Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-07
ONE KILLED AND 10 HURT
Chauffeur Had Collected 7 Me n
and 3 Girls Before the Crash.

and Girls Before the Crash.
One man was killed and three young
women and seven men were badly hurt
early Friday morning when limousine
crowded with JOY ride party skidded
on Hoffman boulevard between Jamaica
and Hunters Point and ran head on into
telegraph pole. The only one of the
party who didn't need attention from
the ambulance surgeons was the chauf-
feur, who, whether hurt or not, was
able to get away and hasn't been seen
since.
John Egan, 81 years old of 244 Mount
Hope place, The Bronx, was dead when
the ambulances reached the overturned
automobile. Miss Betty Campbell, 1S
years old, of 437 West Thirty-fifth
street, Miss Hazel Smith of the same
address and Miss Marie Karnochan, %
years old, of 1873 West Thirty sixth
street, all of whom were badly bruised
and cut by glass, were treated and sent
home. Frank McMulker, 80 years old,
of 236 West Thirty-sixth street, John
Kavanaugh, rs years old, of SO Van
Dam avenue, The Bronx. Leonard Fitz-
patrick, of 122 East Sixty-sixth street.
and Edward Conway, 10 years old, of
159 East Sixtieth street, all spent some
time in st. Johns Hospital at Hunters
Point before they were in condition to
be removed to their homes. Frank
Larkin, rs years old, of 229 East Forty
ninth street, who also went to st. Johns
will probably lose one of his ears by am
putation. William McNulty, 20 years
old of 232 East Thirty-second street and
Edward Dougherty, % years old, of 499
Sixth avenue are still under the care of
the physicians at st. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica, and at st. Johns Hospital
1t is believed that both will recover.
According to the story that Edward
Conway, the nineteen-year-old son of
P. ]. Conway, president of the Irish
American Athletic club, told his family.
James Hall, chauffeur recently en-
ployed by Archibald A. Hutchinson,
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picked him up at Celtic Park on Thurs
day afternoon and suggested that they
go for a ride. Egan, McNulty,
Dougherty and Fitzpatrick joined them
and they rode to Rockaway Park, where
they had dinner. Later they picked up
the other young men and the girls.
Eagan, Conway said, was anxious to get
home early, as he feared that his mother
might worry but Hall, saying that he
had enough gasolene for a long ride,
insisted upon taking them home the
long way round.
1t was nearing O'Clock in the morn
ing when the limousine hit its best gait
along the road to the greensboro Bridge.
Hall seemed to have perfect control of
the machine, but the wheels struck a
slight inequality in the road and in a
minute the big car had plunged from
the roadway and smashed into the tele-
graph pole. The car turned over with
crash of rending wood and glass. Its
occupants were thrown clear. AS soon
as they were able those least hurt made
their way to roadhouse and telephoned
for help.
In the excitement it wasn't noticed
that Hall had disappeared but when the
police arrived he wasn't to be found.
The auto was so nearly demolished that
its owner doubted that it would be
worth repairing.
Mr.. Hutchinson said he didn't know
Hall had the car out until the police in
formed him of the accident.
Conway, who had known Hall for
some time says that Hall had always
been considered a careful driver and
that he said he had Mr.. Hutchinson s
permission to use the car.