Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-24
AUTO WRECK FATAL
Wealthy Soap Manufacturer
Killed in Accident.
MACHINE Is OVERTURNED
Two May Die Following Catas-
trophe in Indiana.
CAR TUMBLES OVER A BANK
Four Meet Death in Mishap on
Long Island and Eight Others
Receive Injuries.
IS OVERTURNED
CAR TUMBLES OVER A BANK

KANSAS CITY. Mo. August 24-Wil-
liam j. Peet. a wealthy soap manufac-
turer. was killed In an automobile acct
dent last night. Henry f Long. his wife
and Mrs. Peet were injured. Three of the
Long children. who were riding In the
car. were unhurt
Mr. Peet, who vas driving turned out
for wagon and ran into a ditch. The
car overturned
RICHMOND. Ind. August 24-Mr. and
Mrs. ]. NJ. Worth were fatally hurt and
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Becker and their son
Robert were seriously injured today when
an automobile in which they were riding
plunged over an embankment near this
city. All were prominent in this COM
munity.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. August 24-The
police are investigating the collision Of
two automobiles in the downtown district
early today, In which eleven people were
injured. one Of whom, John S McGorray,
may die An operation was performed to-
day on McGorray, whose skull was
crushed. to relieve the pressure of bone
on his brain. but physicians hold out no
hope for his recovery
be taken to a hospital.
Police Seeking Chauffeur.
Occupants Of the machines blame each
other for the accident. The chauffeur Of
McGorray's machine has disappeared, as
has also one of the women In his party.
The police are looking for them.
NEW YORK, August 34.-The death to-
day of Mrs. Bertha Glass, who was In
jured In the collision between a work
train and an automobile in which she
was riding at the Merrick crossing of
the Long Island railroad yesterday, runs
the death list up TO four. or eight others
who were injured in the accident two,
and possibly three. are expected to die.
The others killed were:
J. Berbon, fifty years old, New York
city. chauffeur of the wrecked car.
Bertha Weiss. eleven years old. New
York city. niece of the owner of the car.
Rebecca Glass, mine years old, New
York city.
John Fido. a laborer on the construc-
tion train. had his breastbone crushed
and probably will die.
Woman May Die.
OF the others seriously injured Mrs.
Rockaway has conclusion of the brain
and a fractured leg. She can hardly sur
vive. Charles Snyder, conductor OF the
train. had his right leg broken. The
automobile, which belonged to Adolph
Hirsch of Far Rockaway, encountered
closed gates at the crossing, the barrier
having been lowered by the gateman be-
cause of passing freight train.
On the other side of the freight train
was the construction train unseen by the
gateman or the automobile party. When
he raised the gates just as the freight
slipped by the automobile shot forward
and damned itself under a fat car of
the construction train.
Pinned in this fashion and with the
fiat car careening on its trucks, the auto
mobile was dragged for more than 100
feet, finally rolling down the embank-
ment with one of the fiat cars.
The scene of the crash is not far from
the crossing where twenty-three persons
were killed outright in tallyho acct
dent with a locomotive In 1897.
Train Hits Auto.
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, August "a.
The automobile OF r. c. Ringgold of
Shepherdstown was struck yesterday by
the Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
at Flowing Springs crossing and badly
damaged. In the party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ringgold and several others en-
route for Charles Town.
The occupants jumped when they dis
covered the train was upon them, and
left the machine on the track. They claim
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