| Show Switch mans alleged error causes wreck in which twelve are killed and two score injured ne tor sen 11 the death list r oda s accident on the ninth anne railroad when a car crowded w h elii morning dorsers wor sers on their aown town pitched headlong into E ner stands at twelve three 0 n are in hospitals with fractured sh Is one of these who as yet remains unidentified at loosevelt Hoo sevelt hos elal is unconscious anil not expected to arc more than two score of persons were injured many of them ser the cause of the accident and a immediate remain to be seen the motorman of the wrack ed iaan is a fugitive while a switch conductor and four guards arc cade arrest tap s is charged with manslaughter and the tra lamen arc held a ases tonight corenor scholer who has undertaken aie work of fixing the blame for the wreck announced that the switch mans bond neen placed at and choso of the witnesses at each whatever raab have caused the mis f ake the acci clent the worst in the hl sory of the overhead railroads in new came when a south bound en the anth avenue iroe was switched i oaf to the sixth ahvenus line at tho lv thard street dunckon the mo orrean or roan a clear track on ho direct wie 0 the ninth avenue wl hout regarding tho warning ia the was open rushed his j jiin along at B high rats of speed j the first car swung around the right angle curve holding to the rails be 1 of the weight of the train be tae strain became too great the couplings brolie the second car was about almost end for end and to the horror of who looked I 1 on from bolow pitched into the street the first indication people on the alk had of the accident was a louo rumbling abong the overhead ruc ture up tasy gaw a hotter of spa riis then followed c ners and the sound of splitting cobers suddenly Sudden lr the outer guard of lie railroad structure gave way a core of bodies were hurled through ir and with a deafening crash the fir fell to tbt street for an instant boort fair on end then the sides e anav as if they were made of is P board elc hiag bojt a mass of ATt aase passengers who had not jump irom ana windows before e camp ere thrown into a a ahe forward end 0 the CM tit injured men and women webb to free two VA aront trucks of the third car on iaan fn an almost in their midst as ar itself jumped partly off the elevi and was wedged aio a building at the south east 0 r ot ninth A venue and fifty third t r crowds wre soon on the scene 0 i a fir i work of the hastily summon d boice rca erves were directed to ap for thu rescuing of the r t abt iown by the I 1 iyo pr ambulance in manhat a anc and dead v j d away with all speed alarms of fire brought many ia 0 ahe scene A slight alre c ased b burning insulation was c in and the firemen h 0 worn chopp tas the dea dand i d the task was not an easy aji ue heavy car in falling had e ni completely burled pedestrians i a cleage at beast one was 1 ou right in chis way po i 0 harr atho was stand P ecil abidor hs II 11 P among choie most seriously ln j art alifi pel ons w n dead wheal taken 0 i wack and oi ded later at p i T c reeled is of alie dead ja i 1 h a merchant and m TO ici ot the e jersey L 01 rada F p P tf afa el T aion colDi cf oi n Coch mon oneie employed by the T i cobun comun ap us mcca in 1 r t es an ri c aclin 10 lo a policeman i cooper by j T gemeni lion u n a i died m rein 0 ri V ailster ilster cler K died anra nn 0 i iowa abel clerk wa married and i wo children ne dead the ani abed was james cooper whose head w s completely severed from his v the seriously injured are hear a policeman fracture if he and dislocated leg wm butler fractured arm and lacera ed head mart in injured james gheer leg crushed patick J gilliam Gl lliam left side crushed john banzel arm fractured bridget mcmahon internal injured and injuries to head T mckenna left shoulder ais and leg crushed m T skull fractured OS terin arm fractured Se fractured frabj ared od aister yi ster both arais fractured ww fractured skull at roosevelt hospital before the great crowds collected by 11 news of the wreck could be cleared a dav be police were compelled to me heavy night sticks on anum arr of men who were attempting to snatch jewelry or oher valuables from tie victims the officers bad no time i deako arrests contenting themselves ih clubbing the miscreants as hcan i v as they could coroner ordered the arrest of all tho men immediately concerned search was at once made for tho roo torman paul kally who secured a on iha elevated lines six ago kelly could not be aund and ar a late hour tonight was il the in th tower at anih avenue and afify ichird street cornelius A lackson lack aon was flegl ar rested then conductor J W john dpn and guards J W me davitt W L berry and B dark were taken into custody at a preliminary hearing this afternoon all of them waived examination two versions ot tho cause of the wreck were told to the coroner one of these was that the switchman bad set the tracks for a sixth avenue train and when he saw his mistake had attempted to it while the train was on the curve the change throwing the second third and fourth cars off the track the switchman however declares that the wrecked train had sixth avenue signals set and he expected it to slow down to take tha curve instead it maintained the speed usually with ninth avenue trains on the direct line the curve at fifty third street Is a sharp one and is practically according to statements made today it is intended to be taken slowly and is not constructed tor a high rate of speed conductor johanon this afternoon made a detailed statement to police inspector he said 1 I was on the first platform of the second car we had just left thirty ninth street and were going at a fair rate of speed as it is a long run to fiftieth street the car was pretty well crowded there were a number of men on the platform and in the aisle ot the second car there were a number of shop girls who were laughing and joking when we reached the curve the first car went on and the second and third car wont together like a jackknife sticking right up in the air and practically closing against each other in consequence from where I 1 was on the front platform of the second car at the start I 1 was dropped to tho rear platform of the first car then the second car dropped to the street I 1 held on to the iron rail like death and was straight up in the air I 1 saw gins and women climbing over both of the cars that they might escape being an old railroader I 1 pulled out my watch and looked at it it was exactly a m the signals were set wrong that was the trouble they were set green and yellow which Is tor a sixth avenue train ball was accepted for all the tail road men under arrest late tonight |
