New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-09
BIG AUTO JUMPS BANK
OU7NER AND CH4UFFETR
NAY DIE FROM HURTS.
High PozCer Machine PIunges Into
Gully and Uproots Tree Before
Progress Is Stopped.

Ihro~n from a 90-horsepower autonnobila.
whlch witnesses say was going sixty miles an
nour Clinton ". Kinsella builder OF No. $50
F1rth avenue. and living al No. 42O West 11sth
street, Manhattan and his chauffeur. Frederick
Mont, OF this city. were seriously injured when
the machine plunged down an ernbankment be-
Side the level stretch OF road between Whi-e
PIains and Mamaroneck yesterday afternoon.
The car was left wreck while the men wers
rushed to the New Rochelle Hospital
Mr.. Kinsella unconscious when picked up.
and it was said that he had received Internal in
1uries and was in a serious condition Mont
was the more seriously injured. having received
internal injuries. fractures OF both legs and tbs
right arm and possible fracture of the skull
II was said he could not recover
Mr.. Kinsela had only recently purchased the
machine in which he was injured. and yesterday
was the first time he had given il thorough
trying out He was his way to the Berk-
shires at the time and only the chauffeur was
in the machine with him. The auto carried sew
eral trunks and other bits Of baggage. some OF
these being placed beside Mont. in the fronr
seat, while others were placed beside Mr.. Kin
sella. who occupied the tonneau Of the car.
CHAUFFEUR HIT 1T UP"
When the big machine struck the hard. level
bit of road opposite the pumping station OF the
Interurhan Water Company. half way between
White Plains and Mamaroneck, the chauffeur let
out link in the cars speed and the great thing
of steel leaped forward With the added power
applied the machine increased its speed with
every turn Of the wheels. while the roar OF the
exhaust was deafening Persons travelling
the road said the speed was so swift that tina
only a blur the landscape as il sped
down the narrow lane. belching forth a stream
Of flame in it's wake.
Without warning the front wheels Of the car
suddenly began TO skid from side TO side. in
spite of the efforts of Mont TO control its direc
tion. On either side of the roadway steep
embankments, and between these and the road
bed deep guliies.
While the chauffeur cIung to the steering
wheel with desperate and despairing grip the
car continued TO jump from side % side as
though speed mad and finally plunged down the
embankment to the right with a crash that
could be heard for blocks Reaching the bed OF
the gully il continued TO race along. with
scarcely diminished momentum, until II rushed
headlong against a hickory tree. seven inches
through. An idea Of the speed that was being
maintained can be gathered from the fact that
the stout tree. almost forty feet in height. was
torn up by it's roots. much man would up
root a weed
After laying low the tree the machine kept
until its COVER was spent against the side OF tns
embankment. where IL buried irs- nose fully two
feet into the soft earth. When the car hit the
tree both men were thrown from the machine.
Mont being cast more than thirty feet ahead.
while Mr.. Kinsela thrown from the side OF
the car. In spite OF the impact OF these two col
Iisions the powerful engines Of the contin-
ued to operate. the vibration racxing It's frame
until it threatened 20 fall apart.
MANY RUSH To RESCUE.
Three wheels Of the car had been wrenched
off, wheu it finally brought up against the bank.
and great pieces Of sod. bits of wreckage and
Upturned rocks were left in it's trail Before the
car had come To a final stop half hundred
automObilists had fastened to the assistancs OF
Kinsera and his chauffeur. expecting to ind
them both killed. one OF the first of these was
Chief Of Police Garretson Of Mamaroneck. who
had been notified by telephone of the accident
He directed that the two victims be removed 20
the side Of the roadway, to await the arrival OF
an ambulance. while he ran back to the auto
mobile and turned of the power,
Upon the arrival Of the ambulance i-om the
New Rochelle Hospital Kinsella and Mont were
rushed back 70 New Rochelle and placed on the
operating table. Both men were unconscious.
and no statement could be gained from either.
Prior TO the arrival of the ambulance surgeon
Drs J. T Green. Martin. Hoerr and Beck all OF
were hurried to the scene and
ninistered 20 the injured men.
Chief Garretson made an inspection OF the
machine. and reported that he had found ths
speed throttle wide open and the high gear
thrown on. which is taken to Indicate that the
car was going at It's limit when it left the road
Inquiries at the Kinsella home in this city
were met with the information that the Kin
selIa family had all gone to New Rochelle soon
after hearing of the accident Mr.. Kinsella II
president of the Sesrun Club. an institution for
graduate nurses. at No 42O West 10th street.
and lives in the building