The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-31
AUTO RUN BY GIRL
q KILLS AGED WOMAN
Mounts Busy Sidewalk When
Cranked and Smashes
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VICTIM CIVIL WAR NURSE

! Miss Adelaide Smith. who was a civil
war nurse and who equipped n field hos
pital at her own expense and afterward
wrote book abou, her experiences, wat
! killed by an automobile which plunged
into a crowd of shoppers in Fulton street
! Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. She was
SO years old. but regained consciousness
after she had been taken TO the Brooklyn
| Hospital and asked that two OF her
| friends be called to her deathbed.
That she had a premontion of such an
! end was averred by one of these friends.
the Rev. DIR. William NJ. Brundage. pastor
of Unity Church. at Gates avenue and
Irving place. He said that only last
Sunday after the service in his church
Miss Smith said she feared she would not
live much longer because her falling sight
made IL extremely difficult for her to
avoid automobiles
When she regained consciousness at the
hospital Miss Smith asked that DR.. Mary
L. Lyon OF 269 Washington avenue, Brook
Ign, and the Rev. DIR. Brundage be sent
for. They came and remained with her
until she died at 8 30 o'clock. three hours
after the accident
DIR. Lyon said that she had been Miss
Smiths physician for thirty years Miss
Smith. she said. was a woman OF indie
pendent means and at the beginning OF
the civil war went to the front as a
nurse. serving without pay for four years.
She afterward published a book entitled
"Reminiscences OF an Army Nurse Dur
inG the Civil War. by Adelaide Smith, an
Independent Volunteer"
The automobile which struck Miss
Smith and other persons on the side
walk OF Fulton street Is owned by Herman
H. Wallum, president OF the Excelsior
Theatrical Company. and was driven by
his daughter Miss Lottie. Her mother.
who is an invalid. was in che machine
with her. At Fulton street and Hanover
IJace the motor stopped and without
throwing out the clutch Miss Wallum
stepped from the automobile aud cranked
the engine. Before she could get back
to her seat the automobile lunged forward
and across the sidewalk. knocking down
several persons and crashing through the
plate glass windows OF the Sterling Piano
Company's store.
There were screams from the injured
women. and crowd OF shoppers surged
toward the automobile Patrolman owens
OF the Adams street station sent In a
call for the reserves and also ambulance
calls to the Holy Family. Swedish,
Brooklyn and Long Island College hos
pitfalls. Miss Smith was unconscious when
carried into the piano store. and was
taken to the Brooklyn Hospital as soon
as possible. Mrs. Wallum suffered from
shock. and four other women were
treated for Commissions and decorations.
They we're the Misses Grace and Eileen
Fahey OF lI0. East Forticth street.
Brooklyn: Mrs. Hajgar Zakey OF l.
Amty street and Mrs. II. swallow OF ij7
Shepherd avenue.
Or. Brundage said that Miss Smith had
attended mis- church for the last ten years
and that he saw her last sunday. when
she made confession OF her fear OF auto
mobiles. She lived he said. at the Home
for the Aged at SCI Amsterdam avenue,
Manhattan. He said also that Miss Smith
was member OF the Brooklyn Institute
OF Arts and Sciences.
At the Home for the Aged L was said
that Miss Smith had lived there about
year. She had sister living In New
York. but her address was withheld. Mrs.
Martin. superintendent OF the home, saying
she wished to communicate with the
board of managers before giving out that
information.