New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-18
Young Brooklyn Clergyman and
Pelham Manor Woman the
Victims, and Driver
Injured.
CHAUFFEUR STILL IN COMA
Inspection Trip on G. R. R. of
N. j. Halted at Lincoln by
Crash-Jewelry Found
Some Distance from
Fatal Crossing.

a man believed to be the Rev Ma
thanel r. Foster, pastor Of the Cuyler
Presbyterian Church. of Brooklyn, and
Mrs. Samuel Fucker, of Pelham Manor.
We're killed. and Eugene Nauheim. q
chauffeur was seriously injured. when
the automobile in which the, .,,., r.,.-is
was hit by an inspection train Of the
Central Railroad of New Jerse, It, In
coin, y. j. late yesterday afternoon. The
woman was killed instantly. Mr. Foster
died shortly after his arrival at the
Somerset Hospital, in Somervile Nau-
helm is in no condition to tell of the aC
Cident
The Rev. Mr.. Foster vas graduated
from Princeton Theological Seminary in
May. and was ordained two weeks ago
yesterday. As soon as word was re-
ceived at mis- home last evening of the
accident three elders of the church
started for Lincoln az once to identify
the body Of the Young clergy man
F. Dr. Cleand b. McAfee. of the La
fayette Avenue Presbyterian Church.
was inclined to believe that MIR Foster
was the victim of the accident. He said
ding ceremony in South Jersey yester-
day. The sexton of Mr.. Fosters church
also said he believed Mr. Foster was in
New Jersey
Dr. McAfee did not know much about
Mr. Foster. as he had been in charge Of
a.
was not married
Mrs fucker was the wife Of a whole
sale millinery dealer, who is now in Eu-
rope. At her home this morning II was
said no information could be given out
a that tine.
Mrs. fucker who was riding in the
tonneau Of the car with Mr. Foster, ha
in her lap a bulldog which was also
killed. She was on her way TO visit her
brother at Imlaystown. n. j.. and met
Mr Foster in this city. He was said to
be a relative Of her family.
The engineer is said TO have blown his
whistle when approaching the crossing
but apparently the persons in the ma
chine did not hear the warning or were
going at too rapid pace to stop before
the engine was upon them.
Grover Abgor. the engineer, stopped,
and an automobile which approached
was pressed into service. 1t was seen at
a glance that the woman was dead, but
some hope was entertained for saving
the lives Of the others. Nauheim and
Mr.. Foster were rushed 10 the Somerset
Hospital. at Somerville but the minister
died shortly after the arrival there
Nauheim regained consciousness after
he reached the hospital long enough to
gasp out his name and address. He then
relapscd into a state Of coma, from
which the surgeons have not been able
to rouse him. 1t is supposed from the
direction IN which the automobile party
was headed that they were going to
Princeton, but the starting point has not
yet been learned.
The crossing where the accident oc-
Cured is one Of the most dangerous
along the entire line of the New Jersey
Central. For several years the citizens
I'm the neighborhood have been making
attempts to have a guard placed there
or to have some precautions for the pro-
lection Of life taken, but their efforts
have been fruitless
The bodies of Mr.. Foster and Mrs.
Fucker have been removed to an under
takers shop at Lincoln.
Whether the automobile struck the
e.gine or the engine struck the car as
the front wheels were crossing the track
is not known. but the hood Of the car
and the front trucks were entirely de-
molished. The force Of the collision
must have been great, for the bodies OF
the occupants of the car were hurled
many feet from the shattered automobile
and uieccs Of the woman's jewelry were
picked up at some distance from the
crossing.
The train which caused the accident
consisted Of an observation engine and
a combination car which is used by in
trainmaster and other officials OF the
read when they make inspection trips.
on the engine at the time were {. W.
Huntington. general superintendent OF
the railroad; Charles English, train
dispatcher. ana +. E. Kerwin, Mr.. Hunt
irOtou'G scCretary