The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
IS KILLED BY | AUTOMOBILE Mrs. Francis Burton Har- risOn Slain. STEERING GEAR BREAKS Unfortunate Woman is Pinned
 Under Car. Accident In I.ons Island city is Fatal -was wife of Ex-ConEressmaa
 and Daughter of California
 Miiliosaire.
STEERING GEAR BREAKS

New York, Nov. 25.--Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of ex-congress- man Francis Burton Harrison, was in stantly killed today in an automobile accident in Long Island City.
 The machine became uncontroilable on a steep hill on Thompson Avenue. plunged to the side of the road and turned over. Mrs. Harrison's neck was broken.
 Lawrence |. Scott and his wife of San Francisco, who were riding with Mrs. Harrison in tho automobile, were injured. Mir. Scott had rib broken and Mrs Scott was slightly injured4 Harrison, and the chauffeur were slightly hurt.
 About half a mile out from the Queens County court house is the cor ner of Thompson Avenue and Hulse Street. There is a grade at this point and all automobiles proceed there at rapid rate. When the brow. of the hill was reached, the chauffeur shut on the power and reached for the brake. The machine suddenly shot toward the side of the road and the chauffeur dis- covered that the steering gear was out of order. The machine plunged into ditch and turned completely over.
 Pinned Under Car.
 Mrs. Scott and the chauffeur were thrown clear of the wreck. Mrs Har- rison and Mir. Scott were pinned under the heavy body Of the car. The chauf- feur and Mrs. Scott were stunned by the force of their fall and for some minutes lay unable to move, by the roadside. Another automobile came along In a few minutes and its occu- pants undertook the work of rescue. Tine car was lifted and Mrs. Harrison and MT. Scott were taken from the wreck.
 Mrs. Harrison was just breathing her last Her neck was broken. She was unconscious when she died. Mfr. Scott was suffering great pain from his injured rib and internal injuries. Mrs. Scott was hystericai from the shock. MT. Scott was taken to a hos pitaI which no ssss able to leave in q short time.
 Mrs. Harrison,s body was taken to the same hospital and was kept there pending the arrival of her husband. word of the accident was telephoned to Mir. Harrison at his law office, but he was not told his wife was dead. He had left his wife only short time be- fore and had promised to join her this afternoon. When he reached the hos pital he was told that she was dead.
 Steering Gear Broke.
 The chauffeur said the steering gear broke and that the car turned over be- fore he had a chance to apply the brakes with sufficient force to stop it.. He said Mrs Harrison was laughing when the machine took the plunge that caused her death.
 Mrs. Harrison was one of the three children who divided the fortune of bee tween $12,000,00O and s15,000.000 left by her father She was the daughter of the late Charles F. Crocker of sah Francisco Mir. Harrison Is the son of Mrs. Burton Harrison, the author.
 MT. Scott is son of the late Irving M Scott, the San Francisco shipbuild- CT. He and his wife have been in New York for a visit with Mrs. Harrison, who was Miss Mary Crocker The Crocker and Scott families have been on terms of intimacy for years. Mrs. Harrison and her guests were on their way to the Hempstead colony on Long Island.