Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
DEATH COMES
IN AUTO CRASH
WOMAN KILLED; OTHERS MAY
DIE
Witness Who Saw Accident Unable
to Explain Why the Party Did
Not Escape Before the
Crash Came

teath soon followed. Miss Policy
the injured girl, is at the Good samari-
tan hospital suffering with a fractured
skull and physicians say she cannot
recover.
Witnesses to the accident say 1t was
incomprehensible that the occupants of
the automobile should sit quietly in the
machine until the trolley car struck
them.
All Of the victims OF the accident
were taken to the receiving hospital.
Mrs II. T. Austin lived at 116 South
Hope street, where she was proprietor
of the Anita apartment house.
Miss Edith Policy, who is 10 years Of
age, is a neice Of the dead woman and
lived at the Anita with her mother,
Mrs. c. e. Burdick and her sister,
Miss Bertha Policy, II years of age.
Aid Victims
After the accident had occurred and
the passengers and crew of the car had
rushed to the assistance of the vic
Tins they found Mrs. Austin and Miss
Policy smeared with blood and their
Kendall, who was the least hurt.
boarded a car and rushed to the re-
ceiving hospital to give notice of the
accident but the news had preceded
him.
Davis slowly regained consciousness
but was unable to move because Of an
injured leg. With assistance he was
placed on the car and sent to the re-
ceiving hospital with the two fatally
injured women. He was so badly con-
fused and dazed that he scarcely re-
membered what had happened.
With all speed possible the dying
and injured were removed from the
scene of the catastrophe to First
street and Broadway, and from there
they were sent to the receiving hos
pital. All efforts to revive the dying
women were of no avail and they lay
on cots, not having regained con-
seriousness for an instant.
Mrs. Austin was unrecognizable. Her
head was crushed in on the right side
and her face was so badly disfigured
that it was impossible to gain any idea
of her features. Mrs. Austin was
scarcely breathing when she arrived
at the hospital and within three min
utes after Police Surgeon Quint exam
ined her she died.
Miss Policy was in a critical condition
and the physicians do not believe that
she will survive. She was cut about
the face and head and her skull was
fractured in two places. Her face and
body were badly bruised and part Of
her hair was torn from the scalp. I'M
mediately the surgeons operated on the
woman, but they all agree that her
chances of recovery are very slight.
Kendall Slightly Hurt
Davis was badly bruised and bat
tered about the head and body. His
face was skinned and his right leg was
severely injured, making it impossible
for him to walk without assistance.
Kendall escaped with a slight bruise
on the body and a small cut on the
hand.
Mrs. Austin is sister of Mrs C. E.
Burdick, the mother of Miss Edith and
Miss Bertha Policy. Mrs. Burdicks
husband lives in Searchlight, New,
where he has extensive mining in
terests.
Mrs. Burdick came to Los Angeles
about five months ago with her daugh-
ters They lived at 944 West Sixth
street, at the Patrodia apartment
house, until about a week ago, when
the girls went to the home of Mrs.
Austin on South Hope street.
Mrs. Austin and Miss Edith Policy