New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22
TWO DIE IN AUTO CRASH
CHICAGO STORE MANAGER
IND son KILLED.
F're Others IN Family Party Sc
Cerely Hurt Whcn Machine
Strikes TELEGRAPH Pole.
b. Telegraph to The Irihun.

New Brunswick. n. J. Aug. 21--Two persons
were killed and five others seriously in
iured this afternoon. when the steering gear Of
an automobile in which they wer. riding broke
/ near the Pines. hotel on the road between this
city and Metuchen. and the machine crashed
into a telegraph pole
George A. Mclean, manager Of the Marshall
Field department store. Chicago, and his are
dead The injured his wife and daughter.
two Young nieces, uho visiting the Nc
Leans, and the chauffeur. Oscar Scott, an In e.
| dianapolis negro Mr. McLeans son received
2 fractured skull. and died instantly The father
died subsequently in hospital in this city. his
hack being broken.
The injured were brought 10 this city and
taken to ST Teters Hospital. Mrs. Mclean re
ceived several fractures, Miss Dorothy Mclean
received broken arm and leg, the other young
women, the Misses Jeanette and Harriet Mac
Donald, of No 2S2 Hazel avenue. chicago. were
severely bruised. one of them receiving broken
rib and the chauffeur had both arms broken.
The members of tho automobile party We're
returning TO New York from Princeton where
they had been tn engage rooms and register
Young Mclean for admission to Princeton Uni
versity. He had passed his eXamina tions and
had intended no enter the institution this fail
The machine was proceeding at rapid rate in
order to reach New York in time take a train
for Chicago. to- night
Peter Feller. proprietor of The Pines. was sit
ting the piazza of the hotel when he saw a
cloud of dust which denoted the passing Of the
machine. In another moment he heard crash.
Realizing that serious accident had occurred
he telephoned Immediately to DR. Gross. Of
Metuchen and then down the road to the
scene of the acrident. He found the car had
crashed into a telephone pole and was demol-
islIed. All the occupants had been thrown out
by the force of the collision and We're lying on
the ground unconscious Feller and others did
ell that they could for the injured while waiting
for the arrival Of Dr. Gross
When the latter came he saw al a glance that
young Mclean had been instantly killed, and
that the other members of the party required
immediate attention. He gave orders that
Coroner Hubbard should be informed and that
physicians and ambulances should he summoned
from this city.
Drs. Voorhees,. Rice and shannon, accom-
panied by three ambulances, started at orce for
The. Pines, where the injured had been taken
and brought them back 10 the hospital The
Coroner viewed the body of young Mclean, and
said that his death was accidental His mother
regaired consciousness later, but has not vet
been told Of the ceath of her husband and snn
IN examination of the wreck of the auto
mobile showed that a defective steering gear
!
wheel was turned as far as possible in the OPP
posite direction from the course taken by the
rachine. showing that the chauffeur had made
a desperate effort to avoid the collision the
hitting the pole midway between the two wheels
on the right side.
Young Mclean struck the pole with fearful
force while the otners were thrown 10 either
side The pole Was splnlered by the blow.
The family guests the Waldorf. and
the officials OF ST. Peters Hospital New Bruins
wick, called up the management of the hotel
Yesterday and told them of the accident, The
Maceans had been at the Waldorf several days
They went to Princeton yesterday morning.
They expected TO return to Chicago last night,
and had engaged Pullman accommodations for
a train starting about ) o'clock. When the
Waldorf mana ger learned of the accident he
cancelled the tickets and tried to stop the send
ing Of the baggage but II had already gone