The sun., 1909-06-14
MOREBRANDRETH MISCHANCE
THE SAILOR BOY'S AUTO HITS
A TELEGRAPH POLE.

He and Miss Armstrong. Whom, He wAs
10 Marry Tomorrow; Her Aunt, MISS
Mckay, and the Driver Al Fsuas
Unconscious MCKAY worst Hurt
Ralph Brandreth, the young map who
started from this port two years aeo In
the yawl Taornipa to explore the seven
seas and who had 30 many harrowtnS
adventures on the edge OF tho first Of ths
seven that he lost interest in the othera.
was hurrying toward New York on Sat
urday night to get married whom bis auto
mobile hit telegraph pole out near Mon
roe. this State In the machine With
Brandreth were his Aanoee. Min Edith
C. Armstrong; Miss Martha Mckay OF
Sternridge. Pa, the young woman's aunt
and Brandreth's driver.
All were thrown from the autqmoblls
and they were found unconscious In ths
road by a passing automobiles. ThSy
are laid up now at Monroe. The aunt.
who Is so years old. Is the most ssriousty
hurt. Her collarbone is broken. hsf
head badly cut, and 1t is feared that shs
may have been injured internally. A
for the Brandreth- Armstrong wedding.
it is likely that it win be per formed to
an improvised hospital at DR.. r. b. Ruii-
sons house in Monroe or at tho Mddls-
town Hospital. instead OF at the homo
Of the brides father. John II. ArmstronE,
at 900 West 1Oeth street, tomorrow. -
planned. Mr.. Armstrong is troasursf
Of Brokaw Bros. .sr.. III.
Young Brandreth and his bride TO b
were on their way. with the aunt. from
the Blue Mountain region OF Pennsyi-
vania. The young couple had bean spend.
ing the last days Of their oourtship in the
aunt's summer home. They left thsrs
at o'clock Saturday morning and bad
planned to be in this city by midnight
Brandreth had an engagement. to .atteud
his bachelor dinner tonight and ths
chances are that his black and bius
bumps will spoil the plans for that pleas
ant function also
The Brandreth party stopped in Goshea
early Sat urday evening and had dinner
with relatives. 1t was nearly 10 O'Clock
when they resumed their journey New
Yorkward with the driver at tDe stssr-
ing wheel, They had gone about eigl'
miles on the State road and were just
about in front Of Brian G. Hughes's saI-
mer home when the accident occurred.
Reports differ as to the cause OF tbs
collision with the telegraph pola aa5
those who were concerned in il were not
disposed to talk yesterday. Peraons
who saw the automobile running throuy,
Monroe say it was going probably forty
or fifty miles an hour According to oas
account the rear avle broke and tbs
machine lurched to the side of the road
and against the big telegraph pole. An
other version was that young Brandreth
attempted to change seats with the
driver while the car was under way and
that between them they lost control.
At any rate the rear axle was found
broken when an examination Of the wreck
age was made yesterday morning.
The automobile had just come down a
little hill when it ran against the pole.
The two women we're hurled about ten
feet out into the road, Brandreth and his
driver pitched head foremost over the
crumpled hood Of the machine. largo
chunk was cut out Of the pole.
1t wasn't more than five or ten minuteJ
after the accident that an automobile
containing T.. p Morse, the Brooklyn
dry dock man. his wife, Mrs, Amy Wood
hull of Monroe and Morses driver cam,
bowling along the State road. AS the
glare from the headlights of the Morse
machine flashed upon the wrecked auto
and the four motionless figures in the
road those in the Brooklyn mans car
were horror stricken for a second. Then
the driver set the emergency brakes.
The car came to stop only few fest
away.
Mr.. Morse and his driver aided by ths
two women lifted the dirt stained figures
into his automobile. The two women
devoted themselves to Miss Armstrong
and her aunt. while Mr. Morse did what no
could for the injured men. The driver
turned the Morse machine toward Monroe
and sent 1t under full power in the direc-
ton OF the town Il was q run OF only .
little over mile and both Brandroth and
his driver had recovered their ssnsss
when the machine got to DR.. Ruliaon's
house. 1t was some time before The two
women came to. DR.. Ruhson declines
Yesterday to discuss the condition Of his
patients beyond saving that they ~srs
not seriously injured.
Word Of the accident reached ths Arm
strong home in this city yesterday morn
ing. and the father Of the young woman
set out as soon as be could for Mearoe.
Mrs. Margaret Brandreth, Ralph's naothR.
was At her summer place at e>lport,
L. l. She received q message from bar
son telling OF the accident, but adding
that Miss MoKay's broken oollsrbons
was the only serious hurt to ths psrty.
The Brand-eth AUTOMOBILES, or the ~
mains OF II, was hauled into Mouroa
II was badly wrecked Those who ssw
The machine when II was brought N said
hat 1t carried only New Jersey ans
n Pennsylvania number, Late yesterday
afternoon, however, the chauffeur had .
New York number also In his possessldo.
md he carried them all with him vhsn he
eft Monroe for this city late ycstecday
afternoon. Miss Mckay and possibly
Brandreth and his bride 70 h4 may b
moved from. DR.. Rulison's % the AiddlA-
own Hospital to-day -.-
Brnndreth Ia now rs years old. II WAs
"a an impetuous youth OF % that he started
N his oruise OF exploration. His moth0
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