Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-11

making a heroic, but vain attempt to
I stop the fleeing animals as they were
about to strike the gates. He ran al
most in front of them and waving his
hands frantically called whoa"
! Without even hesitating and desplNs'
the combined. efforts of Vozniak ami
IJorgensen to stop them, the animals
plunged forcibly against the gates
and Jorgensen witnessed the most
tragic accident of his career. Stand
ing at the side of the rig he saw
Vozniak hurled forward to his doom
and the big wagon with it's heavy
contents and the powerful horses go
| forward into the channel, the deep
ste point of Raritan river along the
bridge. The sight SO unnerved him
that his wife and children wondered
what had happened when he arrived
home after being relieved by Alex
ander Steward, the day tender on the
| post. With beads of perspiration
trickling down his face he told the
story and repeated it second time
when Freeholder Kerr called on his
round OF investigation.
Wild Rumors Circulated.
The accident brought large
crowd of curious persons to the
scene. Wild rumors spread concern
ing the fatality and for time 1T was
stated more than one person had
been killed. Peter McKeon of the
contracting firm of Graham and Nc
| Keon, was informed that one of his
rigs had gone overheard and hurried
to the scene. There he received
vague news of the accident and was
told one of Ezra T. Sweets teams
and wagon had run off the bridge.
He learned the true details later.
Wagon Heavily Laden.
| The wagon had been used but
/ few months. 1t was a mOdernly con-
structed vehicle of a heavy delivery
type, equipped with an effective
brake, the owner declares. At the
time of the accident it was laden
down with fifty bags of flour, weigh
| ing 100 pounds each, making to-
tai weight of the load exclusive of
the weight of the wagon, 5000
pounds or two and half tons.
Victim Leaves Six Children.
VoZniak, the victim of the acci~
dent, was a widower having six chill
dren, two sons of whom are mar
ried He was a general utility man
and worked here and there where
he was most likely to be paid imme-
diately at the completion of each
piece OF work. He worked for MIR.
Metzendorf at various times during
the past five years and has done odd
Jobs for other merchants, but work
ed principally as driver or truck
helper He boarded at various
places, at times with one Of his mar
ried sons in North Amboy The vic
tim was a devoted churchgoer in ST.
Stephens Polish church and belong
ed to the Leka jain Polish Society.
He Is survived by two daughters
about eight and twelve years old, two
married sons and two youthful sons
who are unmarried. One of his clos
est friends in this city with whom
he was acquainted in Poland, is John
Lipa, OF 1872 Grant street Voz-
MAX was popularly known as Jack"
where he worked and among his
friends.
Vozniak's body or the wagon had
not been recovered up to o'clock
this afternoon. Shortly after that
time the derrick Atlas, of the Mer-
ritt & Chapman Derrick & Wreck
ing Company, was set to work to-
gether with a diver In an effort to
recover the body and the wagon and
the contents. Captain George Golert
and local Represldent George Hardi-
man. of the company, were On the
Iscene to supervise the work.
Look at the "prices of things" as
advertised IN today's paper. II you
know values. and have care for
your purse. these prices will interest
lyou.