New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
4 DEAD; BRIDE
AND 7 OTHERS
HURT BY AUTOS
Woman on Way to Ball
Game Killed in Crash
, in Jersey.
MAN VICTIM WHEN
TAXI HITS 81" PILLAR
Car Plunges Into Canal-Owner'
Rescued, Dies Later In
Hospital.

Two mon. boy and q woman were
killed yesterday in automobile accidents
in or near New York City. Eight 9th
ers we're injured, among them BRIDE
OF a few minutes. who was hurrying
with her husband TO catch a train for
the beginning Of their honeymoon.
Mrs. George Jefries, Of New Provi-
denee, n. J., died instantly when the
car owned and driven by Robert
Barnes, Of New York, in which she and
her husband were riding, smashed
head-on into the machine operated by
Harry Meats. of East Orange, on the
road leading from Summit TO Mendham.
The Barnes party was bound for the
ball game at Mendhsm. Near the top Of
q hill, two miles outside the town,
Neats's machine crashed into them.
Mrs. Jeffries was pitched clear of the
ear and landed on her head. Other
passengers in the Barnes car received
slight injuries.
Christopher Duryea, Of Highland
Park, N. j., drove his car through the
susrd rail Of the open drawbridge Of
Albany Street. New Brunswick, n. j.,
last night and dropped twenty-five feet
into the canal below. He was rescued
from the water, and died an hour later
IN St. Peters Hospital. Frederick Witt
ofsky, Of New Brunswick, who was in
the car with him, broke his arm.
George II. Elliott, thirty years old, q
salesman, Of 230 West Thirty-ninth
Street, was killed instantly when the
taXicab in which he was riding struck
an al" pillar at Ninth Avenue and
Thirty-eighth Street. A splinter from
the car entered his brain.
Elliott and Edna Purcell, OF 205 West
Eighty-fourth Street, who said she was
9 vaudeville actress and the wife of
Frank Brockway, were on their way
early yesterday to a drug store from
stays Of several hours in cabsrets.
They were in q taxicab driven by Frank
Huber, Of liz East Thirty-second
Street
Huber tried TO circle and cut in
ahead Of a northbound car when his
machine skidded into the pillar. He
was pinned in his seat by the steering
wheel, but escaped injury. The wom- /
an was taken 10 Polytechnic Hospital,
suffering from a fracture of the right |
leg and decorations Of the forehead. |
Huber was held at the West Thirty
seventh Street station, charged with
homicide and reckless driving.
From papers found in Elliott's peck
cts il was learned that he was soon TO
leave New York 10 become manager of
large company trading in South
Africa.
When Mr.. and Mrs. William Nelson
were married at Summit yesterday they
that their wedding tour
should not start with the accustomed
bombardment Of rice and old shoes.
After the ceremony had been performed
they slipped away with Mr., and Mrs.
Amos J. Batchelder. entered the
Batehelder car and rushed TO catch
the train at Short Hills. A short dis
lance outside of Summit the steering
gear broke and the car crashed into
telegraph pole. Mrs. Nelson's leg was
broken and she was taken to Overlook
Hospital, where she will remain until It
knits.
Tony de Luea, six years old, and Jo-
seph Russo, seven, Of S27 East l17th
Street, eollided with an automobile
while roller skating down Park Avenue,
by Joseph Gallow, who picked up the
children and took them to Beth David
Hospital. Russo died early this morn
ing. De Lucas condition is serious.
DR.. Devillo n. Bulson, president OF
the village Of Rockville Centre, was Sc
riously injured when his automobile
was struck by Long Island Railroad
train at the unprotected crossing at
Forrest Avenue, Rockville Centre. His
niece, Elizabeth Sneider, who was in
the car with him, jumped and escaped
injury.
The physicians machine had almost
cleared the tracks when the locomotive
struck the rear end, throwing the
car against a tree. DR.. Bulson struck
the roadway upon his head. Soon DR..
J. r. Hutchinson and other physicians
had arrived, and as they worked upon
the injured man. he told them Just
how 70 relieve his pain. He was found
TO have sustained a compound fracture
Of the skull, fractured arm and lace
rations, as well as a severe shock. He
was taken TO his home at Lincoln and
Park avenues.
William Patterson, six years old, OF
1872 Norman Avenue, Williamsburg, was
probably fatally injured when he was
Knocked down and run over by an auto
mobile at Oakland Street and Norman
Avenue. At ST. GATHERINGS Hospital
be was found TO have a fractured skull
and internal injuries.
Martha Konbosky, eighteen, Of $50
East Sixteenth Street, and Lillian
Bailey, twenty, Of 2S5 East Ffty-hrst
Street, were struck by an automobile
which the police say Is owned by Mrs.
Eva Jokubinis. OF 532 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn. They were attended by Or.
Norris, Of Polytechnic Hospital, for con-
tusions and shock.
Charles Victor, OF 1865 Avenue A.