The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-05
GEO. N. C0HAN BADLY
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Shoulder DislOcated and Broken
Daughters Skull Is
Fractured.
ACTOR EDD1NGER INJURED
r. X. Hope Fourth Victim When
Machine Hits Wagon
Near Hartford.
ACTOR EDDINGER INJURED

GeOrGette met with serious ACCIDENT
this afternoon four miles south Of here
on the Berlin turnpike. The machine hit
wagon and overturned. Mr.. Cohan was
badly hurt. his shoulder being disiocsted
as well as fractured and his face cut
deeply. Miss Cohan. who was pinned
under the car. suffered more serious
injury than any Of the party Of four
who were In the machine. Late last
night after an x-ray picture had been
taken at the Hartford Hospital II was
found that sh, had a linear fracture at
the base Of the skull.
The others In the wrecked car were
Wallace Eddinger. the actor. and Francis
X. Hope Of the mana serial staff Of Cohan
and Harris. Mr. e idinger was very
badly cut and will he unable to keep his
tn eatrical enya asements for some time.
MIR. Hope came out Of the wreck with a
fractured elbow and wrist and deep
gashes ON the face. William Van Burnen.
the cha uffeur. was uninjured
The accident occurred on a straight.
well kept piece Of the old New York to
Boston road on which the State Of Con-
necticut prides itself. The cause was the
unexpected appearance on the road Of y
ge collecting wagon which was drlv-
Ing in to Hartford.
Mr.. Cohan and his party left New
Haven early this afternoon In Mr..
formance Of the play Nearly Married"
which appears in New York Tomorrow.
They were on their. way to witness the
90 akaS l1aI
Seven Keys to Baldpate.'' which was to
have opened here next Monday. Mr.
Eddnger had the leading mans part and
MIR. Hope is the company manager OF the
production.
Tried to Pass Another Car.
II was just about 4 80 o'clock when
the party reached the extreme outskirts
from New York which was travelling fast
In IN. same direction. Mr.. Eddinger's
chauffeur. Van Burnen. swung the big
open Rcnault car TO the LEFT and opened
the throttle to shoot past
Just as the t.ddinger car cleared the
other there WAS rumbling on the left
az ramshackle farmers wagon. used
In the collection Of garbage. rolled out
from hidden lane into the path OF the
automobile The<e was no warning OF
danger and no time to slow down or pass
to one side.
The garbage wagon. driven by Il youth
named Dan Gabriel. had not stopped at
the crossing to look for "a clear way. The
Eddinger and Cohan car hit 1t sQuarely In
the rear with terrific force. The other
car passed safely to one side. Both
automobile and garbage wagon were
tossed into the air as though they weighed
nothing
Mr.. Eddinger's car landed upside down
In the gully at the side OF the road. All
four men In Il were thrown clear before
the ear landed They struck either on
the hard oiled surface OF the road or on
the gravel ditch at the side. Georgette
alone failed to clear the tonneau IN the
machine hurtled. She had been sitting
tightly wedged between her father and
Mr.. Eddinger on the rear seat.
y<hiId Und-r the Tonn~su.
Dan Gabriel the garbage boy. picked
himself up. saw that his horse had been
killed and then turned to tae aid of the
Cohan party. Chauffeur Van Burnen was
getting to his feet without serious hurts
and Joined Dan in helping
They let the three men Of the party
lie where they were while they tried to
pry up the tOnnrau to release GeOrgette
It. took more than their strength. and
while Van Burnen worked to relieve the
men Dan ran to a farmhouse to telephone
to Hartford for assistance.
Two motor ambulances came out from
Hartford as fast as any ambulance ever
went four miles. One was from the Hart
ford Hospital and the other from the
Police Department. by the time OF their
arrival other automobiles had released
Georgette and laid the four injured people
on the grass at the side Of the road
Hurried applications were made by the
ambulance surgeons and the return to
Hartford commenced. Mr.. Cohen was
taken In the machine OF a New Britain
man. his daughter In one ambulance and
Mr.. Eddinger and MIR. Hope In the other.
All were cared for In the Hartford Hos
pitai.
Sam Harris. Mr.. CohanS business part
ner, came to Hartford an n'hour after the
accident happened. He visited all the
victims and late tonight told OF the In
juries of--each.
says Daushter win Live.
II was at first feared that Georgette's
injuries would prove fatal. She was only
partly conscious and suffered greatly from
the injury at the base Of the skull. hut
after q thorough x-ray examination had
been made DR.. A. NJ Rowley, the head
Of the surgical stafR Of the hospital, said
that she In In no immediate danger. The
linear fracture at the skull base will
mend. he thinks.
The more severe injury to the young
girl, however. 10 the rupture of the
drum Of one of her ears. II 10 not thought
she 10 hurt internally. There are sever.
cuts on her face and body.
Mr. Eddinser's cut over the left eye In
a deep and severe ono. both legs are
badly bruised. and there 10 a possibility
Of internal injuries.
Besides Mr.. Hopes fractured elbow and
wrist he he's . cash over his eye that
reaches to his ear. which is torn. His
back 10 sprained and DR.. Rowiey 10 not
sure that the spine has not been injured.
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