Wheels Crumple Up, HURLS MEN TO STREET. Those Severely Injured Are! Relieved From Duty Indefinitely. ~ @even policemen on night reserve at Whe Vernon avenue station, Willams fhurg, were severely injured in the cok apse of a patrol wagon to-day while they wore being rusbed to an incen-| Gary fire at No. 7% Flushing avenue {Zhe injured policemen are: Lieut. Fraun, ankle broken, Tseut. Nelson, cut and bruised about “Bead. Sergt. Butler, scalp wourd. Patrolman Cunningham, leg broken. Patrolman Poblers, two fingers broken, | "| Patrolman Peters, wrist broken. Patrolman Christopher Groesel, scalp wrcunds, ‘The smashup occurred at Throop are- fue and Ellery street, only four blocks from the station house, and when the patrol wagon was being driven at the best burst of speed there was in the the two biz bays. Twelve Men in Wagon. ‘There were twelve men in the wagon, | filling it to capacity, with one man on Whe step behind. Capt. Hughes had or Gered Groesel, the driver, to push the Borses to the best, es the fire was four miles away and they might arrive in time to corral some of the Aresugs that Bad been touching off various buildings fy the district. The vehicle was Throop avenue wi wwhen suddenly the tw wheels went to pleces, the axle cracked and the twelve reserves were tumbled amid @ mass of wreckase. tying along down a clear course, Driver Dragged Half a Block. The shaft went to pieces as the body @t the vehicle collapsed. nd Driver Groesel, with the reins wi his wrist, was sn like a chip and ¢ before the reins None of the twe! Scathed, though of the vehicle rec Anjuries. They were a the unconscious and t Eastern District Ho: ances. When Surgeon Ozens arr: men escaped un- he found the street strewn with more | or less unconscious policemen apd wreckage. The horses were ene @way in another neighborhood, pur- sued by several wagons. ‘The only ot ‘Vernon aven| and a horse com ing milk wagc men were driven surgeon: Felleved from duty Ratialinesanvoll citer! Duty. Meanwhile the police of Btreet station took care which did Dlaze was ri Clymer stree’ foeen so meny tbat section of V that Police He the reserves (rc By the time ¢ erippled reserves telephoned that be } On reserve fit for duiy, but that called in the men who were hc Would sen4 them to tie fire gary. He was relieved from that neses- @ity, as the fire was already out, Oil-Soaked Rags in Blaze. It was the purp to make 4 quick house at No. io he would huve's Yiceman John Mahoney, of the Clymer street station, been alert. Mahoney, on Fost a block away, saw smo uc of the hallway and rushed Place. He found oil-so, fog under the e of the eeded had pouring nto the trroughout the ha He kicked @hem until he fire. and then call box. Then the i Joined him in attackin by the time the r had the fire kept below the ing. The Fire Marshal is hy firebug, but without ar identity. AP a If you want your ad- vertisement printed in the biggest newspaper ever published, send copy in early this week to catch The World's 25th Anniversary Edi- tion, a 200 page news- ' paper, out next Sun- day, May 10th. BROKEN MAIN FLOODS SUBWAY IN BROOKLYN Water a Foot Deep in Tunnel, Third Rail Submerged, and Traftic Suspended. BRONX TROLLEY ACTRESSES ARE LINES TIED UP ALL FAILURES AS BY CABLE BREAK’ WIVES, HE SAYS, and, Stage Unfits aie for Home. Declares Mr. Davidson, Who Wants a Divorce. Big Feed Wire SreNe Whole System Stopped | at Midnight. ‘The entire Union Railway from One! Frederick Tay ascnt Hundred and Twenty-eighth street tO) momber of ea Yonkers came to a standattil ehortly | q well known Bro A flood of water from a broken main. that Milled the Brooklyn Subway under | Flatbush avenue, from Atlantic avenue | nd now nians. church m to Fulton street, to a depth of a foot after midnight to-d: By dawn @ few | and ve was cut off carly to-day after an all-| cars were moving, but so alo lt posed the night tussle by a gang of men under|better to walk {f one was In @ hurry: | wife, Ma to Justice Dickey nth Night Superintendent Fleming. |The cause of the trouble wars & nie, plied for The main that burst was one of five/cable leading into the Kingsbrtge iy the Brox \thai intersect in front of the Long power house that grounded and promyer | ny. request [eland depot, and in the cataract that /ly put twelve lines out of business sey | 22 In & eensntional was pouring from a broken lead joint | Many of the cars were crawded wi Wwilchmthe = 4 for the workmen to find! people homeward dound from the the- it was har with seve P the break. The water got in behind atre. and except to those wiad, ae duct and names three c the masonry and, spurted through cracks | souls to whom to ah wii ca fumbrella | Only a few weeks }on passing trains. jin the rain and hold han rs legal % ¢ jodalot of damage and/a hit as something new, the long vigil Oh!) in the dark cars did not appeal a little # bit. When the power was cut of the {m9 Asbury Po lghts in every car went out. John D. Mack “Dunno,” waa the response of con- | prised by a ductors and motormen to people who band, who bi wanted to know what the trouble was. | And then the mon of the dell-pull and controller bar curled up on seats and went to sleep. “On, Joe,” blonde to her escort, when I get hom ‘The flood caus | may hold up traMc in the Brookly | subway till the water is pumped out. |The third rail is submerged, and it | not likely that any trains will be run | ull the track has been inspected. The flood broke loose just before midnight, and all tral: were stop} |The Brooklyn Board of Water Sup- ply was notified, and the water out off, {Phen with maps location of the burst | pipe was ascertained. a BRENNAN COMPETENT. was sure moaned a pretty littl “what snail - si “Tell ‘em tae cars were stopped,” re- bie sponded Joe. 5 | "Oh, they never believe that,” con- ‘That Is the Teatimony of Several/tessed his companion, giggling. Joe | Former Police Commissioners. — | thought it over a while, and then got sore. H Tnere was a lot of talk of old times| 41° Unionport. where a crowded car jand handshaking of old-timers in Dep- juty Hanson's court to-day. Men who | have filled the office of Police Commis- ‘stoner af New York since 13% met and hobnobbed, cracked jokes at cach other's expense and told stories of the | “good old days” that will never come| ‘The way they fell on him was pa- again. |thetic. His pal had a life-preserver, ‘The former commissioners were sub-|too, and the crowd kept the Unionport- poenaed by Mioheel Brennan, superin-|ers awake till daylight singing songs tendent of telegraphs at Pollce Head- end tolling funny stories, in two or quarters, who is on trial for incom-/|w&ree places along the Yonkers road Petency. To testify to his ability to stalled cars were halled with joy by handle the job he called James J. Mar-|trainps, who piled in and made them- Un, now City Chamberlain and Com- Selves at home. missioner twelve years ago; Frank| One man (1h Moss, Barney York, John R. Voortils | WhO developed ar and Major H. B. Bbstein, and they all ‘2 Ys mal prs told Mr. Hanson that Brennan wea all (0?) Sid right. Later Commissioners John R. Partridge and McAdoo will testify. Brennan is about sixty years old and bas been superintendent of telegraphs | since 18%. He was suspended without | by Commissioner ham in Ni a stew" | was stalled, two “gents wi arece) the heroes of the hour. “You know Harry Lauder's advi sputtered one. “Well, I've a bottle a my pocket for the morning; and it’ morning now, so we'll have a drink.” came from Yonkers), awful gro: during to the driver. man, “you've got Just go to sle and it'll ne disposition. rself, like I'm, trying to, jnever botner you. ———__—_ NEW GOVERNOR BOUNCED. ST. PE May 6 — A de sity for back s spatch from 7 rsia, says there ond got a jodgment. He was re- | was fgnung 1 ut 8 all day yes- 9 at 9 o'clock, but was | terd ed at noon the Same day. he was charged with incompe- nd his trial has been going on cope with t ements, JHMeS McGREERY & CO. 23rd Street 34th Street This $37.59 Three-Piece On Thursday, May the 7th. TRIMMED MILLINERY. Exhibition of In Both Stores. Suthmer Hats, White and various light colored straws. Leg horn Hats, attractively trimmed with flowers. 15.00 value 25.00 LADIES’ SUITS. Tailor-made Coat Suits, of stripe Duck, Stripe Lawn Bretelle Dresses, | 7-59 Linen Suits, ‘Tailor-made or Trim- In Both Stores. | bows; ¢ not be dur $12.75 Bed Outfits, $7. 50 med with lace, White and colors, 10,50 Lingerie Princess Dresses, White, pink and blue, 15.00 HANDKERCHIEF DEP’TS. In Both Stores, French and Irish Linen Handker- chiefs with hand-embroidered initials, | | medallions or plain hemstitching, © continuo an all- ‘Bie cnt? 27,50} Glove Handkerchiefs — novel signs and hand-embroidered, Real Lace Handkerchiefs—Point de- ee val le, corr | Duchesse, Venice and Valenciennes, Men’s Irish Linen Handkerchiefs, 5,000 Y 000 Various width hems, 2.75 doz, tee Wonen’s sheer Irish Linen Hand. Lor 1, Gee ae: kerchiefs. With hand-embroidered floral ; design and initial, Box 34 doz. 1.50 2.98 Women’s Irish Linen Handker- WARP LINEN G 3.98 FANCY CHINA MAT- Tn 40 chiefs. With hand-embroidered wreath and initial, ¥% doz. 75¢ Children’s Linen Handkerchiefs, with colored edges and initials, Box 44 doz. 750 | JAMES McGREERY & 60. <—WHITE HAND-P. it D-PALM-; 23rd Street 34th Street 4, best matting 8 75, lions B14 value: | roll e | terns; | a her hus- | k $3 Couch Covers at $1. “Ao. ze 12x9) morrow at .. wite De Never "I have » 1.49 \ Exactly Like Cut, at $20.00 3-Piece Ravioe Sulles: beauti’ al Colonia! Sty’ e, Nigh! ypola id floral $25 value; and g THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, cision Re “a Good Ww “MAIL oR TELEPHONE ORDERS on ADVERTISED GOODS | NEW _YORKS FASTEST GROWING STORE | WEST I4T' STREET a SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY PROMPTLY REFUNDED | Berane yes and Sale of Tapestry Portieres, Couch Cowers 2 Table Cowers A MOST biggest given in this Great Department. at least Half Price. $1. 25 Couch Covers To- Morrow, at spec! 75c Per pal Parlor Suite, $20 [s= MAY 6, | rappers Uwe je best cure for Jaded but tt ts an mental evi- bees SR ~ SU SU FU _ 8$15 Voile Skirt Over, Taffeta Silk Drop This Exactly Like Picture Now 6 : French Mesh Voile BRYA Richly Taffeta Silk ; x trim ed, new ful \ plaited model, splen-' BBWAA didly tailored. i ee em ‘e 5 Ph served. som. e finds wit hits’ and be a ma Skirt, S Rich Taffeta Silk < tears, acting Drop, Specia} Thurs- y are the on earth. Manager. Beautiful Voile Heavy ruffled taffeta silk ir homes to th Sale ALI! Thiee stores thursday. Remember! Alterations Free. NEW YORK 4608462 Fulton Stet (Supa Se AMES McCREERY & co. 23d Street 34th Street * FURNITURE DEP’TS. 1n Both Stores. On Thursday and Friday, May the 7th and Sth, Sale of Craftsman and Quaint Furniture. Made of brown fumed oak upholstered in leather, Suites for living room, bedroom and dining room. Many odd and unusual articles suitable for furnishing Bungalows, Camps, Country Clubs and Seashore Cottages, important sale event—presenting the and most sensational bargains ever Every item 59c| Aetle Covers at eee: Many much less: rever- LOT 6. 50c. yard : 25¢ $3 0 Tapestry Portieres, $2 Pr. Lot 7. Foot Rests and Tabourettes ...... 1.75 Shown in ai plain golore and some ancy tw-toned Rnb aod vials eee pala 2. 00 former price 2.50 at, pair. Magazine Stands.............2..4.00 LOTS. $2.50 Point d’Arate Curtains, $1.25. a former price 6.00 Large roomy Arm Chairs and Rockers . ° ial, f former price 7.28 High back Fireside Arm Chairs..7.50 former price 10.50 Tea and Lunch Tables....4.75 to 10,00 Writing Desks eee eee L250 former price 16,00 Morris Chairs and Bookcases ....19.50 former price 25.00 Umbrella Stands ................ 5:00 Special! Extra!! Wild’s Best Cork Linoleum Costumers , Bee ee eee e cee ee e700 Cellarettes ..................,.32.00 E | sees ee ee nalagevarh RUG DEPARTMENTS, 1 roth Stores, Ry SAG pater Sale of the following lots of Oriental \ cu; spe= and Domestic floor coverings at excep- oan C tionally moderate prices. English Enamel Oilcloth Axminster Rugs, Size 9 x 12 ft. 19.00 eres ara en Wilton Rugs, Size 9 x 12 ft. + 25,00 and 2 yards wide, Seamless Wilton Velvet Rugs, extra Usually sold quaiity CAS Rete terete’ r atk ae per WAL Wilton Velvet Carpet. Made, laid and square yard....., lineds REG per yard AXXS Cork gles ue Imported and Domest’c 'nlaid Linoleum, of patterns; suitable tor stores, 1.20 per yard i B Persian Carpets. Average size g x 12 ft, A9- 9¢.09 and 120.00 ? Fine Caucas:an IRWe 8 oiler qolelelers sieteil 2150) MC f EQ . Fine Matting MES HLOnEEKY 23rd Street odth Street’ “= On Sale Here Smith’s $28.50 Axminster Rugs at : ‘5 48 We have secured 75 Alexander Smith's Sample Kugs, 12 ft. i‘ ng and 9 feet wi 12 patterns, chown in all colors. e Regularly sold at $28.50, Speci asondn :. Smith’s Seamless Brussels Rugs in rich medal- pat to- 15.00 ne eee To-morrow at 50c. on Dollar. ‘An immense purchase—at auction —brings you this unmatched ecoo- omy opportunity, Also Rugs. PEEAAEEROSERAA SAR SASERAASEAEASAEEELESASOEESEEEEESE' i Get a Real Estate Deed i If You Wish to Succeed--- It will keep your savings intact, and, if wisely chosen, will net you a handsome profit on your investment, Morning World ‘‘Realty’’ Ads. 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