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Show ELEVATED TRAINS COLLIDE. Motorman Killed and Twenty-flvo Passengers Injured. Now York. George Koollncr. a motorman. mo-torman. nnd nbout twenty-live passengers pas-sengers wero more or less seriously Injured In-jured In a renr-ond collision of two elevated railroad trains on Myrtlo .ivenue, nrooklyn. on Friday. The two trains wore bound out from tho Urooklyn brldgo In the direction of ICast Now York. Ono of tho trains Flopped Bomo distance from a station, because of a fire, nnd tho second train, which came along at high Filed, could not ho stopped in tlmo to prevent a collision. It crnshed Into tho standing trnln with terrific forco. Passengers In both trains wero thrown from their seats and many woro badly burned. Instantly tlmro was a scene of panic among tiro fright-med fright-med occupants of the cars, and It wns not until nfter several Are companies com-panies hnd reached the scene In response re-sponse to nn nlarm that order was r stored. Uy the aid of ladders tho Premen carried many passengers to the streets. |