Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-05
AUTO CRASHES
INTO TROLLEY
Spectators Stand BreathIess
as Machine Hangs Over
Edge of County Bridge.
DRIVER ONLY OCCUPANT
No One lnjured-- Usual Num-
ber Of Mishaps Reported
Over Week End.
DRIVER ONLY OCCUPAN7 I

Numerous automobile accidents
occurred over the weekend, but
while none resulted fatally several
were serious. Two men riding on
Pierce motorcycle and bound for
Asbury Park were hit from the rear
by an automobile which was also
travelling towards Asbury Park yes
terday. The accident took place on
this side Of Morgan. The men on
the motorcycle are believed to be
from Newark. The one who sat on
the rear of the motorcycle was so
badly cut up, 1t Is reported, that he
had to be taken to the city hospital.
However, when the authorities OF
the hospital were asked this morn
ing concerning the victim of this mis-
hap. they stated that no one was
brought to them for aid who figured
in an auto accident. Another acct
dent in which an automobile owned
by Allen R. Green, Of South Amboy,
hit a Public Service car on the coun-
ty bridge, ended very fortunately for
Mr.. Green, who was the only occu-
pant of the automobile. Other minor
accidents occurred.
South Amboy Mishap.
Allen R. Green, Of Stevens avenue,
Soutn Amboy, figured In a spectacu-
lar and hair-raising accident at the
northerly end of the draw on the
county bridge at $50 o'clock yester-
day morning. His Regal two-passen-
ger car rammed Public Service troll
ley car No. 964, hurting the auto
through the railing and throwing 1t
over the westerly side of the bridge
in such a position that had the troll
ley car not been stopped soon enough
to hold the auto in place, 1t would
have been dumped into the channel
of Raritan river. Green jumped for
his life an instant after the collision
and was scared pale. Motorman E.
Jensen also paled as he leaped from
the front platform Of his car, looked
over the railing Of the bridge and
saw a movement in the water as
though somebody was overheard.
Green was uninjured but his car was
damaged considerably. 1t was res
cued from the perilous position by
1tne trolley crew and willing bystand-
ers
By means of careful manipulation
of the trolley car after a rope had
been tied about the overhanglng auto
It was slowly hauled up on the
bridge The forward part Of the
machine. including the engine, the
heaviest part, hung out over the
wgsssrls side of the bridge. Only
the fact that the tip of one OF the
rear springs was caught under the
trolley car saved the machine from
plunging overheard.
The trolley car, in charge Of Con-
ductor Charles Frazer, bearing NO.
5.O19, f~ld driven by Motorman Jen-
sen, bearing No. $3.50, was going
northward, as was the automobile,
at the time. According to witnesses
Green rammed the car when he tried
to beat it over the draw. At the
time the trolley car was on his right
side and was about to cross to the
left to run out on trestle. Green
evidently thought he could slip by
the front Of the car before 1t swung
to the left, but the car moved faster
than he thought and his machine
rammed the trolley car about Six
feet from the front. Following the
cash the automobile was thrown at
right angle to the car and the for
ward part hung suspended over the
river. Green had leaped to safety
and at the first glance the motorman
thought he had been knocked over
board.
Mounted Patrolman Hartmann In
vestigated the details of the accident.
He found that Charles Harress, a
bridge tender, was a witness. He
learned that an axle and portion
Of ho a or
Motorcyclist Is Hit.
In the accident in which the
pierce motorcycle was struck by an
automobile, the occupants of the
auto hurried away several minutes
after the mishap occurred. However,
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