Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-05-31
ACCIDENTS IN
HOLIDAY RUSH
ARE NUMEROUS
Several People Badly Injured
Since Saturday, Rufus
Hosking's law Broken.
AUTO MISHAP AT MORGAN
MARROW ESCAPES

Accidents, both serious and trivial,
occurred over the holiday They be-
gan Saturday afternoon with the
great food of traffic that poured
through this city and there was no
let up until this morning. Several
persons were injured and many ex-
perienced narrow escapes in baseball
games, auto collisions, etc
Rufus r. Hosking, of 215 High
street, while playing baseball with
two scrub teams on the copper works
field Saturday afternoon, had his
lower jaw broken in two by heavy
baseball. He was running bases
when the accident occurred. The
ball, one Weighing several ounces
more than the usual kind, had been
sent out into center field Mr. Hosk-
ing ran to second base and slid His
face, the second baseman's NIT and
the sphere arrived on the bag almost
simultaneously, but the ball failed
to strike the nit, hitting Mr. Hosk-
Ing squarely in the lower Jaw. Its
weight caused the jaw to be badly
fractured and Mr. Hosking secured
the services of DR.. ]. G. Wilson. DIR.
+. w. Kitchel will make a splint to
keep the Injured parts in place, until
healed.
John ]. Johnson, of 373 Hall ave-
nue., who plays in various positions
on the Danish Sociable Athletic Club
baseball team. had both bones of his
right leg broken about four inches
below the knee, Sunday afternoon.
He was playing with the d. S. A. Q.
team against the Old Bridge A. c..
at Old Bridge. The contest had pro-
gressed to the beginning of the
eighth inning, when the Danish So
ciable club had three players on the
bases. Poulsen was at bat and John
son was on third base. Catcher APP
plegate, of the Old Bridge team,
went after the ball on Poulsen's
third strike and he returned to home
plate in time to catch Johnson. He
accidently stepped on the latter's leg,
and being heavy man, his weight
caused q double fracture Two Inn
prints from cleats on his shoes were
afterwards discovered in Johnson's
leg by DIR. NJ s. Meinzer.
While attempting to start the en-
gine of his pleasure launch near the
Raritan Yacht Club house Sunday
morning. Joseph H. Hutty, OF 233
High street, had two bones OF his
right wrist broken. He attempted to
turn over the crank and he did, the
engine back fired, causing the in
jury. He is under the care of DR.. j.
a. Wilson
Harry Kline, an employe Of the
Perth Amboy Garage Company in
Madison avenue, was injured in at
tempting to board a swiftly moving
automobile owned and driven by
John Petersen, in madison avenue.
yesterday afternoon. Kline jumped
on the running board OF the machine
and as he did so, the muscles of his
right leg became badly ruptured He
was attended by DIR. NJ s. Meinzer.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Owen, OF East
Orange, together with two lady
friends, experienced a narrow escape
from probably serious or fatal in
jury Sunday afternoon when an au-
! to, in which they were riding. struck
an iron projection on the bridge at
Chesequake. Mrs. Owen and the
other two women were hurled from
their seats and landed on the bot
tom of the bridge. They sustained
slight bruises. The front portion OF
the machine first struck the obstruc-
ton and nearly hurled Mr. Owen
from the front seat. c. A. Sexton,
who happened to come along, rem
dered assistance and the party at
terwaTd proceeded on its way. Mr..
Owens machine was a REQ, for
which he is the state agent.
An automobile, travelling vest
ward on Market street about 10
o'clock this morning, struck horse
attached to a furniture delivery
wagon belonging to Nathan Roth, OF
Smith street The horses head was
badly cut. Chief Burke was notified
and an attempt was made TO hail the
autoists in South Amboy. This was
almost impossible, as the number or
description of the machine was not
known. L. Weisberg was in charge
OF the furniture rig at the time of
the accident.
While alighting from trolley car
No. 1.225, sh ortly after II o'clock
Saturday night, Miss St Loutz,
whose address could not be learned,
fell from the platform, striking and
injuring her head on the pavement.
She refused medical aid.
James Wight, son of James 8.
Wight, of High street, had mar
row escape from drowning Saturday
afternoon when the mast OF small
boat in which he and two other
youths we're sailing, blew away and
the craft partially capsized The
J affair happened off Lawrence Har-
Dor, and by the aid of an oar the
boys managed to reach shore. They
got home by obtaining a ride in an
: auto.
Alfred Kay. ten years old. of 402
Hall avenues fell on see-saw appa-
ratus near his home Sunday after
noon and sustained a very bad frac-
ture of the right wrist He is un-
der the care of DR.. g. w. Tyrrell
Alfred Johnson, six-year-old
boy, living at 532 Brace avenue, WAS
struck on the head by a bat he had
thrown into a tree Sunday after
noon. The stick cut his head severe
ly and he was attended by DR.. G w.
Tyrrell.
Where Is Julia G. Macan?
Il Chief of Police Burke has received
an inquiry from the Bank OF Linde-
II a.