New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
MAN KILLED In AUTO
THREE COMPANIONS
ESCAPE UNHURT.
Nurse Tears Up Skirt for
= BaHdages- Wife. HystericaI.
attacks Chauffeur.
vIce-President Fairbanks

While trying 20 make a sharp turn at
the bottom Of Fort George Hill in an
automobile which was going fully sixty
miles an hour. Edward M. Mason, an
automobile agent. living at No. lie West
103d street. was almost instantly killed
Yesterday. The machine skidded. and
Mason vas cast with great force against
a heavy pillar of the station at Dyckman
street his head being crushed by the
impact. Three other men who were
in the machine at the time escaped un-
hurt.
Within five minutes after the accident
Mason was placed in another automobile
ard was hurried to the Washington
Heights Hospital. at Broadway and 165sh
street. where he was pronounced dead
by Dr. Scholer.
The machine in which Mason was rid
ing was the property of John r. Giles, a
linen merchant with Offices at No. $50
Broadway, and living at No. s2S central
Park West. Giles had owned the car
only two days, and was anxious TO try
out the machine. He kept the car at
MasOn's garage. and yesterday afternoon
as he was about to take it out for a trias.
he invited Mason 10 accompany him.
The new machine was a semi-racer OF
great horsepower. and Giles is said to
have intended entering it in the annual
Memorial Day hill climb at Fort
George. Mason at first refused 10
go with Giles. because he had told his
wife Of a year that he would take no
chances OF accident in automobiles.
Upon being pressed. however, Mason
finally got into the car. taking one of
the rumble seats.
At the wheel of the machine was Roy
Lasher. employed by Mr.. Mason as
chauffeur and known as a skilled drive.
Giles sat beside Lasher. while a fourth
man. Daniel Mcnamara. of No. $50 co.
iumbus avenue. sat in the tonneau with
Mason.
After driving about the upper part of
Manhattan Island for some hours the
party made fer the foot of Fort George
Hill. which is intersected by Dyckman
street and Maggie avenue. The hill.
which is really St Nicholas avenue. is
noted among automobilists as one OF the
steepest in the vicinity of New York
and has been the scene Of many acci-
dents.
Makes Dash for Hill.
At the command OF Giles. I.a5he- took
the machine to a point aSoct tive blocks
north OF the base Of the L:tl. on Nasle
avenue. which IS paved and admits OF
high speed AS the car started. Lashe7
opened the fun speed clutch and. with
burst OF fame from the exhaust valve
the automobile spraEg forward.
AS the eight-fOOt entrance To tbe hi
came into view, Lasher gave the whee
D JERK To the right in the effort To max,
the turn The shift was so sudden an,
the speed so great. that instead Of nego.
tiatlnS the sharp angle. the automobil,
spun around OH its wheels ike a tor.
Giles. Lasher and Mcnamara had e.
tight strip on the seat handles. +ba,
they we've not thrown out. our Mason
was lifted clear out of the tonneau and
thrown head first against a pillar of ts4
subway. A moment afterward the real
of the automobile crashed against thu
same pillar. smashing the tonneau q,
pieces. When the machine had come u
full stop. the three SURVIVORS of The
accident loaped to the street and rushed
To Mason's assistance.
Woman Aids Dying Man.
IS the three frantic men tried their
best TO relieve the injured man. a youns
woman FASTENED down 10 the street from
the subway station above and Joined thu
group. She explained that she was q
trained nurse. and Immediately began M
tear strips from her skirts. with which
she bandaged Mason's head The wom-
an would not give her name. but with
quiet energy she directed the injured
mans friends 10 get robe from the
machine and a flask of whisley
While the woman and NIason's com
paniOns were working feytrishIy to save
the unfortunate mans life Mrs. William
Dorando. whose husband owns a road
house about a block away. ran up. As
soon as she realized what had happened
she sped back 10 the rOadlouse. and sum
moned n. l.. Currau. of No. 1920 Broad
way who was al the place with a party
Of friends I'm an automobile. He Jumped
into his ear and ran with great speed
20 Fort George Hill
Mason was placed I'm the rear of cur
rams machine. where the unknown woman
took his head in her lap. and the three
other men climbed in the front Of tht
car and start was mad, for the Wash
iuston Heights Hospital Just as ths
machine started of. Mounted Patrolmar
McKcon. of the West 15-d street station
rode up and jumped on the running boart
OF the cay
West 20 Broadway the Curran MA
chine sped. going sixty miles IN hour
and with McKeon blowing shrin blast,
from his whistle for a clear road Broad
way was deserted az that hour. and On,
car on its mission of mercy tore doWI