New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-19
Nine. Matzenauer 'and
Husband in Accident on
Queens Boulevard.
COUPLE DIE UNDER
CAR; CHILD UNHURT
Machine Runs Into House. Toss
inc Widow and Children
Out of Bed.

,olitan Opera House, was painfully in
;r,e5 Yesterday afternoon, when the
.rtomobile in which she was riding
r,s struck BY another machine at the
Queens Boulevard entrance to Calvary
Cemetery. The singers husband,
rdosrdo Ferrari-Fontana, and their
friends. August and Della NJ. Naleri,
.seaped with minor injuries.
There were many other motor acci-
a,,ts Yesterday. The pleasant Sunday
cent all owners Of the vehicles to the
,bore or country. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Terhuno. of Fassaic, were killed
vber their car left the road on the way
20 Lake Hopatcong and tipped over on
them. A motorcyclist, whose gasolene
tank exploded and shOwered him with
the flaming fuel, was seriously burned
,t broadway and 1G1st Street. A
ph;ade,phia man was killed in an auto
crash at Egg HarbOr, y. J.
Nine. Natzenauer and her party were
,,,prrirg from Long Beach, when the
auto driven by Peter O'Connor, of lol
Wes, Ninety-ninth Street, slowed down
asa trolley car stopped at Calvary for
passengers. Suddenly another ma
chine appeared around the other end
oftbe surface car and crashed into the
side Of the Singers machine. All were
.browD out. The occupants Of the
o.ber auto. owned and driven by Wal
ter Clancy. Of 255 Greenpoint Avenue
Long Island City, escaped with shak-
iag Up.
Singer Refuses Help.
Ar5ulances and doctors were sum-
noned. but beyond accepting first aid
,-satment Nine. Matzenauer declined
70 accent their services, and was
u,hed in her own machine to Dr. {.
Ar,or;o Stella, at pa East Sixteenth
S,rsH. DR.. Stella found that his pa
tent had a deep cut under the lower
In and another bad cash in the side OF
ber nose. She was also bruised about
he legs. She was taken later TO her
home. al y East Ninety-fOurth Street.
Nine VaIcri is a well known teacher
o. singing. and has a studio at li44
Broadway. She and her husband were
able 10 20 to their apartments.
Nine. Matzeuauer has been at the
METROPOLITAN since 1911. Although a
eontralto with a repertory that in
eludes Amrer.s. Ortrud and Dalila, she
has also sung with success Brunnhllde
and other important soprano roles.
She became the wife of Ferrari-Fon-
nna. the tenor. in 1912. They have a
daughter. born in Boston q year ago
last Jaruarv Recently they contrib
u.ed $4,000 {. The International Acad-
sny Of Art. founded IN Paris as an
opera schoo. by Otto II. Kahn, Henry
Rus ell and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Terhune started from
their home. at 2l Garden Street, Pas
sale, yesterday morning to go to their
bungalow. at Lake HopatcOng While
Speeding along the boulevard approach
Ing Nolaus Point the soft edge Of the
highway sank beneath the weight OF
their autou obile, and the machine
tipped over o1 them and their SIX
yesr-o.d soa, Roger.
vii .am Elr.e. the only witness, SAID
that Mr. Tenue tried hard 70 steer
The car back into the road. When In
gle Teache. -he scene Roger was just
crawling ou. rom under the wreckage.
i was some time later before the
heavy car was lttel from the bodies
O his parents Their recSs had been
broken and they had died instantly.
Floyd and Edith TeIhune, older chi
.ren, claimed the bodies in the after
noon. Another daughter, Helen, is a
Nurse in the Passaic General Hospital.
The family has lived in Passalc for
many years Mr. Terhune was associ-
a'ed with Floyd H. Crane in the sash
and door business
4 Widows Family in Peril.
4 Ms josephine Terrell, a widow. and
4 ler three children a son and two
4 eaughters were thrown from their
secS early yesterday morning IN
4 faichogUe, Long Island, when an auto
no9l.e specaed along Jayne Avenue.
Ai.et 20 turn into Oak Street and
uaihed into their cottage.
n Lowin y. Weeks. owner Of a garage;
Il tSea'amin r. Graham. Of the Bartlett
mouse ana Leroy Ackerly, a dancing
'acher, were n the car, returning
ron Port Jefferson. Apparently no
tIort was made 90 take a corner near
Ae Terrell house. and the machine
81; The road. p.oughed through a hedge
sIa struck a low porch The left
aleel bent under and the automobile
Suhg around and crashed into the
"ther Of the cottage
a gaping hole was torn i'm the walls
4 tAe Misses Grace and Josephine
4 'Uisi sleeping In q front room, went
on the saggiug floor under a
liver Of plaster Mrs Terrell and
4 ~ son John also were thrown from
,-i beds. but were able 20 20 20 the
lance Of .hc young women
4 g;.t occupants Of ,hc car escaped
a" MINOR bruises
4 a.. Hot was narrowly ayerted yester-
y az the Brighton Beach race track
.en crowd assembled there became
ofseu az the apparent carelessness
-. motorcycle driver who lost con-
boys. machine ana M urea '"o
IOTge Schroeder, aged eleven, Of 1857
,i,., Ihlrd Street. and Charles Shea,
@rse.. years old. Of 2936 East Third
49, were standing at the edge Of the
t,l ~ f"esenlng footrac between sew
Siye- uet companions when Thomas
C.nss'si, Of 1886 West Third Street,
se 49, island, shot around turn. As
svs's5ed the group Of spectators lie
Il hst va T.. suddenly from the track and
81 ATo,..aH'o the midst Of them. He was
4 Ron lrom his seat and struck the
"Tshd head foremost
4 b,al SNahn, OF the Coney Island Hos
d N. 'Suhd that Shea had concussion
tbs paln poialn and ordered him removed
II Ava 55yspltal at once. The other boy
'luiSes and broken leg. Syl-
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