The sun., 1901-10-31
AUTO SMASHED; SIX INJURED.
,ornyrErs MACHINE run DOWN
ny A LOCOMOTIVE.
@ X. vanderbilt. Jr.. HAD . Seat IN u .
snort while before the Crash Camc
Owner slightly IIurt-Onc of His
Cuc-ts MAY Die-Terrine Collision.

Owner slightly Hurt Ono Of His
Cuc-ts MAY De-Terrine Collision.
Henri Fournier met morn trouble In
little automobile spin on Long Island
,.,e-lav than he encountered on his
,.,orI run from Paris 10 Berlin. All he had
;. 40 IN Europe. according TO report. was
,otnock down people In his way. Yesterday
!. would have had 20 knock out a locofno-
i've under Roadway
Iwas only by the narrowest margin that
n. and ave companions escaped with their
Ev,- m All accident at q grade opening Of
~. Long Island Railroad In westbury IL
"a, probably only through the dare
Aeyu chaufeur's' nerve and habitual alac-
rtty in the manipulation OF his machine
,hat all SIX Of them were not killed out
nsM one Of NJ. Fournier's companions
nav de Of his injuries yet lie was still
unconscious ak hours after the accident.
All 10, the occupants Of the automobile
..r. injured. three seriously and three
only slightly Automobilists In New York
ali Ate Yesterday that In addition 10
thsv-. All men there was a woman In tho
p.rty Witnesses Of the accident omitted
20 mention any woman. stating that there
verr ulst six men Ia the vehicle, and list
of names obtained 10y the I,Das Island Rail
rad agent did not specify the presence Of
snv woman. ". X Vanderbilt. Jr.. who.
nanoth.r automobile, had been In company
with VI Fournier. had PASSED the railroad
,,r,--iug few moments bsfore fournier
rrachol II
NJ Fuurnier was not much hurt. Tho
rno.t seriously injured OF his party was
Il p Fullerton OF Hollis. l.. l.. who man
ag.- the publication department OF the
Louz Island Railroad. paying particular
stt.ut.1n to the advertisement Of the good
rad, ui tho island. and getting out tho
booklets Cyclists Paradise and Automo-
bill.t-' Arcadia. Summer Romes. anu
illustrated Long Island. which arr issued
under tho imprint OF the railroad company
Mr Fullerton suffered fractured skull.
and while 1t was believed by the surgeons
al evening that he would survive IL was
admittedly too early for them 10 say With
certainty that he would recover from the
injury
Tts other seriously injured men were
II Gerrie and A. q Baichek!er. New
York newspaper reporters Mr Gerries
-iSht shoulder and beg aud Mr Batcheldcr's
,yhi leg We're broken. All three were Ia
the hospital last night. ", Fournler
O,lar companions. Arthur Lewis Of -
we-, Twenty first street. and the Hotel
fuith street were only a little hurt and
shaken up, like the chauffeur himself, the
l,y-tandor- reported. Mr. Lewis having
hurt lis head ewhat and also his legs.
and Mr. Everal having had his nose rather
badly scratched, As well AZ bruising his
egs. but both being able. like NJ. fournier
20 take care Of themselves with a little
temporary assistance, and coming on 10
the city when the more seriously inlurrd
were taken 20 tho Nassau hospital at Min
N Fournier and his friends were out
partly for pleasure and partly with the
aim of finding a stretch of highway where
u speed trial might be made, not. how
ever, with the machine Ia which they we're
riding Another Incidental reason Tor the
trip was TO have trial OF the machine
Ia which they were riding on Long Island
roads, 40 thht " X. Vanderbilt. Jt might
be told how Il travelled there. u fournier
having endeavored Ia induce Mr. Wander
bin 20 huy an automobile 81 that pattern.
The vehicle was not FOurniaT's racing
machine. but a ten horse-p power garolene
klors machine which the chauffeur had
brought over from Paris with him The
cusi Of II there was about 5000, which
would bring the cost here up 10 something
Ike $500, Il was said IL had the tonrsug
body. a sociable arrangement with sort
ot sem-circular rear seat, which In spme
vehiclcs may be lifted out when 4 b. de
sired 20 race With Fourier on the front
seat we're Messrs. Fullerton and Batchelder
Theoa three sat directly facing the front
of the automobile. Back OF Fournior
and Baichelder sat Evrrail and Gerrin
IN respective corners OF the rear seat. fac
ing partly To the front and partly to the
eide Oi the machine land partly toward
each otherl and between Evoral and
Gsrrie sat Mr. Lewis
Fuuruier, with Gerre, Lewis. Everall
and Batchslder. left Manhattan Yesterday
morning with ia" automobile and picked
W M Fullerton at Jamaica. fOurnier
has desired 60 do n little svccding on the
roads ab Iut New York and To find likely
pacr fur an attempt 10 hreak the road
roprd for "a mil" stretch. He has done
some prospecting Ia nolghboring Jersey
ately and vh"n h. turned to Long Island
was rrC' guig"d that no ona could better
yIid. hin H. lIe h"st of the islands roads
than Mr. Fullerton who has Dccn an actiN"
and a potent influence in securing The
good roads that are there and Ia having
them kept IN order ~ the trip was ar
rangcd not only for the run over the roads
but tia, photographs might be made when
desired, and camera was among tie
Automohilists supplies.
The party were Jaunttng along the jericho
turnpike when they came up with W n.
Vanderbilt, Jr., and compafsion, IN one
of Mr. Nauderbilts automobiles. and after
.ome cha Mr. Vanderbilt expressed a wish
70 sad fouruier 20 piece of road wllch
h. thought unexcelled for the tr lsl Fournier
hsighbOrhoud of Mrs u. II. Il. Belmonts
plaoe ard on oue of the Hampstead Plains
rnads they made little spurt which, so
lar A. could b. gathered from the injured
nen As, evening. Was very satisfactory
n Mr Fuuruier and Mr.. Vanderbilt. IL
Vas said that there was not race. The
two machines were then turned about
and h"aded for Westbury, through which
they vere 10 pass northward To- the jericho
turnpike again. They went at only
rAd gai'. tho occupants say. and Tor a
Tari - the way Mr. Vanderbilt came over
and sat IN the Fournier machine He had
r'uruel % his own vehicle shortly before
the accid"n' while the party we're on thc old
Nhaeueck rDad which u now sometimes ~
ierr~i 20 a. ~. Westbury Boulevard. The
smooth mad runs north and south AT West
hiry connecting Wcstbury with the Jericho
tur1 pike ard -ading io William G. Whitney'-
bone a. Wh"atlsy Hills. II Cru~~ss the
fhLrpad ubcss NJ right anglo~, ls-'s than
hldresi f'-s' wet - ths Mestbury station
NJ Narderbih's mAchiae had pa--'d
oN q ..ght before the fouruler party
f'ao4'd 'ho railroad crossing fuuruiers
HA'hir" was going ~ sIrrd whlch he
l->rits,i after the accident ~ moderate"
Whs's'fs or N-sf bury ~aid that thc auto
f'" va- vh,uing along very last
i.-ri'r sosu1w l.ig-i ~" whirr. ""
sI .' va- t'a' ~hich prevented him frpin
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