New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
THREE WOMEN STRUCK
BY AUTOS; ONE DEAD
Victim of Fatal Accident Hit by
Machine Driven by Woman
Who Faints.
.TAXICAB MOWS DOWN TWO
Mrs. Thomas j. Vivian and Miss
Bessie Hill Are Injured in
Broadway-Congestion
in Street the Cause.

In Street the Cause.
Women figured prominently yesterday
IN a series Of automobile accidents in the
city streets. One of these accidents re-
ner. of No. 127 West 10th street. who
was run down and killed by an auto
mobile driven by Mrs. Frances Mayer, Of
No. 252 West 18th street. In another
accident Mrs. Thomas j. Vivian, of No.
i01 West l23d street, and Miss Bessie
, Hill, an actress, of No. 1913 West fifth
street, were seriously injured when they
were struck by a taxicab
Mrs Wagner who was the wife Of
Isdor Wagner. and the mother Of five
sons and three daughters, was about to
alight from 10th street crosstown car
at st. Nicholas avenue and 18TH street
when Mrs. Mayer. whose husband, G. A.
Mayer. is connected with the Charles
Zeller Company, of No. 211 East 9th
street manufacturers of machinery. came
down the avenue in her automobile.
Mrs Wagner was confused and did not
know which way to turn. Mrs Mayer,
seeing the woman's nervousness, brought
her machine to a full stop to allow Mrs.
Wagner to pass. Just at this moment a
heavy two-horse truck came numbering
down the street. The avenue is narrow
at this point, and Mrs. Wagner had
drawn her automobile up near the curb
TO allow the truck to pass.
The wagon obstructed Mrs. Mayors
view and, thinking that the woman in
the street had crossed safely, she started
her machine again Mrs Wagner, whose
view was also cut off by the truck,
thought the automobile had gone on, and
started to walk across the street.
Woman Faints at Wheel.
She had reached a point about half
way to the curb when the automobile
struck her, knocking her down. Mrs.
Mayer threw on her emergency brake
and then tainted at the wheel. George
McNealis, her chauffeur of No. $40
West 42d street. who was riding in the
front seat beside Mrs. Mayer, jumped
With the assistance of Patrolman Col
Inns. OF the West 125th street station.
the injured woman was placed in the
| automobile and driven to the Harlem
Hospital. Collins stood on the step of
the car and blew his police whistle. giv-
! ing the automobile a clear road. Mrs,
Wagner died on the way to the hospital.
Mrs. Mayer was paroled in the custody
OF her counsel.
Mrs. Emo Vivian. who is the wife OF
Thomas j. Vivian. cable editor of The
| New York American" and Miss Bessie
| HILL dancer, were knocked down al
| Broadway and 44th street by taxicah
owned and operated by Robert Stout. OF
, No. III Eighth avenue. The two women
are not acquainted. but happened to be
walking side by side They hurried in
front of a Broadway car just in time to
cross the path of the car Mrs. Vivian
founded the National California Club
here in 1904 and has been its president
ever since
Both women were struck before the
chauffeur could slacken speed Mrs
Vivian was knocked down and the front
wheels of the taxicab passed across her
body. Miss Hill was struck glancins
blow and fell clear Of the path Of the
machine The streets were crowded, and
in an instant the automobile was sur
rounded. Patroman Hughes, OF the
West 47th street station, had difficulty
in fighting his way through the crowd
Mrs. Vivian Badly Hurt.
Assisted by Stout, he succeeded I'm
carrying the two women to a drug store.
Neither woman was unconscious and
they both objected 70 the policeman's
suggestion that he send for an ambu-
lance.
DR.. Killvurg. a United States army
surgeon. attended to the superficial in
iIries of the women. Mrs. Vivian was
then put i'm an automobile and taken to
the office OF Or. William S. Stone, at No.
i01 West End avenue The physician
found she was suffering from numerous
Iacerations and that II was probable she
had received internal injuries. She was
sent TO her home.
Miss Hlli was taken to her apartment
in the Hotel Gerard Or. Shoals. of No.
234 West 4ith street. who treated her.
found fracture of the left shoulder As
she was to have taken the part of a
Spanish dancer In a musical comedy soon
To be produced in New York Miss Hill
was much cast down over her injuries,
which will prevent her from appearing
on the stage for several weeks
Robert Stout the chauffeur. was not
arrested, as both the injured women
agreed that he was not to blame for the
,accident.