The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
FATAL CARRIAGE PLUNGE
WIFFOF JOHNJ. ! OORHETS.J IN,
kIILFD ~ ~ IOOT ran.
Mr.. Noorh~rs aud iIIs InIani daughter
NerS seriously Hurt Nui" wagon
scared Isrse an.i o. BrSI,e Through
Railing Inio Deep railroad cut.

! '~'a aN'f Nahbh WIN "a "NNFffN w ~
from the rear ga the Hudson Boulevard
hridg" over the Pennsylvania Railroad
cut ia Jersey city late yesterday after
noon. a horse hitched 1" "a buggy con-
tanning John } vourhees Jr. son "
John J Voorhees,. president Of the Jersey
civ Board nI Finance his Young wife
Flor~nce. and iheiF baby daughter ran
against an iron railing and twenty foot
section nf the ieune gave way. Precipi-
tstiDg the carriage aud rs "ccupsn,s
into the cut NJ feet below
Mrs. Voorhees, head struOs against
telegraph pole aud she was instantly
killed Mr. Voorhees, and Ia, daughter
were terribly bruised aud shaken up and
both were ia u serious condition NJ Christ
Hospital last nigh, although u was ne
levrd that they might get well The
hors. apparently turned a som-rssult IN
is descent and landed ID Us back break.
,ng its neck
The home 81 ~" vouug couple - AT
sl Duncan avenue. ~ the residential
Bergen section lhe house ~ a costly
one Mr. voorhees, - associated with his
father and brothers Frank and Alexander
~ the Voorhees, Rubber Manufacturing
Company in BostwIck avenue l-ing
y treasurer VI Ihe concern
w Voorhees, lsft home at about
! O'Clock. intending t. take hs wife and
! their daughter Flor-nC. for q short DIVE
along the Boulevard behind horSa which
he had been driving for wears The
animal had a reputation for being gentle
/ and never made trouble while in harness
! A. tn. hor-- was jogging slowly south
! over the bridge ~ the direction IL home
an AUTOMOBILE. wagon owned by Under
takrr William N.cker Of InIon liill which
= was gong the same way passed the rig
with vhiSz and "a whiTr and the horse
Z plunged IA the night acru-s the sidewalk
! II ran side on against the iron fence,
| 81. feet high. and two continuous sections
3 u the railing unable To stand the strain.
/ broke from their fa-t~nIngs and toppIed
! into the cut Almost instantly the horse
. followed dragging th" buggy with 10
| terrified occupants after n
The buggy turned upside down JIst
before II lardei alongSlde a telegraph
| pole q, the bottom 81 the slipping south
side VI the cut six feet from som. SHE
tracks. those tracks are divided from
the Pennsylvania Railroads main line
by a knoll. Husband. wife and daughter
were in = tsngle under the buggy
John H-,"-msp 81 rs Wilkic street
heard the shr,sks 81 the occupants % the
carriage a. the horse re- m-i the railing
end the rig dropp-i INTO the cut lie
I Va, the first man TO reach the bottom
81 the cut aud uI aIi-i he lftsi tn" buggy
I He found Mr- Voorhees, d-a /. with her
. unconscious hairy clasp"i close To- her
{ bosom. Mr. voorhees, was also uncun-
sciouS. with his arms around hi- Wife
/ IL WAS very apparent To- those who went
TO the rescue that IN" young mans first
. thou gh; IA ts.-.n for hi- wife. aud child
! The smash against the railing sni the
plum &c occurred 80 quickly thar he dill
no, have more than just time to seize
ms wife IN his arms preparatory 10 throw
I ing them out ~ the buggy
H.inenan took the baby out ~ her
/ dead mothers arms and carried her up
the slope Mrs Voorhees, body was
3 sent to Undertaken Thomas Lakes
rooms al 7ss Bergen avenue. and MIR
Voorhees, and his dau ghter were taken
p w tflsN Ilb~RlNdl WI f'btlt'T~N lNh's
> returned to consciousness by the tim.
he reached the hospital and his first
. agonizing inquiries were for his wife
/ The doctors did not dar. 20 tell him then
I that she was dead
chauffeur for Charles 4 Collsri 81
West Side avenue who was driving north
along tho Boulevard toward the bridge
: saw tho hors. and buggy go through the
/ broken railing lie recognized Mr. Noor-
! bees 1T the bottom - IN. cut and shortly
! aftsrward spe.ded 10 IN. Duncan avenue
{ home with TIA. news He met IN" Rev
! William p Brush. rector 81 ~ Paui-
| FpiscOpal Church IN Duncan avenue
and told him what had happened The
clergyman at once telephoned Ia Mr.
| Voorhees, father. who - spending the
summer on his farm at West Milford. y J
telling him that his son had met with an
accident Then III. minister went to
Christ Hospital. where b. saw both the
injured young man and the baby
! Finance Commiss ioner John y Ian
I drine also got a message through 20 Mr.
| Voorhees, Sr and MIR voorhees, and his
wife started for Jersey City on the : ~
train They reached the city about
thre. hours later Mr. Voorhees, lives az
= 81 Duncan avenue. a short distance from
I his son = residence
| Mrs Florence Voorhees, was ruarriai
10 John J. Voorhees,. Jr thrc' wears and
7 a half ago. She Vas a Miss Voorhees, OF
New BrInsw ick and vas not related to
her husband. The Voorhees, family 81
New BrInswick have lived for many gen
erations IN that region and are well known
there Her father and mother are dead
Her brother. Dr CLIFFORD VOORHEES, II one