Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-26
A FATAL RIDE
Yale Student Killed Early This Morning Just Outside City
 --Oihers Injured
AUTO OVER BRIDGE

NeW 1dV0H, June S0.-A IFlSHJ- full accident causing the death of one undergraduate and injuries more or less serious to two other students and to guest, cast gloom over the commencement exercises at Yale university to-day. The victim was D. Leet Oliver, son of Mrs J. B. Oli- yer, of Pittsburg, Pa, and senior in the Sheffield Scientific school. a member of St Anthony's fraternity and one of the most prominent so- cially of the upper class men. The injured are w. Strothers Jones of Red Bank, N. Y., a Shelf junior, and J. c. Colston of Baltimore, a senior in the same department, and E. Hudson of New York city, com mencement guest of the others. all of whom live at St Anthony's house. Oliver died from a broken back received by being crushed under his automobile after 1t had jumped off a bridge in Centerville, in the ad- joining town of Hamden, scarcely four miles from the college, while the others are suffering from mani fold bruises and Colston has his nose | broken.
 The party were coming into the city just about the break of day and the machine apparently skidded off the end of the bridge which spans a small stream which gives power to the New Haven Web Go. AS the machine took its flight into the air it turned over and landed just at the edge of the water, the crushing weigh coming upon Oliver, who was driving. It is apparent that Oliver was almost instantly killed. The others in the party sought help from | the nearest houses, and Dr Leigh of the village gave surgical assist | ance and then had Messrs Jones, Hudson and Colston carried into New Haven for hospital treatment.
 Inquiry of all the hospitals in this city failed to indicate that the in iured members of the party had been received at any of them but late in the forenoon St Anthony's house stated that the three men had been brought there and that after surgical attendance they were declared to be not seriously hurt, Colston having lost several teeth and injuring his nose, but not breaking 1t. It wal further stated that all three men ars able to be up and probably will bt out during the day and probably will return to their homes. No informa tion in regard to the accident wal given by the members of the frater nifty.
 A clear story of the accident wal told by close friend of all the mer after the survivors had recovered from the shock. The party started out at an early hour to take pleas ure ride in the cool air and intended to go out Whitney avenue through Centerville to Cheshire, straight. away distance of about ten miles ana then return on a country road which runs as a loop connecting with tht extension of Dixwell avenue in thi: city. which route makes course much used by automobilists. Oliyer's machine is of the 30-horse power rac, ing type, and the party went out Whitney avenue at a fast high speed A mile this sideofthe bridge where the accident occurred there Is hil and down this the machine went. Ir the gray light of dawn it is thought Oliver did not realize that the bridge was narrow and as he was in the car tracks he turned out to trave over the space reserved for vehicles but the swerving of the machine against fence short distance iron the bridge, and the momentum i'm polling the machine forward sent fl against a string piece of the bridge The machine then went Into the air The flight was so great that the racei flew over 'tbe stream and landed if teen feet on the other bank, ana then turning somersault fell to ward the water. The flight of tn, machine threw out the other three members of the party but Oliver cam, down with the machine and wal crushed.
 Oliver's body was brought to thi, city as quickly as possible and it wal stated at St Anthony's that 1t woult be forwarded to Pittsburg during thu day.
 New York, June 26.-W. Strothers Jones, who was seriously injured ir an automobile accident at New Haven
 to-day Is son of W. s. Jones. stock
 broker of this city. The Jones home
 is at Red Bank, \. J.
 Baltimore. June 26.-J. C. Colston
 the Yale student injured in the au.
 tomobIle accident at New Haven to. day. Is the son of Captain Frederick
 NJ. Colston of the banking house oi
 Wilson. Colston and company of Bal.
 timore.
 Pittsburg. June 26.-D. Leet oil yer. who was killed in the automo
 bile accident at New Haven, was s son of the late James B. Oliver. whe died one and a half years ago and
 was one of the prominent steel man
 ufacturers of Pittsburg. He wal also a nephew of George T. Oliver proprietor of the Pittsburg Gazette Times and Chronicle-Telegraph oi \ this city. He leaves his mother and two sisters. Mrs William ]. Crftten den of Shields. Pa. and the MarqHiss \ Alfred Dusmet Desmours of Naples Italy. He was 21 years of age.