Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-03-28
ACCIDENTS
OF AU 7 OS
YESTERDAY
Rippsn Bros. Car Burned
at Red Bank -Greenbaum's
Machine in Collision.
LOCAL MEN IN RIG ARE
INJURED ON S. |.

Balmy spring weather and the
terday caused the appearance OF
hundreds of autos on the roads, with
the result that many accidents oc-
Cured. Local parties figured in
three of the accidents. The big
$4,000 Correja car owned by Morris
Rippenbein and Hyman Rippen was
almost totally destroyed bys fire;
Adolph Greenbaum and a party
figured in head-on collision at
Morgan Station, and Charles Deitz-
man and Patrick Rocks were struck
and injured while driving on Fresh
kill road at Greenridge, S. |. The
first two accidents occurred at $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon and the
third about 10 o'clock last night.
About s o'clock yesterday after
noon a Mitchell touring car, belong
ing to a New York party, ran into a
tree at Matawan. The steering gear
parted and the machine plunged off
to the right side of the roadway,
crashing into tree and hurting out
the occupants None of the autoists
in any of the accidents were serious
ly injured.
Car All AbIaze.
Mr.. Rippenbein's car was burned
at Red Bank In 1t at the time were
Mr.. and Mrs H. Rippen. Morris Rip
penbein, Joseph Leder, Albert Rip
penbein and Anton Miller, the latter
the chauffeur. They were returning
from trip to Lakewood and stopped
in front Of Patterson's garage for
gasoline. A boy employed IL the
garage poured the fluid into the tank
under the front seat and in doing so
a quantity was accidentally spilled
on the machine and ground. Instant
ly there was an explosion and the
larger part of the machine was set
ablaze. Mrs. H. Rippen, the only
person in the car at the time, was
rescued from danger, but the lad
pouring the gasoline and one fireman
were badly burned A call was sent
in for the Red Bank fire department,
which responded with an automobile
fire engine driven by Fred Waters,
formerly of this city. A stream was
thrown on the burning machine and
the flames were extinguished. The
front part of the machine, wheels,
tires, ETC., were badly burned and
the machine was temporarily render
ed useless.
The machine was left at the ga
rage and the party returned to this
city in Mitchell auto. The damage
to the Correja car is covered by in
surance. Mr.. Rippenbein's machine
was an especially constructed car of
gunboat shape, with an aluminium
body. 1t held fifty horsepower,
four-cylinder engine.
Two Cars Collide.
Adolph Greenbaum, with party
Samuel Goldberger, Miss Flossie
Kreielsheimer, Miss Bertha Kauf-
man, Bernard Greenbaum and
Mitchell touring car, accidentally
owned and driven by Edward d..
Birkholz, real estate broker, of
Newark. According to eye witness
and speedy driving on the part of
Birkholz. The accident occurred on
a sharp angle in the roadway near
Ye Old Spye Inn at Morgan Station,
a short distance south of Dead Mans
curve. Birkholz was driving toward
this city with party of two ladies,
baby and man in his machine.
Mr.. Greenbaum and his party we're
enroute to Red Bank. He was driv-
ing and his chauffeur, Stephen
Hruska, was at his side. The cars
came together with terrific impact |
and the occupants of both machines
were hurled against the seats. A baby |
in the arms of woman in Mr.. Birk- |
hollis car was hurled against the |
rear of the front seat and sustained
cut face. Other than that no one
was injured.
A telephone message was sent to |
the Packer House garage and Alex !
ander Conquest responded. He
made temporary repairs to Mr.
Greenbaum's car, which Hruska |
drove to this city, and Mr.. Green |
baum and his friends were conveyed |
to their homes in Chalmers-Detroit |
car. A second trip was made and |
Mr. Birkholz's machine was towed to
the garage. The front wheel on the !
left side was caved in on the Buick |
machine and the front parts of both |
machines were somewhat mashed up. |
Mayor Scully, of South Amboy,
drove to the scene of the accident in |
his big American travelling car soon |
after it occurred. He admonished |
drivers that would speed, thus en-
dangering life and limb
Accident On Island.
Charles Deitzman, bartender at |
the Owl Cafe in Smith street, this !.
city, is at Carl Dressler's hotel on |
the Freshkill road, Greenridge, Stat
en- Island, suffering with severe cuts
about the head and other injuries
about the body as the result of an
automobile crashing into a horse
and buggy in which he and Patrick
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