Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-06-25
z KILLED, 4 INJURED WHEN RACING
AUTO SPEEDING 60 MILES AN H0||R
RUNS HEAD-0N INTO TOURING GAR
Two Die in Hospital Following
Crash Of Autos on Metuchen
Road Between Metuchen and'
Highland Park Last Night.
YOUNG WOMAN HURLED QUIT

Rush1ng down hill at a mad rate
81 speed, racing Palmer-Singer au-
tomoblle crashed Into a Ford auto
mobile containing family party last
night near Metuchen, two young !
men dying at the st. Peters hos
pital, New Brunswick, and four 9th
ers being seriously injured as the |
result of the collision.
The Dead
MOORE, FRANK-Of, South River; |
internally injured and many bones |
broken. Died at st. Peters hos
pital IL o'clock midnight
CARSTENS. HENRY - OF New /
Brunswick; fractured skull, In
ternal injuries. Died 1890 a. m. |
The Injured.
ECKRlDT, MISS CLEMENTINE--
or Highland Park; leg broken, /
internal injuries. In Wells Me-
mortal hospital, New Brunswick. I
LUCAS, MISS BLANCHE-Of High
land Park, eighteen years old /,
skull fractured, leg broken, cuts
and. bruises. In Wells Memorial |
hospital. ...
3
land Park, Cuts, bruises and
shock. Home.
TAYLOR, MRS. w Lot Highlands
Park. Nose broken, cuts and
bruises. Home.
Racing at go Miles an Hour
With Frank Moore at the wheel
the huge racing car is declared to
have speeded down the incline on
the county road between Bonham-
town and Piscataway at reckless
rate, with Carstens, his lone COM
panion sitting beside him. Reaching
| the macadam road at speed esti-
mated at sixty miles An hour, Moore,
| it Is said, did not slow up and half
way down crashed into the Ford
automobile owned and driven by
William L. Taylor, borough clerk Of
Highland Park.
So great was the force OF the col
| lision that both cars were thrown
over a fence at the side Of the road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, Miss Eckridt
| and Miss Lucas were thrown many
feet from their machine by the i'm
pact but Moore and Carsten were
| pinioned under their machine
Rush to Give Aid.
In a machine close behind the Tay.
! lor car was Irving Eggert, of High
| land Park, who leaped out to give
aid. Mrs. Taylor and Miss Eckridt
| were found unconscious, while Tay-
| lor was so badly hurt that he could
not rise to his feet Telephone mes
sages to Metuchen brought to the
scene Of the accident Doctors Herr
man Gross and l.. Y. Lippineott, In
their automobiles. Accompanying
DR.. Lippincott was Borough Clerk
Grover c. Lehlien, of Metuchen, who
In spite Of his recent injuries sus-
tained in an automobile accident, did
| heroic service in rescuing the men
| from under the overturned and de-
molished car. They were buried un.
der the machine nearly three-quar-
ters of an hour before they were res-
cued by Lehlien and a corps of as
| sistants and rushed to the St. Peters
hospital at the county seat in bleed
and mangled condition.
Miss Lucas, with her skull frac-
tured and left leg broken, was found
tangled In the debris of the machine,
but displayed considerable nerve. df.i
recting the men who were endeavor-
ing to release her after she gained
consciousness.
Both Machines Wrecked.
The two machines were completely
demolished the wreckage being
strewn for many feet around the
scene of the accident The racing
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