Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-22
FATAL AUTO SMASH
One Killed and Six Injured in
Collision.
SPEED, DUST AND. DIRT
Cars Of High Power Hit Head-On
With Tragic Results.
CAUSE, RECKLESS DRIVING
Machines Racing, One in Rear, Be-
logged in Dust, Strikes Another
Coming Toward It.
DUST AND DIRT
CAUSE, RECKLESS DRIVING

NEW YORK. June 22.--In head-on
collision between two heavy touring cars
on the Vanderbilt parkway. three miles
east Of Hampstead. L. l.. yesterday aft
ernoon. one man lost his life and six
others. including two women, were badly
injured
Killed: Joseph Arosemena. No. So
Washington avenue, New Rochelle.
Injured: Mrs. Joseph Arosemena. New
Rochelle: injuries to back.
Harry Benedict, Attn street, Manhat-
tan. compound fracture Of the Jaw
| Edward Dugan, aged seventeen; cuts
and bruises
Sheepshead Bay; taken to Nassau Hos
pital. Mineola.
Mrs. William Dugan, Sheepshead Bay;
severe bruises.
John Rolline. aged eighteen. No. 215O
10Th street. Sheepshead Bay: severely.
! Arosemena was wealthy man of
/ forty. connected with the American
Color Type Company Of Hubert and
| West streets. Manhattan.
The accident was due to race be-
tween Dugan's car. a Stearns. and a
Packard machine. the owner of which
is not known to the police. Dugan. who
is a we'll known horse trainer. had
jockey. along with his boys chum. Roll
line. for a days trip In the automobile.
They were going out of Jamaica. along
Fulton avenue. when the Packard car,
with four occupants. ran alongside.
Cars Were Racing.
Dugans chauffeur. Harry Benedict.
threw on full power. and the two pom
derous cars whirled along the roadway
at their fastest speed. Abreast, the au-
tomobiles rolled into Hampstead. They
sped so rapidly through the town that
they narrowly missed more than one
trolley car. Out along the turnpike the
cars sped. Dugan's family taking a keen
interest in the fun.
turnpike in East Hampstead. Is a spot
called Island Trees. where the road forks
into the Vanderbilt parkway. This road
was used a part of the course In the
first Vanderbilt cup race. The roadway
narrows down at this point. and automo-
biles are supposed to run cautiously.
The two machines had gone a short
distance along the parkway when the
Packard car darted ahead leaving the
Stearns machine far in the rear. The
dust from the Packard clouded the road
way.
Dugan's chauffeur steered his car d.
rectly in the middle Of the road. He
could not see twenty feet ahead.
Student, from the cloud ahead loom
ed a Cadillac car. occupied by Arose
| mena and his family. which included be-
| sides his wife. two daughters. Je-
sephine. fifteen years old. and 1rness.
| five William Grltman. the chauffeur. ap-
| piled the reverse lever and Dugan s
| chauffeur did the same.
Full Tilt, Head-On.
The two cars were going too fast how
ever, to prevent a collision. They met
full tilt with a loud crash. Arosemena
and his chauffeur were thrown head first
over the frcnt of the car. Arosemena
struck the Stearns and fell with a frac-
tured skull.
Mrs. Arosemena was hurled over the
side of the car. and her two children
landed on top of her. Dugan fell in the
roadway near Arosemena; his chauffeur
was tossed clear to the side Of the road
way. Mrs. Dugan.. her son and Poline
were hurled into a heap. Not one Of the
occupants was left in either car The
two machines were utterly wrecked.
sAll Of the injured ones. excepting
Arosemena. his wife and Dugan. scram-
bled to their feet Their cries aroused
Fred Menedez. a farmer of East Meadow
Brook. who telephoned for doctors from
Hampstead and Bellmore and for an am
bulance from the Nassau Hospital. 1t
was $50 when the accident occurred and
not until nearly 5 O'Clock were the in
juries Of the victims of the accident at
tended to.
Arosemena and his wife were taken
mena dying as he was beng carried to
the operating ward. Dugan and the others
who were badly hurt were taken to the
hospital in carriages or sent home.
Arcsemena was some years ago con-
nected with the consular service