New York Clipper (Jun 1923)

June 27, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 23 ACCIDENT ON SCENIC RAILWAY Eight persons were seriously injured last Thursday afternoon when one of the three cars of a train on the L. A. Thomp- son Scenic Railway, Coney Island, plunged from a ten foot trestle to the ground. One man was removed to the hospital and othen were treated by ambulance doctors for cuts and bruises. Two small boys scurried away from the midst of the wreckage, apparently none the worse for their plunge. The motorman, William Finn, whose post was at the front of the second car, set the brakes -when the first car went through the scanolding and was able to hold the other cars, in which 18 people were riding, on the track. Police and firemen later helped these passengers to the street. The accident occurred m sight of thousands who sought refuge from the heat at the Island and were strolling on Surf avenue. The ride is a double deck affair with a circle of the track on the ground level, and the tracks mount about ten feet from this from a trestle over the bottom track. Although the track is inspected daily, the accident was said to be due to the giving away of a cross beam. EVANS CANCELS TOUR Victor J. Evans of Washington, D. C, put on the big Rodeo and Indian Congress at Washington during the Shriners' Con- vention and had expected to show his Ex- position in several large eastern cities, but on account of the tremendous expenses the travelling organization was given up and all towns canceled. The show was supposed to have played the circuit lot in Phila. this week. UON CUB HURST SCREEN STAR . The fact that he was being held in the lap of a beautiful motion picture actress made one of the lion cubs from the Cen- tral Park Zoo, lose his senses last week, with the result that he clftwed and bit Miss Peggy I^vis, the screen favorite, and injured her badly. The cub was be- ing taken by Miss Lhavis and Park Com- missioner Gallatin to the Silver Jubilee celebration at Grand Central Palace. Two other cubs were in the company, and while in the automobile on the way to the Jubi- lee, the three cubs started to fight. EARL PLAYING FAIRS Bert Earl of Chicago left last week with his string of concessions to again play Canadian-fairs, making his first stop at Brandon. ACROBAT HURT IN FALL Mrs. Emma Stickn^y, 46, an acrobat at Dreamland, Coney Island, fell out of the fourth floor bedroom window at No. 1207 Broad street, Newark, on Sunday. She suffered a fracture of the skulL JONES* SHOWS IN CANADA The Johnny J. Jones Exposition Shows left Rockford, lU., for the first fair date at Brandon, Can., opening Jime 30th, having again this year the contract to play all the Class A fairs. RILEY SHOWS DOING WELL •The Matthew J. Riley Shows are doing a good business through Pennsylvania. Frank Bergen with his Ten in One Show and Whip has decided to finish the season with Mr. Riley. I linod XA/ild Ani ROBERT THORNTON, Equestrian Director mal Ci Miss Lottie Le Claire QUEEN and PRIMA DONNA Louis Rotii AMERICA'S PREMIER WILD ANIMAL TRAINER PRINCIPAL TRAINER WITH THIS SHOW Miss Nellie Roth AMERICA'S GREATEST LADY WILD ANIMAL TRAINER r. and Mrs. Merritt . Belew AMERICA'S GREATEST HORSE AND PONY TRAINERS HAVE TRAINED MORE HORSES THAN ALL OTHER • TRAINERS COMBINED . I. . IVI O R R I PRESENTS HIS TROUPE OF HIGHLY EDUCATED MONKEYS and BABOONS C. A. Charles TRAINER, PRESENTS THE AL. G. BARNES' TROUPE OF HIGHLY EDUCATED SEALS AND SEA LIONS Allen E. King AMERICA'S GREATEST WILD ANIMAL TRAINER PRESENTING A TROUPE OF BLACK MANE NUBIAN UONS AND POLAR BEARS ■ W. (Bed) McKay ELEPHANT TRAINER IN CHARGE OF THE AL. G. BARNES' HERD OF ELEPHANTS, INCLUDING TUSKO, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ELEPHANT r-t A REAL OLD-TIME CLOWN AND HIS ORIGINAL POSING DIAMOND DOGS. REGARDS TO ALL.