The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-06

On July 4th, 1SI5, l1Itle seven year 'o1d Donate F. R. Romano was in stantiy killed as he atternpted to cross the street in front of his home, by an automobile driven by A. Wahl- quist of 390 Wood aveneue, Bridge port. Little Donate was crossing tho street in Norwa1k, and awaited the passing of a trolley car, and an au- tomobfIe, not seeing the Wahlquist machine he started to run across the intervening space between the car track and the side walk WahlQuist was approaching and as Donate ran into the street, was unable to stop in time. Wahlquist was held crimina1ly negligent by the coroner at the time.
 On August q, 1918, seven year old John Carusone, was riding on the rear, end of an ice care on West State St, Norwalk. which was driving on the wrong side of the street. When the wagon was in front of his home, he leaped off. and attempted to run. across the street. As he did so an automobile driven by Thomas J. Adams struck him, hurling him to in stant death. It was proven that the auto was going at a slow rate of speed at the time. The coroner in his findings, said that the evidence dis closed that Adams had not taken sl1f- hcient precautions. and held him as criminally negligent
 On. September 8,i1913 three persons
 
 moving express train struck an auto mobile containing four persons when Addison T. Mj1lar of South Canaan, the driver, disregarded the warning of the fagman.~ The party composed of MT. and Mrs. MiIiar his daughter Dorothy and Miss Jessie T.. Guthrie were returning home from an outing. As they turned into the North Ca- naau Road from Main street, ap- preaching the railroad crossing, they were going approximately fifteen miles per hour. Millar who was driv- ing, either disregarded the white flag being waved by the hagmen, or else he misunderstood the meaning, for he drove directly upon the track. where an express train came thun- dering along at a high rate of speed, smashing into the auto and hurling three of the occupants to instant death. MT. and Mrs. Addison, and Miss Jessie l.. Guthrie were killed, while Miss Mi1lar, after a long period regained her health The railroad was held as not being responsible.
 In Greenwich four persons met with death as the result of recklessly driv- en. automobiles Great number of. automobile parties from New York frequent the roads surrounding this town, and from the rate of speed accidents resulting from this, in which the occupants escape injury, this is considered by the residents a com paratively small number.
 On May 23, 1918, James T. Neil, an eighteen year old boy was coasting down hill on an automobile truck He attempted to Jump from the nov ing vehicle. and as he did so. he fell under the wheels. Both legs were severed and he died of his injuries.
 On October 10, 1918, Mitchell Da- wis of Yonkers, N- r. was driving his
 a. the town. As he was going up a hill, he in some unaceountable manner lost control of the machine. and it p1ung- ed over al thirty foot .eTnbankment, killing him instantly. The machine was total wreck.
 On October 12, 1918, Frederick c. G. Knaft of Port Chester. New York, was driving his machine along the road entering this town, in what is thought to have been an intoxicated when he fell out of the ma chine. He received injuries from which he later died.
 On November 5, 1918 Eugene Rich ter of Port Chester, New York, met death when he lost control of the ma chine, and it plunged under a neigh- boring fence. Richter was crushed to death by the top rail. His ma chine was not badly damaged.
 Another favorfte resort of the speed maniac is the road to Fairfield. Along this road on Sunday thous- ands of Automobiles pass. at a dan gerous1y hifEh rate of speed The list of casualties laid at the door of the automobile are four It is pointed out by the authorities of that town that the majority would have been avoidab1e had the driver of the machine taken sufficient precautions.
 On June 3, 1913, as William Stein hauser of Bridgeport was waiting for a car in that town at the corner of Spring street, he became confused at the approach of a street car and an automobile driven by Mrs Stewart H. Woodford of Greens Farms. sFIe step ped into the path of the machine and received injuries that resulted in his death. The coroner found that Mrs Woodford was not competent to drive a car and held she was crfmin- ally neglectful.
 On August 22, as i've year old John -O'Dwyer was playing on the lawn ad- Joining the turnpike. in Southport he was struck by the rear end of a car driven by James Mead of Stroughton, Mass He died as the result of the injuries. John was playing on the lawn and he stood to watch the pass towards him. Mead declared he was fearful of hitting the boy. As he did so, he swept the boy into the road way with the rear mudguard of his machine. Mead was found crimin- ally neglectful by the coroner at his hearing.
 On January 80, 1914 a man thought to be Frederick lottery or Goddard, home unknown, and at that time live ing in Westport was found lying fa- tally injured along the turnpike. on the main road to Westport.s He had been drinking during the day and before starting for Westport had stopped at the home of Miss Carrie E. Bunnen. Owing to the number of automobiles freQuenting this road the coroner held that he met his death as the result of being struck by a moving vehicle, pre- sumably an automo bile.
 On April 19, 1914, pretty nineteen year old Pauline Balzs was fatally in- f11red when she was struck hv a.