New-York tribune., 1913-07-28
FOUR PERSONS INJURED
AS AUTO 0VERTURNS
Steering Gear Breaks and All in
Charles Roth'S Party Are
Pinned Underneath.
DAY ONE OF ACCIDENTS
Several Seriously Hurt in Col.
lisions-Boy Escapes Harm
Though Thrown from
Motorcycle.

-Four persons were pinned under an Az
tomobile when the machines steerins
gear broke and ii turned turtle on Amboy
Road. Huguenot Park, Staten Island last
night The automobile was demolished
The injured ones are:
Charles Roth Of No 7ss Riverside
Drive; injuries to back. decorations and
bruises on head and body.
Mrs. Roth. both arms broken, bruises
and cuts
Mabel Roth fifteen years old. their
daughter; cuts on face, head and body.
William Olsen, their chauffeur; slight
bruises.
The party was riding home from At
lantir City at a moderate rate Of speed
when the accident occurred.
The victims were assisted by passing
automobilists. and after being attended
by DR.. Renwick. OF Iluguenot Park, they
were taken home in another automobile.
Several other accidents some Of them
serious, but none Immediately fatal. were
reported from various parts Of the city
yesterday.
Frank Skely and his wife, Of No 81
Harrison avenue Brooklyn. were serous-
~ injured yesterday morning when an
automobile I'm which they riding came into
collision with another car driven by
Adolph Levundut Of No. liSA Lexington
avenue a. Lafayette and Washington
avenues Skelly is at the Cumberland
Street Hospital suffering from a broken
leg. while his wife has possible internal
injuries In the automobile with them
were Miss Helen Skely. the mans sister
Oscar Gardner, OF No fl5 McDonough
street, and Wallace Anderson, of 40. q
McDonough street, who was driving
Injured in Collision.
Lcvundut was driving machine ownei
~ his father. and had a companion with
him He told the police that he tried t.
get out Of the way, but the Skelly party
was going too rapidly. The machines
met with a crash. Levundut was hurled
over the fence Of the Friends Meeting
House on the grass plot. The Skely ma
chine rebounded and hit tree. breaking II
off about eight feet from the ground. The
occupants Of tine automobile were hurled
10 the street Or. Mundy was called from
the Cumberland Street Hospital and treat
&c the injured
Philip Installer Of No 400 Fourth
avenue. Brooklyn. and his wife. Frances.
were taken 10 the Presbyterian Hospital
carly last evening. following the collision
Of motorcycle. on which they were re-
turning from White Plains. with an au-
tomoblo owned and driven by Christian
schnak, OF No. 2lsi Aqueduct avenue.
"a
Central Park
rs the Urstadters machine swung into
the drive il was struck by the automo-
bile. both riders being hurled several feet.
At tire hospital where they were taken
in an ambulance by DR. Mcguire. II was
found that Mrs. Unstadter's cOllsrbone
vas fractured and that she had sus-
taincd cuts and bruises about the body
Installer was cut about the face and
was badly bruised
Two brothers were thrown from b.
cycle In collision with an automobile
last night. The Younger OF the two was
unnjured. although hurled ten feet. while
the other received fracture of the right
arm.
James HELLER. fifteen years old of No.
3l2 East 10Th street. started out for a ride
on his bicycle with his seven-year-old
brother. Frederick. on the handle bars.
When they neared 10th street in Fifth
avenue they We're struck by an automo-
bile owned by Augustus A. Lindo. a COM
mission merchant. of No. ! Broadway.
living at No l3o West SOth street Nor
ris Kamp. OF No. go West l32d street.
the chauffeur. placed both boys in the
automobile and hurried them 10 the Pres
byterian Hospital There Dr. Mcclure
attended 10 James and after looking
over Frederick said that all the younger
chap needed was bath He had landed
In muddy pool
Boy Knocked Down by Automobile.
While playing i'm front ~ his home ~
40. 1880 Washington avenue, The Bronx.
early last evening Benjamin Lavender,
nine years old. was struck and knocked
down by an automobile owned by William
Necker. OF No. 500 Main street. Union
Hill. y D.. who was in the machine M
the time. and operated by Adolph Wal
dorf of Union Hin The automobile was
stopped. and PATROL an Murphy. Of the
fremont station. summoned an ambuance
from Fordham Hospital Or. Donovan.
who responded. found the boy unconscious
and suffering from a fracture of the skull
Ernest Hoffieit, thirty-two years old, a
boat builder. of No 322 Jerome street
Brooklyn, was taken to the Bradford
street Hospital suffering from fractures
Of the skull and jaw and other inJuries
received when he sweryed his motorcycle
at Etna and Crescent streets to avoid
running into group Of children. The
machine struck a tree
fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
New Brunswick. y. j.. July G.-0S&
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