Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-10-06
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One Lad Fatally Injured and
Another Seriously Hurt At
Pleasant Plains, S. /
STAGE HIT BY TRAIN
Raymond Austin in lnfirnarY
--Jacob Wares Badly Iniur-
ed--Two Others Escape.
AT GRADE CROSSING
Young Wares Ride on Front
OF Engine Is MaryeIed at
Police Aid.

One boy Is not expected to live.
another is seriously Injured and two
others are suffering from shock as
the result of the stage In which they
were riding, being struck BY train
on the Staten Island Rapid Transit
Railroad at the Sharrot avenue
crossing, Pleasant Plains, Staten IL
land, abouet 4:30 o'clock Yesterday
afternoon. A remarkable feature of )
the accident was that one OF tha IN
Jured boys was carried on the pfick
OF the locomotive IA distance of over
six hundred feet and stiIl lives.
Raymond Austin, nine years old. son
of Lawrence Austin, OF Anboy ave-
nuh. Pleasant Plains, is In the s. X.
Smith lnfrmaSy with compound
fracture OF the left leg below the
knee, fracture of the thigh right
bone, scalp wounds and internal In
Juries. 1t Is believed he win die.
Carried ON the Pilot.
Jacob Wares, eleven years Old.
son of David Wares, Gt Anaboy ave.
nue.. Pleasant Plains, the boy who
was carried on the pilot of the en-
gine, Is at his home with fractured
left leg. two Inches above the ankle.
compound fracture OF the left arm
and internal injuries. The other tsEf,
boys in the stage who escaped we're
William Daggett, Jr., thirteen years
| old, son OF William Daggett, Sr..
and Alfred Reid, thirteen years old
son OF James b. Reid, both of Rich
| mond Valley. The latter was drfS-
ing the stage which was owned by
his father. They had been TO hass-
ball game at tha Pleasant rams
| school and at the time wera rat n
Ing home
Horse Clear Of Tracks !.
Afs ~ hgsrSa d 4 s tfz.:,ns of khe SON
had c1eare8Ssthe crossing 4 -
| locomotive struck the bask of the
stage, where the two boys most se-
| rlously injured. were seated Lee
| Wares, fifteen years old. brotssas IT
Jacob, had been on the AEep OF the
stage, had jumped of before reach
Ing the crossing which probabfy
, saved him from being In the wreck.
The stage was completely denoI-
| fshed, but the horse escaped INJURY.
When Young Austin was found
he was under the trestle that rms to
Sharrot Brothers feed warehouse
about fifty feet from vi ere he. wsas
thrown. The other two boyd were
thrown out, but escaped without tn
jury. When the train came To
stop near the switch at the Pleas
ant Plains crossing.
Police Give Assistance.
Patrolman William Bloodgood on
duty there, with Patrolman John
Fftzsimons, lifted the boy from oK
the pilot and carried him into Dr +
A, ID. Decker's drug store. He with
the Austin boy were taken To their
homes, where they were attended ~ :
DR.. David Coleman and DR.. RcvaI
e Meyers. OF TottenVille. Later
the Austin boy was removed to the
tnhrmary on the o'clock train.
Captain William H. ScobIe. ar tie
99th precinct station, Tottenvifie.
who was on the train, was the nrst
one on the scene after the accident
and rendered valuable assistanee To-
the injured.
Conductor Hayes Train.
The train which struck the stage
was In charge of Conductor Danial
B. Hayes, of Broadway. Tottenvills,
and Engineer Edward 0sHare, OF
Johnson avenue. Tottenyifie. and
was due In TottenFiile at 446
o'clock. The train consisted OF en-
gine 23 and three coaches and WIS
making fast time on the down gradet
coming into the Pleasant Plains sta
ton.
At the inirmary this morning 1t
was said that the Austin hoy was IN
about the same condition, but had
passed very uncomfor's BILE night.
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