The San Francisco call., 1904-10-08
TRAIN FINISHES
WORK OF AUTO
Came Along a Moment After
Victims Had Been Thrown
Upon the Railroad Track
CAUSES THREE DEATHS
Those Injured in New York
Accident Might Other
wise Have Been Spared

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New YORK. Oct The autono-
BILE accident which occurred early TO
day ~ the fo0- Il Jerome avenue. IN
which three persons lost their lives and
SIX we're badly injured. was one q the
Worzt si-cs r1e sport became popular
IL this city Loss q life possibly would
have been avoided but for the untlu-e-
y arrival q ne passenger train OF the
Nee YORK Central Railroad C1fenil-
lsrlty with ne nature u the roadway
was ne direct cause II the accident
Allen ScT=s & chauffeur employed .oy
the Riverside Casino. had charge OF
r1s aur0Do5.ls-a heavy touring car.
TIE dead are.
ALLEN SOTES. chauffeur ot the
automobile. killed instantly.
MADGE CORCORAE, %. killed in
sra1tIy.
BELLA PEREZ. died in a hospi-
tai
The injured are:
UnItentlGed woman. severe scalp
wound IacersriOus Il rhe face and body
and general contuEiOns and possible III
tsrnsI injuries, Moses Spiess, fracture
n the Jaw. general contusions; Jean
Istte Davis. shock and slight cOntu-
sl0Es. Charles Doran, g. shock and
slight cOntustOns, Emma Perez. sister
of Bells Perez. shock and hysteFia;
Thomas Murphy. injuries slight.
The party was returning % the Riy-
erside Casino from trip 70 Mount
vernon Allen Soyea. the chauffeur,
= Intended -r-~~f-o <rc.~~ z--c-
nUe into the approach Of the McComb
dam bridge 70 cross 70 Manhattan.
Whether be knew of the short exten-
SION On Jerome avenue beyond One
Hundred and Sixty-first street or not
VII never De known The corner at
that point is brilliantly lighted, but the
extension leading 70 the edge Of the
eEnbsnkEnent above the New York Cen
tral tracks is paved with brick and the
car tracks run down 70 a picket fence
a. the edge.
Several persons. including two po-
Iicemen. saw the automobile rushing
down Jerome avenue. They shouted q
warning. but il was too late. With no
apparent slsckening OF speed, the big
car crashed through the fence, cleared
a dirt embs nkment. extending about
five feet above the stone retaining
wall and then. clearing the wall. made
q sheer drop Of twenty-five feet to the
railroad track In It's descent the car
half turned and several Of its occu-
pants were spilled out When 1t struck
NOyes. Bella Perez and Madge Corco-
ran were thrown on the track the 9TH
ers falling 10 the side Of the rails
They were stunned and bleeding and
trying 70 recover themselves when they
heard the roar of the train and then
followed a frightful crash. NOyes was
caught IN the Wreckage Of the car and
tossed up with IL on the pilot Of the
engine. His body was still there when
the train was brought 70 a stop. Madge
CorcOTan was dragged by her long au-
tomobile coat, which caught on the
smashed car. for a distance Of 200 feet,
and when the cloth gave way she fell
10 the track only 70 be cut in two
at the waist by the wheels Of the en-
gine The whole train passed over her
body. Bella Perez was dragged about
fifty feet and then thrown TO one side.
The tower man, about a hundred
feet north Of Jerome avenue, heard
the automobile as it broke through the
the car strike the track.
The CrOton local was but 200 feet
away and the engine, about fifty feet
north Of q block signal. Jumping 10
the switch mechanism, he dropped the
lever that worked the arm Of the sig
nal which was showing the green light
and instantly the danger signal flashed
before the eyes Of the locomotive en-
gineer, who had just caught the red
glare as his cab passed the signal
post At once he reversed his engine
and put down the air brakes. but his
speed had hardly slackened percepti-
bly,, when he struck the automobile
The train came to a stop in a distance
Of about 500 feet.
On the train was Health Commission
CT Thomas Darlington, who TOOK
charge of the work Of caring for the
injured The locomotive engineer was
arrested, but released on his own re-
cogniZance.
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