New-York tribune., 1911-03-16
WOMAN HURT IN AUTO
M|SHAP DUE TO STORM
Sheltered in Vanderbilt House,
Fifth Avenue. Pending Ar
rival of Ambulance.
nay OF VARIED WEATHER
uowling Blizzard Strikes City at
Night, Following Afternoon
of Most Springlike
Balminess.

minded by the sleet that was blown
,r,o her face by a fifty-mile northwest
Gale Mrs. Mary Cunningham. dress
,,oter was knocked down by an auto
r,ohile in Fifth avenue. last night, as
.be was crossing in front of the home
~ william *. Vanderbilt. sr.
The car that struck her got away. A
,ov and a man were the only passersby
rbo saw the accident, and they were
,,able 10 discern the number of the
or,ouobile. They say that the car
struck the woman a terrific blow and
,brew her TO one side. The driver
s,onped few hundred feet away and
,,cled hack He saw the woman rise
sra then fall back upon the pavement,
ard turned on his power and sped
away.
Robert Zerfuss. a messenger boy, and
pov 4 Brown. Of No. PIC West Sd street.
carried the woman to the curb directly
,r front of No. $50 Fifth avenue. the
home of Mr. Vanderbilt. Because of the
Storm Brown and Zerfuss decided to
take the injured woman into the nearest
shelter. and rang the bell of the Wander
hnt home They informed the butler that
a woman had been injured and asked
~ she micht bc taken into the vestibule
until am ambulance arrived.
While discussion was going on
vo,rr man who said he was member
~ tho Vanderbilt household appeared
=, the outer gate and presently ordered
the servants 20 bring big arm chair for
the injured dressmakcr She was placed
in if and carried into the vestibule of the
house
Ambulance Surgeon Arrives.
The Young man ordered one of the
Vanderbilt limousine cars from the gar
ace and Was about to have Mrs. Gun
rioebsm taken in il to Flower Hospital
vben AN ambulance from that institu-
lion arrived with Or. Croak. After eX-
,uinine tho drossmaller. he said he had
en urgent call. and asked that she be
rermitted to remain in the vcstbule un-
III h returned.
Ne9rv hiie. three young women IN
evening gowns looked through the cur
,si7s q, Mrs. Cunningham and turned
away with shudder. When DR. Croak
returned for his patient. = servant threw
2 ,oU of CARPET over the slNet covered
SENS and Mrs Nanderhil;, accompanied
It tbrse Young men and three youns
women walked down In an automoo'le
,hs, had jus, stopped in front OF the
house
Mrs cunningham lives AT 10. 40
West aoth street. II was said at the
Flower Hospital that one Of her legs was
fractured and that she received many
Contusiru,
The storm which was responsible for
the accident 10 Mrs. cunningham was
one of tho most remarkable of the WIN
Ter. Indeed. unless something unusually
isre IN meteorological demonstrations
comes along shortly the weather of yes
,erdsy viii 20 on record as the most ca
prldous of tlo season.
seldom h3. tho city encountered such
e medley of t'... .Clstures and variety oi
wind, as oaup yesterday. 1t was what
the doctors have Described as the real
pneumonis kind and it TOOK many per
sons unaware.
Lieht Wind Comes Up.
Rain lcI some hours before sunrise
and when II ceased q sixteen mile breeze
came from tho Northwest and the tenn
reraiurc dropped promptly The chill
lasted until about noon. While the sun
Was making It feeble effort to shine
through white sky. the wind slowed
down 10 twelve miles and slyly shifted
to the southwest
The temperature. working hand and
glove with tho wind. increased gradu-
ally from - degrees above zero 10 80,
and hy D. boo the day had all the char
acteristics oC d real. trustworthy harbin-
ger of spring
II was ell sham. however, and none
knew This better than did Mr.. Scarr, the
local lorocastcr. He sent out an early
warning that cold wave was coming
from the northwest. and between the
ines OF his message was the suggestion
Nat If would bc unwIse to dof Overcoats
Or furs
Although many who walked the streets
0ung 90 their winter outcrgarments
here was big army of others who
l'rsoot them. with never thought OF
giving The crp germs fair chance at
'heir constitutions. There were folk
.P'niy who moppei brOws before shop
windows. and tho man who served cold
1iinkS 80 the soda fountains did all the
business The mixer Of hot drinks had
IT'S turn Of scrvitUde, however, a the
cay grew dark The girls who make a
practice of displaying; bare necks ON the
oldest days. appeared in shirtwaists IN
ohe streets ut the luncheon hour, and the
men VINO brag Of oxford ties and sum
Mcr weight underwear would have APP
reared ia straw hats and alpaca coats
Had tnose adornmcnts been handy' so
elceptively warm the afternoon became.
Temperature Takes Tumble.
me temperature got up 10 ~ degrees
above zero at q p. m, and steadily there
dier continued on swift toboggan
toward the - degree mark, the lowest
tempcTaturc OF the day, arriving there
d, l04O p. IN.
The hOrthwester began about 10 p
H-' carrying with il a cold rain. when
s'on turned into snow, and by $50 the