The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
STAMFORD IS SCENE OF
 LATEST AUTO COLLISION
Durham and Bridgeport Cars Figure
 In Crash At Corner of Ferry Road and Longbrook Avenue.
I(speeiaI to The Far1ner. )


 Exratford, July 8.-Turning to one side to pass an ice wagon on the Ferry Road near the corner of Longbrook avenue yesterday. Paul P. Wilcox of Durham, Conn.,, driving a Stanley steamer, got onto the wrong side Of the road and his machine was crash ed into by a Locomobile driven by R. H. Cooney of Bridgeport which was coming along Longbrook avenue and which turned into the Ferry Road without stacking up to see if any oth- CT vehicles were passing along the thoroughfare.
 The steamer was bound for Bridge port and the Locornobdle hit it broad side smashing the rear wheels and 'sslewing'' it around so that Wilcox and his wife who was in the machine with him were thrown out, the ma chine bringing up against an embank- ment at the side of the road.
 In the Loconobile with Cooney were J. Keus of Bridgeport and a MT. Jensen, a chauffeur for Burr & Knapp, the bankers. They were uninjured.
 The accident could easily have been avoided If both cars had slowed down when approaching the corner. An eye witness of the accident stated that the steamer was coming along the road at a. rate of about z5 miles an hour and slowed down as it crossed onto 
 wagon. The Locomobile, making about S5 miles an hour, had to keep up it's speed in order to get up the Longbrook avenue hill and onto the Ferry road. The result was that as the Loco swung into the Ferry road it was going much faster than the steamer and was therefore little damaged in the snash-up as com pared to the other car which 1t crash ed into.
 Both cars were lowed from the scene, the sLoconnobi1e with a damaged radiator and the other car with it's rear wheels gone, it's front springs gasoline tank out of commission.
 Axle On Auto Breaks.
 Stephen B. Cibulas of Bridgeport had the misfortune to be dropped, not very gently, in the road on Main street, yesterday. when the rear axle of his automobile snapped in two as he was speeding along that thorough fare. As it was the rear axle and not the front one which broke. no one was injured.
 Must Stand Whole Expense.
 At last nights meeting of the school board it was announced that the town will receive no contribution from the state toward the salary of the super intendent of schools and that the town will have to pay the full amount of $2,0OO. It was expected that the town would receive $500 from the state toward the salary but the state does not consider Stratford large enough yet to receive aid from the state in this matter.
 Visit BirthpIaces.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank E. Conine are spending a few days visiting their birthpTaces in northern New York state and New Jersey. MT. Conine was born in Newark, N. J., and Mrs. Contne was born in Phelps, N. Y.
 Lawn Fete Tomorrow.
 The lawn fete to be held on the lawn at Miss Edith Hastings' resi- dence on Elm street and Academy Hill tomorrow afternoon promises to be a fine success Miss Hastings and Miss Alice Judson make up the committee on arrangements and they anticipate a big attendance at the affair.
 There will be a fine concert by a Victrola from one of the local mu- sicaI stores in addition to the other attractions. The various other at fractions suited to banish all thought of warm weather will include the fol- lowing: Mrs. William Richardson Mrs. Filrner, Mrs. Beardmore and numerous other young ladies will serve ice cream. Miss Edna Sam