The sun., 1910-06-09
AUTOS BURN ON 9TH AVENUE
tCiIDINT PART az SERIES
mar MADE TROJ BLE.
IRE started In Pee, sf GasOleRe I.eft
Nh~n Gar Vas Rammed frame Held
tr while FIrrmen FOaEhI Haze
auto aus crashes lRtS an NuiO.

tp While flEeWen fOaGhl Haze
auto Aus crashes lBtB an NutO.
.suss of au;0mohils accidents in
v pa 7rr alarm was sent in. the police
.a~ M he jump and siN machines were
..tg.d o"curred on Fifth avenue yea
.s,fIr afternoon all within the space Of
All h.Ir and ten minutes Then just a.
,ts r,utsr II accidents seemed az an end
rrn-om cab backed into a carriage in
~t.G we're man and a woman and
on.ed for moment a. though there
vorl1 10 a runaway 10 add to the troubles
o' 'h' polce.
Ih' rrst of the string of accidents was
.hs hract iorerunner Of the second
AI.-u % clock a touring car was standing
wont n Haydn 4 60 q furniture store
A. 80 Fifth avenue. near Forty fourth
.'-e"r The passengers were inside the
.rrs rcd taNicab was scoUtinE along
,n-s behind other machines in the orderly
Irs moving north when a signal from the
'aN,D policeman az the corner brought
'hs hue 70 quick stop The driver Of
30 taNtrah jammed down his brakes
I'D was reaching for HE emergency brake
when Ne saw he could not stop in time 70
frr.d collision with the car ahead
Rvnulling to the right he had little more
s.ars M which to stop. 80 he twisted his
heel and ran the Overhang Of his spring
INTO tho twenty-five gallon reserve tank
of ga-olene suspended from the rear ot
ihs * machine
br gasolene spdrted out upon the
.-nhat few nervous people passing
Ursened their steps until they were
o. II an danger, but the cha uneuTs of
'hs two machines ncOnce rnedly cussed
p.h other. hammered the bent spring
go shape and plugged up the hole with
rI..e ol cotton waste Then they went
. olt their business
ne spilled Rasolen~ about ten gallons
,'r flowed along the gutter and made
,.nar about seventy-fve feet long
fhe centre Il made a pool eight feet
" 30 .ni Tor most " - length Il reached
H.N no leFi from ile fNFu
'uenty minutes later a large limousine
Cow 20 al HAYDN A TO = store and Mrs
'r.i Irhtsn-trin Eho later gave her
.. -rs- gs the German club. ~ West
H'y-r.uth street got ont Mrs Lich-
'..-.au .s the rife ~ the banker Of 20
'a| .rre't Just - she got out Of her
... come one threw q lighted match Or
, -trtte into ihn gasolene lined gutter
.ho lawes shot fully twelve feet iuto the
rom the large uol ~ the centre and
'.sn settled dp.H tu steady blaze Fix
i,at high
lH front 1t tGr Temple Emnnu-E!. a. the
corner of Forty-thlri street vas a New
lurk TaKicab CompaRy lpaohiRa. n
,i,'rle N Fdw.rl Wai-silsrg n 100 West
, yty-hist street rhr taIicab aud Ms
7 nters'ein's or acre directly over the
: ming Rssolene and the woodwork ot
d. N cars cnught FIRE ~ once
Mounted Policeman PlaEgs sent m q
-.s aiarm. II WIS too risky job 10 try
p start the engines VI the burning ears
'n nm them oul q danger and they had
q. wait until the arrival or the firemsn
70 obi. meantime ~ nc was diverted nto
sra and Madison avenues. and a crowd
several thousand persons gathered
IHa IRE burned fifteen minutss 4,
.r" ~ Il water played on t by the fire.
"a1 uiyed with the gIs0lens and spread
20 74me INTO smpli patches which we're
s.sr -t7mped out
tauad smith. Mrs Ichtenstein's =
TsgT placed me drmFge 90 the |
.u.u" 10 g. OlO II Was burned down I
.r, --s. fr- me- and engine The ssme 1
usa- .p The tsHicab was assess''d ~ /
a" The ssDhalt pavement WAS very /.
Ef''v INJURED
>r.r " after the fire had been put Dut I
.rt .rf" IN Fifth avenue resumeI q .
tH-i Nv Edwin Drsxel Godfrry ~ :
fs. ,Iy'y-sIXth street. IN which he was
u.n 5,s wife end another woman. I
.U-f 30 Fifth avenue az Forty eighth /
.r" from the northbound 10 the south |
.rs ..ds vt the street The chauffeur /
"s- Fagpn ~ 3Gs Fast Fiuy-seven'h ,
.'r.a' slowed down a hit and a Fifth
..sn." motor bus. crowded with passed.
.... charge ~ Jlseph COnlon, ripped
nh. rnRI 80 Sir Godfrey's car The .
.. going ~ fast that II pushed the
-r". mach No from the southeast corner
he northwest corner. where u
,. 3 uD against lamppnst The two
-' % fhe touring car joined IN the
.m- .' those on top of and inside
. 'r" .I- but when Policeman Plagge
Of up he found that no one was
T" two rear wheels and mud
: trt Mr G0dfrey's car were smashed
..i '-r ndy Il the car vas damaRed
Davis of the University Club.
'''E.'.I-th street and Fifth avenue.
.. '.- policeman that the chauffeur
no rls fad caused the accident by
.. .@-s tuvnE Mr. Godfrey drove
. s AK. saying he was on his way
no ,.antry. y
.'. m1Htea later a hanson cab sta
r@' l front q Shsrry's backed into
20 containing Paul Heftlsr and
..r.a Nr Heitler ~ dealer IN milk
s b.. tasf Houston street and had been
. no park for a drive His horse
..a' .larpiv 70 the len and then jumped
''.' Iwo boundE m that direction
Hn straight into ths hands ~
'-f Policeman Weiss. who stopped
'a. sharp nisale