Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-02
THREE KILLED,
27 INJURED IN
z AUTO CRASHES
Seven Hurt as Montclair and
Bayonne Cars Are De-
mOlished.
AGED MAN MEETS HIS
DEATH AT ASBURY PARK
Accidents at Dover, Trenton,
Paterson, Arcola, Hacken-
sack and Other Places.

Two persons were severely injured
and five others were bruised and
shaken up when two valuable high
power automobiles crashed together
between Dover and Rockaway yester-
day afternoon. One of the cars. six
cylinder, 60-horsepower Lozier valued
at $4,000, was owned and driven by
Robert A. Drysdale. of lat South Noun
tain avenue, Montclair, and his pres
ence OF mind in turning his machine
to prevent a head-on collision with the
30-horsepower Chalmers machine of DR..
Thomas H. ReyK lids. n dentist, OF
Avenue c and Thirty-fourth street.
Bayonne, saved the lives Of the occu-
pants of the cars.
In the Lozier were Mr.. Drysdale, C.
c. Robinson, Of Montclair. ana H. s.
Pardee, of New York. All three es-
up. Not spoke was left whole in either
OF the front wheels of their machine,
the entire front Of which was twisted
and bent beyond the possibility of re-
pair s
In the Chalmers machine the occu-
pants were DR.. Reynolds. Mrs. Rey-
nolds and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert A
Smith. of 4ss Avenue A, Bayonne. Both
Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Reynolds, who are
brother and sister, sustained severe
bruises and contusions about the face
and body. while DR.. Reynolds. who was
hurled from his seat at the steering
gear over the back OF the car. and Mrs.
Smith, who was also dumped out of the
car, were badly bruised.
The interlocked cars lay half over
turned against the etnbankment on
one side of the road and Mr.. Smith was
found lying unconscious between the
two cars, partly under the Chalmers.
Both Mr.. Smith and Mrs Reynolds
were carried into a nearby house,
where a physician, who was hastily
summoned from Dover, rendered first
aid
Both wrecked autos will be loaded on
fiat cars and sent to New York by rail.
When the cars struck there was
sound like an explosion which could
be heard from afar.
AGED Bicyclisf Killed.
AsBURY PARK, May 2.-Taylor
Sherman. 65 years old, who was
knocked from his bicycle on South Main
street, Manasquan. by an automobile
driven by Walter Voorhees,. of Philadel-
phia, was so badly injured that he died
soon after his removal to the Spring
Lake Hospital. The wheels of the car
passed over Sherman's body, his hip
was broken, his spine injured and he
was hurt internally. A widow and
Child survive.
Mr. Voorhees,, in an effort to avoid
striking the man, crashed over curb
and into tree. wrecking his car. but
escaping injury. He was arrested and
held under bonds pending an investiga-
ton of the accident by Coroner Purdy
Hurt as Auto Turns Turtle.
TRENTON, May 2.-William F.
Read. of Lansdowne, Pa, Is in Mercer
Hospital today suffering with a frac-
tured collarbone and decorations about
the body, sustained when an automo-
bile in which he was riding turned tur-
tie on Brewers Hill, between this city
and Princeton yesterday. There is a
sharp turn in the road at the approach
to the hill. and it was at this point that
the accident happened. G. r. Rebmann
and James e. Kindle, both Of Phila-
delphia, the other occupants of the car,
were not injured. The car was badly
damaged.
Four Fatersoninns Hurt.
PATERSON, May "A new touring
car owned by A. Gardiner, of this
city, while descending steep grade
near Pompton was ditched and turned
turtle yesterday afternoon in avoiding
a collision with buggy.
The four occupants were thrown out
and escaped with slight injuries, with
the exception of the chauffeur, Robert
Islip, who was badly bruised and cut.
He was removed to St. Joseph's Hos
pital, where his wounds were dressed,
after which he was taken to his home.
Mr.. Gardiner had lent the car to some
friends, who had gone to Pompton on a
business trip. The car was badly
wrecked.
Girl Injured.
HACKENSACK, May 2-In an at
tempt to pass another auto going in the
same direction George T. Sellinger, of
aha West 13Sth street, Manhattan, was
crowded off the River road near Edge
water yesterday afternoon. His car
struck the tourning car Of L. ]. Gold
man. of 1852 Riverside drive. The Sell
niger car crashed through a fence and
hung over an embankment. little
more and the party would have been
unset In the Hudson river.
Miss May Sellinger jumped from the
car as it bounded over the embank-
rnent and landed on her side. Her arm
ana ankle were bruised but she refused
medical aid and returned to her home. |
The Sellinger car was left where 1t
landed. There we're four persons in |
each car, but none was injured.
six Get Shaking Up.
ARCOLA. May IA touring automo-
bile containing six persons, of whom
two were women and one little boy.
smashed into telegraph pole here
yesterday AFTERNOON. The pole was
snapped off clean and the machine was
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