Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
| DEAD, THREE
HURT BY AUTO
Bio Machine Crashes Into
Pole on AnnadaIe Road,
Staten Island, Yesterday.
CAUSED BY SKlDDshG
Charles s. Humphrey OF Wss /
New Brighton Found Bead
Under Car.

One young man dead, another In
the S. R. Smith Infrmary in criti-
cal condition, and two women, one
the mother of the dead man, and the
other a friend, at their home cut and
bruised, is the result of an automo-
bile accident which occurred about
4:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon on
the Annadale road near Washington
avenue, Annadale, Staten Island,
when a Cole 80 touring car contain
Ing the party, skidded and struck an
electric light pole, turning the car
completely over On the rebound.
Is Instantly Killed.
The dead man Is Charles Humph-
rey, twenty-five years old, civil en-
gineer, son of George Humphrey, of
the C. w. Hunt Manufacturing Com
pany, Of West New Brighton. He
was killed instantly by being thrown
from the machine when it first
struck the pole. The car was owned
and driven by Henry Wilcox, twenty
one years old, a student and son of
w. G. Wilcox, of 115 Davis avenue,
West New Brighton, who is In the
infirmary with a fractured rib and
other internal injuries. Mrs.
Humphrey, fifty years old, and Mrs.
"A. F. Locke, fifty years old, who
both received contusions and bruises,
were removed to their home in an
automobile belonging to DR.. Palmer
H. Lyon, of Richmond road, New
Dorp.
On Ride Around Island.
Mr.. Wilcox and Mr.. Humphrey,
who were students at Cornell Uni
versity, where the latter it Is said,
recently graduated with high hon
ors, with the two women started out
yesterday afternoon to take a ride
around the island. At the time of
the accident they we're returning
home on the Annadale road to go
over the Freshkill bridge at Green
Ridge. Young Wilcox in attempting
to turn out in the road to pass a ma
chine driven by Leonard Feinen, an
architect, of 3,697 Boulevard, Jer-
sey City, lost control of his stearing
wheel, when the machine skidded
taking the pole out Of the ground.
So great was the force that the
heavy machine made a rebound and
turned completely over, reducing it
20 a heap of scrap iron. The two
ken out from under the debris. The
stearing wheel was broken off and
found with Mr. Wilson when he was
picked up. A hurried call was sent
out for physicians and DR.. James
Devlin, of New Dorp, and DR.. Palm
er Lyon, of the same place, respond
ed. together with Dr. Donovan, who
came from the S.. R. Smith Infrm-
ary, on the ambulance which took
Mr.. Wilcox to that institution.
Coroner's Investigation.
Coroner William H. Jackson, who
was notified, came down to the scene
of the accident and gave a permit
for the removal of the body Of the
dead man. Acting Police Captain
John H. Cook, with the reserves of
the 99th precinct station, Totem
vile, had the body removed to the
station house in the patrol wagon,
where later 1t was taken in charge
by May and Dalton, undertakers, of
Port Richmond, who removed it to
their mortuary In that place.
Condition Still Serious.
At the infrmary this morning 1t
was said the young man was still in
a serious condition and that hemor-
rhages of the lungs had taken place
during the night. The two women
are still suffering from shock and
the injuries received.