The sun., 1910-06-13
WOMAN KILLED IN taxi SMASH
STREET CAR HTTS SKIDDING
AFRO IN MADISON AVENUE.
Mrs. Alice Bnckngham MoFTlson Daes n
Hoapiial-Her Danghter and SISTER
Rrulasd The ChaufOur D. seE,SuSly
injured Gar Passengers Are sAahea.

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A taxioab in which were Ms. Alios
Buckingham Morrison. widow Oi Daniel
Wilson Morrison; Dorothy Morrison. hsr
daughter. and Miss Eva Buohingh am.
Mrs MOrrisOn's sister. skidded last night
on the vet pavement Of the incline at
Seventy eighth street and Madison ave-
nue. and was run into by . sOuthbOund
Madison avenue pay a. you enter car
Mrs. Morrison was sitting where the
street car struck and she was hurt 20
badly that she died at 1910 O'Clock at
the German Hospital. Seventy-ssventh
street and PARK avenue. The taEicab
chauffeur. Jouis Albert. is IN the Pres
bytsrian Hospital with a fracture at the
base Of the skull. He s in a very serious
condition. Miss Morrison and Miss Buck
ingham were bruised but not 20 much hurt,
Mrs. MOrrisODs husband. Daniel W.
Morrison. an importer Of saddlery. died
in ISos At 50 Fast Seventy eighth street.
the home the Morrisons have ocoupisd
ever since. Dorothy Morrison. who is
~ years old. was graduated two weeks
ago from Miss Finch's school at Seventy
ssvsnth street and Madison avenue.
Mrs. Morrison was 90 years old.
Last evening about O'Clock the party y
sent in q call for a taxioab 10 the stable Of
Mason 4 SeamOn at sevsnty eighth
street and Park avenue. Albert. who
IL "a years Old and lives At sTSs Ray Fif-
teenth street. Bensonhurst. vas sent
in answer to the cali He Was told 20
take the three women to q restaurant
At Fortieth street and Sixth avsnUs. He
took the taxicab vest through Seventy
eighth street and turned At Madison
avenue 10 % south. There the auto
skidded over TO the street car trAchs.
II wasn't easy loE ths chauffeur 70 con-
troll the tAxicab on the slOping street.
A street car. with Michael J. Casey Of
IBS East EiGhty-sixth street a. motor
man. was coming down the incline Casey
put on his brakes and shut OF bis power.
but the car kept going and struck the back
% the taKicAb on the left side. The blow
sent the taEioab EiGnaEEing over to the
west curb. A. II struok there the chauf-
feuF was pitched from his seat. The taEi-
cab wheels we're smashed
The driver of another taxioah hurried
20 The German Hospital and got Dr.. How
ard Adler OnloOkers and two police
men helped get tho wOmsn out Of the
wreck of he taxioab. MIRO. Morrison Waa
unconscious. She was taken In a taEioab
by Dr. Adler n the German Hospital.
Il was found that both her Ehouldera
were broken. ribs on both sides Of her
body crushed and there we're other hurts.
Her family physician. Dr. W. p Northrup
of 81 Fast Seventy ninth street, was a. her
bedside whsn aha died.
Dorothy Morrison and Mas BuckinE-
ham went In another cab 70 the hospital,
where they were said TO he only slightly
In iured A Presbyterian Hospital am
bulancs took Albert away y
The front Of the street car was smashed
by striking the automobile The car was
crowded and some persons in it were out
by glass from broken windows.
Two maids from the Morrison hOms
went n the hospital later In the evening
and got the jewelry the three women had
been wearing. They were In evsning
dress and Intended 10 take dinner In the
restaurant