The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-08
AUTOIST KILLED BY A TRAIN
c. HORiNDT'S can WRECKED At A
kEIPORT, ". H., CROSSING.
Nr. HOrandt. q bbo Manufactures OF
Paterson. Is Dead AMI HIis Daughter
and nephew Are Badly Hurt. but Mrs.
Horandt Had q Remark able EscaDc.

and nephew Are Badly Hurt, but Mrs.
HOrsndt Had . Remark able Escape.
KEYPoRr, N. j., July Am Atlantic
Highlands boat train on the Freehold and
J Jersey Central Railroad struck an auto
mobile carrying four persons at the Broad
street crossing here at 4 O'Clock this after
noon. Christopher Horandt. a silk ribbon
manufacturer of Paterson. who was driv-
ing the car. was thrown into a ditch and
almost instantly killed. His nephew. Rein
bardt Binder. was badly hurt. and his
daughter Ruth was severely bruised and
shocked.
The escape Of Mrs. Horandt was re-
markable. The automobile had just
reached the crossing when the train struck
the forward part and whirled It around
with such force that IL was smashed to pieces
and all but Mrs. Horandt were thrown out.
She remained imprisoned in the wrsckage
of the car. and when rcscuers got to her
they found that she was barely scratched.
The automobile. a % horse power car.
was one of four from tho North Jersey
Auto Club whose owners had gone to As
bury Park for over Sunday and were re-
turning home to Paterson. MI. Horandt's
machine. with his nephew on the front seat
with him and his wife and daughter in the
rear. was second in line. the first machine
having crossed the tracks a hundred yards
ahead OF Horandt's car without the oocu-
pants seeing the train. The other cars
were each about the same distance behind
Owing to the burning OF a trestle between
Keyport and Lorillard's. which was not
repaired until lato yesterday afternoon.
train schedules had to he abolished and a
number of extra trains we're put on TO ham
die the heavy summer business. The sta
ton AT Keyport Is very near the Broad
street crossing. IL is believed that Mr..
Horandt saw and heardsthe bell crossing
signal ring. but thought the train would
stop at the station and took a chance or
getting across the tracks.
The side Of the pilot struck the automo-
bile. turned IL partly over. and then as IL
was carried along by the train il righted
itself and was dragged a few feet upright
before being smashed. Mr.. Horandt was
thrown upon his head and then rolled into
a ditch. His skull was fractured and he was
l~ifeless when picked up.
Ruth Horsndt was thrown forty feet on
one side Of he automobile and suffered only
a sprained wrist and severe bruises. Rein
hardt Binder was thrown twenty-five feet
in the opposite direction. He suffered a
deep scalp wound. but viii recover.
The train stopped at once. aud persons in
the autos following MIR. Horandt's, who
saw the accident. ran up 10 assist in caring
for the injured. Binder was put on the
train and carried to Long Branch. where
he was cared for al the Monmouth Memorial
Hospital. Although she was not injured
Mrs. Horandt suffered greatly from shock
when she learned Of her husbands death.
and both she and her daughter were taken
to the house of DIR. Hoagland in keyport
Coroner Tetley of Red Ban was tele-
phoned for and e~mpanelled a jury. He
announced that he would insist that better
crossing protection be afforded at Key
port in the summer months at least. The
stone road which crosses the Jersey Central
tracks at this point il much used by auto
mobilists visiting the shore.
paterson, y. j., July ;.-Christopher
Horandt was connected with the silk ousi-
ness in this city all his life. He was born
in Switzerland on October ~, 1889. He
came TO his country with his father when
he was = years old. His father started the
Totowa Silk Company. the son becoming a
partner soon after he had completed his
education in the local schools and had
studied the silk business in Lyons, France,
for three years
The Totowa silk Company was merged
into the Corbett Brothers Silk Company a
few months ago. The plant is on Kearney
street and gives employment to from COO to
400 operatives. Mr.. Horandt was vioe-presi-
dent Of the company. He lived at Az Van
Houten street with his wife and daughter.
who we're with him at the time OF the scci-
dent.
He was an organizer and director Of the
North Jersey Auto Club, a director of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children, a director Of the Paterson Orphan
Asylum, a member OF the North Jersey
Country Club. and a member of the Silk
Association of America. He was a promi-
nent Mason and was connected with several
fraternal organizations. He was a member
Of the Market Street Methodist Episcopal
Church.
1t was the practice Of Mr.. Horandt and
several silk manufacturers to max week.
end trips to various seaside resorts. Satur-
day morning at II o'clock a party consist
ing OF eight persons in three autos started
for Asbury Park. Mr.. Horandt vas ac-
c~ompanied by George A. Sheldon VI Post
Il Sheldon, silk manufacturers, and Mrs.
Sheldon and Charles Frost. a silk thrower
and his wife, a sister of Mayor johnson.
The party stopped at the Hotel Brunswick,
Asbury Park. .
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OLD MAN KILLED by Az AUTO.