Show crashes into a car containing 75 persons new york oct 20 A runaway street car on the new suspension bridge across the east river today caused the injury of 33 persons two of them probably being fatal for a thousand fact down the incline on the manhattan approach of the bridge a christopher street car ran with its brakes out of order until it hit and demolished a standing street car in which were 75 passengers in this latter car most of ho injuries occurred it was ton minutes before the broken roof sides and floor of this car could be taken off from tha last passenger atho was burled under the wreckage john holden motorman mo lorman of the christopher street car who remained on the front ot his runaway car trying to stop it up to the last ten yards of the down bill ruh was caught between the two cars receiving a fracture of the skull and internal injuries from which he is expected to die george bryld an employed of the western electric company also suffered a fractured skull and was taken to the hospital and is not expected to live the street car blocked by a truck was standing near the end of the bridge above attorney street its passengers saw the other car bearing down on them with a frantic motorman making signs that he could not stop the men on the rear platform of the standing car lumped off in safety the three score passengers inside the car fought wildly with each other to but the doorways As the runaway par approached the rear platform those near th doorway pulled back the passengers who ate stepping out upon the platform thereby undoubtedly saving several lives this platform was split into pieces a few seconds later the sides of the h street car became detached from th roof and collapsed inward hll abc roof came down on the haada of the imprisoned men out uie miu dows and crawling out of these open ings drew tho women after them the christopher street car was not so badly damaged although glass cut some of its occupants baab the delancey street police station was converted into a temporary hospital 14 injured persons being cared sor there by surgeons who were summoned with all possible speed |