Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-21
AUTO
ACCIDENT.
vinsOn Walsh, Son of Mining
Magnate Loses His Life
at Newport.
DAUGHTER ALSO HURT.

NEWPORT, L. l., Aug. 21.-Services
over the body of Vinson Walsh, the
eightcen-year-old son Of Thomas L.
Walsh of Washington, the mining mag
nate, who Was killed in an automobile
accident here on Saturday, were held
in Trinity church. Rev. Robert Lowry,
the rector, otliciated, and the funeral
was strictly private.
The condition of the persons VIC
were injured in the accident has great
ly improved. Miss Evalyn Walsh, sis
ter of the young nan who was killed,
suffered much pain, but she was much
easier. Her injury is IL fracture of a
thigh bone. Miss Walsh has not been
informed of the death of her brother.
Mrs. james l.. Kernochan of Hemp
stead, n. y; Harry Oelrichs of New
York and Herbert Pell, Jr., both of
New York, are much better, and the
latter was ont of doors.
The accident threw the New York
colony into a panic, for it would be
difficult to conceive of a quartet of
greater social prominence than the
Kernochans, the Oelrichs, the Pells
and the Washes. Nothing like it ever
so shocked Newport.
The tragic death of Ninson Walsh is
the greatest blow that can be imagined
for the father. He was an only son,
destined to become II of the richest
men in America, heir to a fortune that
in the natural course of events would
not fan far short of $50,000,000 when
he reached his majority; the n hope
of an ambitious father to perpetuate
the name which had been reared from
the humble obscurity of a wheel
wright's shop into the prominence of a
mining kings %atfluence.
Thomas Il. Walsh has had one of the
most remarkable careers in the history
of rich men in this country. Coming to
America from Ireland in the steerage,
he has by successful mining ventures
achieved almost fabulous wealth, all Of
which he has devoted to the interests
of his family. His whole life was
wrapped up in his boy and girl, to fur
Their whose social success he is said to
Ia ODCllL do HluNh 40 FOOtOOO III Olt
month.
Young Mr.. Walsh was looked upon us
n of the best automobile drivers in
Newport. With his sister Eyalyn, Mrs.
Kernochan and Messrs. Pell and Del
richs he was returning from the Clam
bake club in Il forty horsepower Mer-
cedes machine which lately arrived
from abroad for the young man. APP
preaching the beach there is Il steep
hill, and automobile drivers are in the
habit of letting their machines speed
ut this point.
AS the machine neared the little
wooden bridge which crosses the creek
the car swerved from its course,
crashed through the wooden railing at
the right side of the bridge and plung-
ed into the creek. about six feet be-
low. One part of the rail passed
through the body of the machine and
another struck Mr.. Walsh in the head,
inflicting the injury which caused his
death. The crash was heard for some
distance.
Thomas Il. Martin, formerly manager
of the opera house, said he saw the
accident from Il beach near by where
he was bathing. Martin says that TIE
automobile was running at fuch q
rapid rate that it attracted his attcn-
ton and that when within i.rty cret of
the bridge m of the women G"rcrHled.
From this Martin Judged tlat Walsh
lost control of the mIe.,ue for an in
slant and that its speed was TOO great
for him to recover control in time to
avoid going over the bridge.