Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-15
KNOCKED BLIND.
BY AUTOMOBILE.
boren Anderson Run Down
by Msehawkon Car While
Alighting from Trolley.
DRIVER Is ARRESTED
Victim Lost Sight OF One
Eye in Explosion Several
Years Ago.
DRIVER IS ARRESTED

While alighting from a westbound
trolley at Smith and Prospect streets
shortly after noon yesterday Soren
Anderson, of 334 Market street, was
st, TX by an automobile and received
severe injuries, including the loss OF
sight of one eye, making him totally
blind at the present time, the sight
of the other eye, 1t is understood,
having been lost several years ago in
an explosion at the Perth Amboy Gas
Works.
Driver Is Arrested.
Anderson was run down by an
automobile owned and driven by
Joseph Solderini, of So Liberty Place,
Weehawken. The automobile was
stopped instantaneously upon the
striking of Anderson's body and, it Is
said, could have avoided the man en-
tirely If there had been room at the
curb. Acting Recorder James s.
Wight released Solderini on his own
recogntzance to await the develop
ment of Anderson's injuries. The
autoist is thirty-four years old and Is
q contracting builder. He was arrest
ed by Patrolman Andrew Jensen on a
charge of assault
Stepped In Front of Car.
Anderson Is blind in his right eye
and in getting off the trolley to the
north did not see Soiderini approach
ing from the west In his automobile
1t is said that he stepped practically
In front OF the auto despite the ef-
forts of the driver to avoid him by
swerving over toward the curb. The
motor car was stopped within a few
feet after striking the man, who was
flung bleeding and unconscious to the
pavement. Motorman Dudling, of
the trolley, and Solderini carried the
inert form into the drug store of r.
Killenberger, at 297 Smith street,
where treatment was administered
by DR.. J. l.. Lund. Several hundred
people had gathered by this time.
Taken to His Home.
Upon examination of the man Dr.
Lund found that his nose had been
fractured badly, that there was bad
cut over his good eye with conclusion
which injured its sight, and numer-
Gus contusions and bruises were pres
ent about the body. The man was
taken to his home, where he Is now
under treatment. At the time of the
accident the trolley car was at a
standstilI. The trolley was No.
2,013 in charge of Motorman Dudling
and Conductor Coddington. Among
the eye witnesses were Matt Matthi-
sen, of 274 Oak street and David
Carter, of 294 Fayette street. Solde-
rini's auto bore the New Jersey
license number Of 18,408, and New
York 30,891.
May Recover His Sight.
With Dr. ]. h. MacDowall, DR..
Lund made an examination of Ander-
son at his home this morning. 1t
was found that he was totally blind
In his one remaining eye. The physi-
clans say that there is a chance that
he may recover his sight should its
present loss be due to blood clot In
the brain caused by the shock of the
accident. II such Is the case he may
see again In a week or so, but other
wise he will probably remain blind.
Anderson has large family. He has
been employed at the gas works. He
is about fifty years old.
This Is the second person in the
Anderson family to have their sight
impaired. Charles Anderson, a
brother, who formerly drove an oil
wagon. was kicked by a horse several
years ago and rendered sightless.