Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-07
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
CAR PLUNGED OVER EMBANK-
MENT UPON RAILWAY TRACK.
Three Killed, Two Injured - Was
Travelling at Rate of Twenty
Five Miles an Hour

NEW YORK, October driven at the
Pate of twenty-five miles an hour. a three
seated touring car. containing nine per-
sons, four men and five women, dashed
over an embankment at the southern end
or Jerome avenue early this morning land
Ing on the southbound track of the New
York Central and Hudson River railroad
JUST at that moment southbound local
train, running fast to make up time round
ed curve and struck the automobile
Three persons were killed, two instantly;
two were seriously injured. and the other
-FOUR, although badly bruised and shaken
were able to go home
The dead are Allen Noyes, chauffeur of
the automobile, killed instantly: Madge Cor
coran, 80 killed instantly; Bella Perez died
In hospital.
The injured are: Kitty wadsworth. 35.
fractured skull, will die; Moses Spiess frac-
ture of the jaw general contusions jean
nette Davis. shock and slight contusions;
Charles Doran, twenty-three, shock and
slight Commissions; went home; Emma Pc
rez. sister of Bella Perez shock and hys-
terra; Thomas Murphy not badly hurt.
Chauffeur Was Killed.
The party was returning to the Riverside
Casino from trip to Mount Vernon AL
len Noyes, the chauffeur, had intended
turning from Jerome avenue into the ap-
cross to Manhattan Whether he knew of
the short extension on Jerome avenue be-
yond l61st street or not will never be
known The corner at that point is bril-
llantly lighted, but the extension leading
to the edge of the embankment above the
New York Central tracks is paved with
brick, and the car tracks run down to a
picket fence at the edge.
Several persons including two police
men, saw the automobile rushing down the
avenue and were surprised when it kept
straight ahead They shouted warning,
but IT was too late. With no apparent
Stacking of speed the big car crashed
through the fence, cleared a dirt embank-
ment extending about five feet above the
stone retaining wall and then. clearing the
wall. made sheer drop of twenty-five feet
to the railroad track. In it's descent the
car half turned, and several of it's occu-
pants were spilled out. When it struck the
tracks Noyes. Bella Perez and Madge Cor
coran were thrown to the track the Others
failing to the side of the rails.
Train Crashed Into Wreckage.
Just what happened in the few seconds
that preceded the crash of the local train
the survivors themselves were unable to
relate. They were stunned and bleeding
and trying to recover themselves when
they heard the roar of the train and then
a frightful crash. Moves was caught in
the wreckage of the car and tossed up with
1t on the pilot of the engine. His body
was still there when the train was brought
Woman Dragged 200 Feet.
The woman AIadge Corcoran was dragged
by her long automobile coat. which caught
on the smashed car, for a distance of 200
feet. and when the cloth gave way she
fell to the track, only to be cut in two at
the waist by the wheels of the engine
The whole train passed over her body
Bella Perez was dragged about fifty feet
and then tossed to one side.
The t0Werman in switch tower about
hundred feet north of Jerome avenue heard
the automobile as it broke through the
fence, and, running to his window saw the
car strike the track. The Croton local was
but 100 feet away, and. the engine about
fifty feet north of block signal
Engine Cab Passed the Signal Post
Jumping to the switch mechanism he
dropped the lever that worked the arm of
the signal which. was showing the green
light, and instantly the danger signal flash
ed before the eyes of the locomotive engi-
neer who just caught the red glare as his
cab passed the signal post. At once he re-
versed his engine and put down the air
brakes. but his speed had hardly slackened
tomobie. The train came to a stop in a
distance of about 500 feet
On the train was Health Commissioner
Thomas Darlington. who took charge of
the work of caring for the injured. The
locomotive engineer arrested, but was
released on his own recognizance.