The evening world., 1913-07-11
ANOTHER MAY DIE
FROM AUTO SMASH
!. THAT KILLED THREE
Grade Crossing Accident Re-
suits in Several Fatalities
and Serious Injuries.
CAR NOW, A SCRAP HEAP.
Coroner's Questions Bring Out
Evidence of Merry Time of
"Joy Riders"
CAR NOW A SCRAP HEAP.

One more Death viii b added during
the day. the doctors at the Nassau
Hospital at Mineola say. to the list Of
three killed and five seriously injured,
which represents tie results Of another
Long Island grade crossing auto &C.
ciden<. This happened on the Jericho
turnpike about thrss.Quarters Of mile
outside Of Minsola soon after mid.
night to-day.
Thomas Boland. plumber. Of
Lewis avenue Brooklyn. 10 the
one whose life 10 dsspairsd Of He
has been unconscious In the Nassau
Hospital aimee he was picked up after
the accident. suffering from 10 severe
q Fracture Of the skull that the physi.
cians can DO nothing to save his life.
The ncmes Of the dead and injured
are as follows:
THE DEAD.
William Robertson. . plumber. Of No.
10 East Ninetieth street. Manhattan.
George Lush. . building contractor. Of
No. o Virginia avenue. Jersey City.
Joseph Market. . building contractor.
Of No. 80 Ralph avenue. Brooklyn
THE INJURED.
Thomas Boland Of Lewis avenue,
Brooklyn; severe fracture Of the Skul;
will die.
James Rogan Of Glen covA L. l.;
cuts about the head ana body.
AS
the chauffeur at the time of the acoi-
dent Of Glen Cove; dislocated shoulder
Howard Benson OF No. 3l1 Twenty.
second street. Brooklyn: fractured
| skull.
James McDousai Of oisa Cove; s>v.
eral teeth knocked out
The complete identihoa&ion Of Nafket,
one Of the dead men. and Of Howard
Benson. unconscious because Of . frac-
tured skull. was not made until many
hours after the accident because Of ths
peculiar reticencs Of the injured mer
who were able 20 speak but refused b
do % until Coroner Frank Seaman Of
Mineola had subjected them to . ssvse,
examination. This unusual behavior OF
the part Of the auto riders coupled viii
the statements Of Fred valsntins, a.
ginssr Of the Oyster Bay train. which
ooiiidsd with the ovsriadsn auto .
the Mineola CROSSING. led the Coroner t.
the belief that . major share Of re
sponsibility for the fatal accident IL,
with the autoists themselves.
The eight men in the automobile. {
gray touring car owned BY Miller. were
with the exception OF Miller himssl
and Benson. employed a. plumbers ant
pipe coverers by the e. 7. Willis Com
pany Of New York and were woriGinl
upon Q mansion under course Of con
struction for Herbert I. Pratt At 0lsl
Cove. Benson was draughtsman an,
tmekesper at . house being built 70
George 8. Baker Jr. Of Now York q
Locust Valley. All were living In Gle
Cove.
It appears from the grudgins admis
sions made by Miller and MoDouCa
the two least injured Of the fvs SUI
vivors. that the eight men had bee
having . merry time Of II In the machin
designed only to carry hvs At . pinet
Midnight found them at Wsstbury an
they left that place. bound for Gle
Cove. . few minutes after II o'cloci
They swung into the Jericho turr
pike and were going up that thorough
fare In the direction Of Glen Cove at
fair speed. Miller Gays his 10 not higi
power car and that he could not ha,
driven It fast II no wanted to bscaui
Of the overlooking. About 800 feet pa
KruS's Cornsv the Jericho turnpii
CROSSES the sinGis track Of the oystt
Bay branch, There are no rates n III
.. crossing and no night Waterman. q
few trains pass on this branch at nigh