New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
AUTO KILLS GIRL,
MANY ARE HURT
Thomas A. EdiSOn's SOr
Iniured-Willie Hoppe
Shaken Up.

Automobiles and motorcycles claimed
the life OF ono person and injured
scores Of others yesterday. Almost
every conceivable sort Of mishap in
which lives might be lost or cndan-
rercd occurred within twenty-five
mile radius Of Manhattan.
At Newark last night Dorothy Nc
Kean. six years old. was killed by an
automobile owned and operated by
John II. Schealing. The driver. who
lives at $50 Bergen Avenue. Jersey
City. was arrested.
theodore Edison. the eighteen-y year
cid son Of Thomas 4. Edison, was
struck by an automobile as he was
making repairs to his own car. on the
Queens Boulevard. i'm Jamaica. Queens
Borough. yesterday afternoon. He is
now in St. Mary's Hospital with a
decoration Of the left knee and bruises
ard cuts about the face and head.
The driver Of the car which struck
Ed son was Adam Seibert. of Union
Course.
An unusual accident which may prove
fatal 20 Earl Fisher. of Rockville Cen
tire, Long Island. occurred when the
tire and rim flew from wheel of his
automobile. striking his head. He was
taken 20 the South Side Hospital, At
Babylon. suffering from fractured
skull and internal injuries.
A touring car owned and driven by
Dickinson Cummings. son Of Homer
:. Cummings. vice-chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. and
grandson Of the late James u. Smith,
former commodore Of the New York
Yacht Club. crashed into a trolley car
at Stamford. Paul and Gerald Howes,
sons of L. townsend Howes. were with
him. All were cut and bruised.
Mrs Minnie Detwyler, Of Kent.
Westchester County. directed her own
rescue as she lay imprisoned beneath
an automobile which had swept her
from her feet. dragged her several
yards and broke one of her arms and
several ribs. The accident occurred at
Whalcy Lake. At Lakeville Toward C..
Edwards was struck by a speeding car
ard sustained a broken leg. Another
unfortunate Westchester motorist was
Frank Mackey. Of Brewster. who was
injured internally when the automobile
he was driving skidded on curve, hit
the curbing and turned over.
At Nineola, Long Island, grave doubts
were expressed for the recovery Of
Miss Margaret Rahm. Of las Huron
Street. Brooklyn. and Michael Kelsky,
OF New Hyde Park. who lay in the
Nassau Hospital suffering from inter
nal injuries.
Kelsky was returning from Westbury
when his car was struck by large
machine running on the wrong side of
the road. Miss Rahm was driving a
small runaboUt. with four other per
sons as passengers, when she ran into
tree.
A severe shakinF-up was admins
tered 20 Willie Hoppe, the billiard
champion. when the automobile in
which he was riding with his wife
came into violent contact with ma
chine owned by August Diener. of
1895 Wcstchester Avenue, on st. Mich
olas Avenue. Both machines were
slightly damaged.
a motor ambulance in which Dr.
d. II. Reeves was speeding from ST.
Johns Hospital. in Long Island City,
10 attend the victim of an automobile
accident at Astoria ran into pillar
Of the elevated railroad al Second Ave
nue. and Elm Street. Long Island City.
William Niece. driver. was run
over at Bay Forty-ninth street and
Harway Avenue, Brooklyn, and was
taken to the Coney Island Hospital.
Louis Talzano. eight, Of 2375 Arthur
Avenue, The Bronx. was knocked down
at 1S9th Street and Cambrelleng Ave
nue.. He is IN Fordham Hospital.
Mrs. Harriet Getter, Of 377 Quincy
Street. Brooklyn, was dangerously in
jured when the automobile in which
She was riding last night was in col
Hsion with another machine in the
central drive Of Central Park. She was
thrown against the side Of the car ard
has a fracture Of the skull.