Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-23
Family Parry
 in Auto Crash
STEERING GEAR BROKE, MACHINE
 HIT TELEGRAPH POLE.
FATHER AND SON KILLED
Five Others Severely Hurt-One of the Victims Was George A. Mclean, Chi cago Department Store Manager.

New Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 22.-Two persons were killed and five others were seriously injured yesterday afternoon, when the steering gear of an automo- bile in which they were riding broke near the Pines, a hotel on the road be- tween this city and Metuchen, and the machine crashed into telegraph pole Instant Death.
 George A. Mclean, manager of the Marshall Field department store, Chi cago. and his son are dead. The in jured are his wife and daughter, two young women who were visiting the McLeans, and the chauffeur, Oscar Scott, an Indianapolis negro. MT. Mo Leans son received a fractured skull and died instantly. The father died subsequently, in hospital in this city, his back being broken.
 The Injured.
 The injured were brought to this city and taken to St. Peter's hospital. Mrs. Mclean received several fractures; Miss Dorothy Mclean received brok- en arm and leg; the other young wom- en. the Misses, Jeanette and Harriet Macdonald, of No. 2S3 Hazel avenue, Chicago, were severely bruised, one of them receiving broken rib. and the chauffeur had both arms broken.
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 The members of the automobile par ty were returning to New York from Princeton. where they had been to en gage rooms and register young Mclean for admission to Princeton university. He had passed his examinations and had intended to enter the institution this fall. The machine was proceeding at rapid rate in order to reach New York in time to take train for Chi cago last night.
 Physicians and Ambulances Summoned
 Peter Teller. proprietor of The Pines, was sitting on the piazza of the hotel when he saw a csloud of dust which denoted the passing of the machine. In another moment he heard a crash. Realizing that a serious accident had occurred, he telephoned immediately to Dr. Gross of Metuchen and then ran down the road to the scene of the acei- dent. Iye found the car had crashed into a telephone pole and was demol- ished. All the occupants had been thrown out by the force of the collision and were lying on the ground uncon- scious. Teller and others did all that they could for the injured while wait ing for the arrival of Dr. Gross.
 When the latter came he saw at a glance that young Mclean had been instantly killed and that the other members of the party required imme- diate attention. He gave orders that Coroner Hubbard should be informed and that physicians and ambulances should be summoned from this city.
 Drs Rice, Voorhees, and Shannon, accompanied by three ambulances, started at once for The Pines, where the injured had been taken, and brought them back to the hospital. The coroner viewed the body of young Mc- Lean and said that his death was ac- cidental. His parents recovered con sciousness later. but have not yet been told of the death of their son.
 Defective Steering Gear.
 An examination of the wreck of the automobile showed that a defective steering gear had been responsible for tn eaccident The wheel was turned as far as possible in the opposite di- rection from the course taken by the machine. showing that the chauffeur had made a desperate effort to avoid the collision, the car hitting the pole midway between the two wheels on the right side.
 Young Mclean struck the pole with fearful force. while the others were thrown to either side. The pole was Splintered by the blow.