Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-01
RICH JOY-RIDERS
! IN NARROW ESCAPE
None of Three Seriously Hurt as
Auto Crashes Into Pole
and Stone Wall.
Especial to the Evening starl

MADISON, June 1.-Tearing down
Madison avenue at an estimated
speed of over sixty mile san hour
shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, a racing car left the road,
1eveled a telegraph pole to the
graund, tore gap in a wall of stone
and plaster and finally turned turtle,
Throwing the occupants to the hlgh-
svay
As far as can be learned, none
were seriously hurt. Those in the
car we're Frederick p. Humphries, of
Convent station: Robert o. Derrick,
h Columbia University freshman,
who owner and was running the car
and Lisle Forman, also a New YORK
student Humphreys was scratched
and had a finger broken. but Derrick
was not hurt at all. Forman is now
in Memorial Hospital. at Morris
town. being severely banged about
the head and shoulders. The hospi-
tai authorities refuse to youchsafe
any information as TO the extent of
his injuries. but Mrs. Humphreys
said last night that he IS not seri-
ously hurt and is resting peacefully.
Derrick and Forman had been
guests over Decoration Day of Mr..
home, and had spent the afternoon
and evening with their host in the
Morris County Golf Club. After the
might was over they all left for New
York in the powerful car. 1t is eX-
afained that Derrick, who was driN-
Eng. did not know the road very well.
when he came to the west drive OF
the Frank McEwan property, on
Madison avenue. he mistook the
drive for the roadway. This might
easily happen as the light which
stands at the corner. showed more on
the drive than on the highway. The
zenormitv of the cars speed can be
gathered from the fact that 1t did
so much damage with the brakes
closed tight for twenty feet before
1t struck the pole
1t is thought that when the driver
saw his mistake he shut off the
sshrolxes, proven by two straight
sgashes in the drive. but that this
was not sufficient to avert a col
.lision The pole was no weakling,
and yet it was broken off at the
.ground. 1t was one with trans
Former attached. so that all the lights
,in the neighborhood went out. Tne
scrash could be heard over in Parsip-
.Dany according to Mr.. McEwan, who
was awakened by the crash. After
hitting the pole. the ear struck the
Mr. NcEwan's stone wall The I'M
sy,aet dented the well, knocking off
the plaster and loosening the stones
for several feet. After this the car
Travelled fifteen feet before it came TO
.as &andstill. wrong side up in the
sgntter.
: %Only the engine of the car will
sexer be of any use. All the tires
were knocked off. one wheel smashed.
sthe body torn. radiator hent, lamps
.hroken and the whole machine gen
: sfallv banged up. It is considered
saairacle that all three in the auto
were not killed. The license num-
hers could not be found at first
sThese had been removed thereby
snlaking it impossible to identify the
scar for some time. although the
monogram. r. o. D." was painted
san 1t. The broken car was taken TO
the W. II. Sutton garage, in Norris
stown
Some occupants of a car going
stoward New York notified the Madt-
fson authorities and an officer ives
esent, but the men had already been
staken TO the hospital.
Joseph Bertrand and his linemen
repaired the pole early yesterday and
the debris was cleared away, so to
all appearances. except the broken
wall, nothing was amiss on the ave-
niue.
: Derrick has an apartment at the
!. Poinciana. al 434 West One Hundred
tand Twentieth street. in Manhattan,
with Forman who is his classmate
at Columbia. At the apartment last
night it was said that Derrick and
( Forman left for Morristown on Sat
surday in Derrick's auto to play golf
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