New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
,T-ToMOBILE ACCIDENTS
,..e List of Fatalities for the
Year.
Year.

has been a large number OF fatal au-
.sjle accidents in the year. many or tnem
s-1oOie ,oa y, or near the metropolitan district
Sing - -, we'll known persons, brief ac-
So D. &c, most important Of those accidents
Eph' Tod in the following list:
Mrs. Kate MCGOWAN. of No, 41s
Jsnlai; - was struck by an automobile at
Rssi 300 enc 57th-st., and received injuries
sres'y mich she died an hour later IN hoose-
ysa HcsldtSSI -Frank H Cookers motor car ran
JsnuaIs cycle chair car at Ormond Beach.
zto q nv p as overturned. Mr.. Cookers chauf-
rs anu Iictor Rauel of this city. was instantly
egr ~ Nr Croker died the following day
alea ;riuries he sustained In the accident:
b0rs iissp 81 Annie Moller of the Hoffman Boule-
ii Apfl aaens Borough. was killed by an auto
asgs owned and operated oy 6ilos t5o'ansb
I q ksaisSf Miss O. NJ. Leland. seventy-hFe
Eg - a member of the well known New
ss-s Family of that name was struck ps an
i JOS. automobile Of the New-fork IrauspoI
i ease1Ic onnany IN Park-ave., near 6Sth-st-' re
stol iriiyries from which she died the next
Jun r-icsson Engine Company, of this city,
Il Bls,t life we're killed in an automoolIe az
sE3 n 1s crossing, near Goshen, n y IheH
sses!o,1, seven years old. and Dick, thIFteeH
sons re- injured, while the chauffeur es-
Fe'e injured Mr. Sayer and his FANNY were
dlss Iay from their home in EngleWooo, y.
o. The ch6ufeuT SAID tldb do AA'e
j. y ..bo5 the railroad crossing Mr.. Sa!ei tolu
sll sn 90 ahead after he had been warned
d. - and they were struck by tram going
Il full speed ,,.,. xx-o5tri5ge of Ros-
sA oe killed In an automobile accioenI IN
lol " and s Herbert Wolfe of this city, was
ssessnsIv injured Through a mistake IN TAX
! wrong turn, the car in which they were
hg rae run at high speed into barbed wire
HOLE md turned over Mr. Woodbridge was
80 under the car and killed.
Isres Black a wealthy civil engineer anu
1-~, was struck by an automobile at Am
njsr-aye and 90th-st.. recaiVlng injuries
an which he died the next day
Tnne 23-Paul Foster Of 55th-st. ana BROAD
vas killed and three other men were IN
e.s N an automobile accident near WOOD
;u-1 ~ cemetery. They were speeding in Jerome
- returning from the Empire Clty udch,
~. ~. yonkers when the driver lost control or
hssi Machine at a sharp turn. and it crashed
w ~. - trolley pole. The occupants of the car
H. thrown out Fosters skull was fractured
r5 he died later at Fordham Hospital
Tnne 90-An unknown woman was killed by
machine owned by James J. Hill, at Greenwich
srs and Charles-st. Frank c. Foote, the chaul-
fsur in charge of the machine was on ms way
= the 1irne TO the Court of Special Sessions TO
srsrs- charge Of speeding his machine rev
sove before Foote was behind a delivery wagon
and turned out to pass it. The woman stood
sirsctlv in the path Of the automobile ana ne
vas unable to stop before striking her.
Julv 6-Franklin D. Strong, formerly OF East
Hampton Conn. was killed at Trinidad, COL,
Il hv 2
was using for the first time. plunglng over
iyelve-foot emDankment
Augusr IA touring automobile. in which
we're Frank wilkins. Of this city. and several
friends ran down Katie Defer, seven years OLD,
of Williamsburg.
August 13-Poeslows PokorsEi. was killed by
an automobile al JerOme-ave. and Iath-st. Inc
machine which was g. touring car containing
five men did not stop after striking Pokorskl,
but continued rapidly down the avenue and dis
appeared around the next corner.
I ind IOeDlltV
Police Commissioner Of this city, and Miss
Evelyn Pierrepont Willing, OF Chicago his
fsncee were killed at Pixies Crossing. Vt. by
The machine in which they were returning 10
Manchester VT from WilliamStOwn, being
struck ny a passenger train at the crossing.
The machine approached the railroad track at
hish speed and was struck by the engine just
back Of the centre. Mr.. Lindsey and Miss Will
ing were hurled more than forty feet and in
ssrtly killed. The chauffeur was badly cut up.
Ambrose Garner. Of Chicago. a nephew of Miss
Wiling, who was in the party. escaped without,
serious injury
August f5-Richard O'Connor street sweep
e., was killed by an electric cab OF the New
York Transportation Company in front OF No
go Shave He was knocked down and pinned
between the pavement and the underhang1ng
motor box of the cab. He died after being taken
10 Roosevelt Hospital
August l9-vinson F Walsh, son Of Thomas
F. Walsh of Washington, was killed while
speeding his machine in Newport His sister,
Miss Evelyn Walsh. Mrs. James L. Kernochan,
Harry 0elrichs and Herbert c. Pell, Jr.. were
more or less iniured
August 23-FrederiCk Fitzpatrick musician
Of No & South 6th-st.. Williamsburg, was run
down and killed al Broadway and Roebling-st.,
Williamsburg by a machine owned and run by
Samuel Mcconnell. an importer. Of No S5l West
ll4th-st., Manhattan
September 5-Lieutenant Neil Wolf. secretary
Of Philadelphia automobile company, and Miss
Mamie Hamill, daughter of Hugh Hamill a Ger
lnantown manufacturer, to whom Lieutenant
Wolf was engaged to be married, We're killed in
Of i
steering gear Of the machine in which they were
feturning 10 Philadelphia from Atlantic City
refused to work as they were nearing Hayes
MIL Br1dge, near AtCo. and the machine broke
through the railing Of the bridge. Lieutenant
Wolf and Miss Hamill We're thrown 10 the rail-
road tracks below Miss Hamill was killed in
afterward
September 19-Robert L. Kidd, of Staten
!Siehd one Of RQosevelts Rough Riders. was
Killed in an automobile accident near flights
u"n y j.. while s Hinman Bird. stepson
=" Y. = look. president Of the Tiffany Company,
~ lls city, was seriously injured Mr. BIRD
"lo was running the machine. turned 1t into
,'esIaBa pole 10 avoid killing COW ana tne
machine was overturned in ditch Mr. Kidd
was dead hen taken from beneath the car
october e-Walter Palmer. Of Athens Mich,
VS. KILLED in an automobile accident near that
pace His chauffeur, Mr. Blake. Of Kalamazoo.
saS fatally injured and Mrs. Palmer and her
laughter were hurt
Uctober 30-Gertrude Sisco. negro deaf mute,
vas run down and killed in Englewood, \. j., by
q automobile owned and driven by Harry Olrn-
stead, Of Hackensack y J.
November LANES H. A Brooks. well
mn manufacturer. Of Philadelphia. was
A'tei. Michael G. Price of the same city, was
ss[iousl% injured ana their wives were pain
lu-E hurt in an automobile accident near Abse-
- ~ y. j. 4 tire on a rear wheel OF the ma
sIeed
November 20-A car belonging to Mrs: James
= tFaFd Of this city, dashed into trolley pore
~ aoantlc City. c. ". Greenwald, one OF the
'lguhls Of the accident. died the next day
5ohn y. Everhardt. a real estate dealer, OF
aaron Gnio. and Fred Baskerville. an automo-
t.ie dealer. Of Canton. Ohio, were killed near
anton. They tried to cross an electric car
'Lsek near Canton and were run down by a troll
november 25-Mrs Francis Burton HARRISON
VIE Of ex-Congressman Harrison, of this city
vas killed in an a1tnnohile accident In Long