Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-09-03
AUTO PLUNGES
INTO THE MUD
NEAR MORGAN
Was Speeding Along Road
at Lawrence harbor Ap-
preaching Greek Bridge.
TURN OUT For CAR
Roadway Caved from Under
and Big Machine Hurled
Over Embankment.
IT NEARLY DISkPPEAREU
DR.. w. E. Ramsay Was Pass@
ing and Assisted In Res !
cuing the Party.
IT NEARLY DISkPPEARED

Plunging at full speed over a ff.
teen-foot embankment on the I.aux
renee Harbor road between 3:30 and
4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, fiye<
passenger Cadillac touring car threM
Its five passengers to the marsh bef
low and itself sank to such a deptrII
In the mud that it Is almost beyond,
recovery. The five passengers, twdl
of them priests having professors
ships in st. Peters College, JerseM
City, were thrown with such force,
into the soft mud as to be almost
suffocated, but prompt assistance bE
DR.. William e. Ramsay, of this citya
saved them from their imminent
peril. II
Last night an attempt was madsl
to raise the car from the mud. Sof
far was 1t submerged that but a
small portion of the hood was exE
posed, and the depth was momen-d
tarily increasing. Another effort tel
rescue the machine was made this
morning i
Following their rescue, four of tho
fVe passengers were brought to thia
city and cared for at the Packet
House. Stimulents were adminisy
tered and their wet clothing waSI
replaced by garments furnished byl
G. W. Crawford, proprietor of ths
hotel. Last night about o'clock
the party returned by train to JerX
sey City. The other occupant of thei
car, the owner and driver, remainedT
with the machine to supervise IT'D
recovery.
Father O'Connor was one OF thas
priests, and he addressed the other
as Father Borak. A nephew and
niece of one of the priests, both
named Kelly, composed the remain~
der of the party to leave the Packer
House last night. ~
All four, with the owner of the
car, were returning to Jersey City
last night after spending the day att
one of the coast resorts. A level
stretch of road from the Brown's'
Point bridge to Laurence Harbor in-l
duced the driver to speed About
half way between the two points the
driver turned to his right to allow q |
car to pass, and as he did SO, the 1
earth gave way beneath the machine
and 1t plunged over the bank to the /
marsh fifteen feet below. In the falli
the driver and passengers were
thrown from the car, landing on the |
soft and oozy mud.
Before they could escape from
the treacherous ground, all had sunk
in the mud to their waists. Dr.
Ramsay happened along in his Buick
car several minutes after the acci-
dent and found the five automobilsI
lists endeavoring to get out OF ths
mud. DR.. Ramsay and two other
physicians following his machine In
individual cars, rendered the party
assistance and soon had them tsands
ing on solid ground. Il
All were wet and suffering from
shock. Despite his condition the
owner OF the car refused to leave /
his machine and remained watching
1t slowly sink until assistance from /
a nearby garage arrived. The res
mainder OF the party, however, !
were brought to this city by DIR. |
Ramsay and the other physicians.
Recent rains, 1t is believed, were
responsible for the soft condition Of
the road. The car was running fast |
when the ground beneath gave way
turning the car to position ae |
right angles with the road. With |
the wheels still spinning around, the
machine shot over the embankment, !
partly overturning as It fell. Il