Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-03 | Page 4 | Five Killed, Two Seriously Hurt

FIVE KILLED, TWO SERIOUSLY BUST NEW YORK, July 2. Five persons were killed and two injured In a grade crossing accident near Ozone park, in the suburbs, late today. The victims were in a horse drawn vehicle, vehi-cle, which was struck by a Long Island Isl-and train. The crossing where tbo accident occurred js at the bottom of a declivity and is flanked by obstructions obstruc-tions which prevent' a clear view in either direction In the wagon was n party of five residents of the East Side, who wero picnicking, and a driver. Of tho four women and two men in tho vehicle, only one a woman wom-an Is alive tonight, and .she Is so badly Injured that she probably will die. The other Injured person Is Richard Creed, conductor of the electric elec-tric Iraln which struck the vehicle The bodies of two of tho victims were ground under the train. Two other, bodies came hurling through the open front door of the first car and struck Creed as he stood In the aisle. The impact knocked him against the car seats with terrific force and one of his arms was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated The body of the fifth victim was thrown some distance.