New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-08
WOMAN DEAD;
AUTOIST ACCUSED
Charged with Ramming
Car from Which She Was
Hurled to Pavement.
BRIDAL COUPLE
KILLED IN CRASH
NeWsdealer Victim of Collision
Between Train and Auto in
Fog at MataWan, N. J.

Four persons killed. including a
bridal couple on their honeymoon. and
many more or less seriously injured
was the toll of automobile accidents
in New York and vicinity during the
last twenty-four hours. One autoist
was accused of ramming another car.
causing a woman's death.
Miss Mary P. art,ffty-four years
old. Of 545 East Hist Street, died yes
terday afternoon as the result Of an
automobile accident on the Boston Post
Road near the Larchmont boundary
line
Miss Schirhart, with her nieces.
Marie, ten years old. ard Helen Wolf.
six, Of 627 Prospect Avenue. The Bronx,
were in an automobile owned and
driven by J. F. Schirhart, her brother.
Witnesses say the Schirhart car was
about to turn out for another machine.
when it skidded and struck a telegraph
pole Miss Schirhart was thrown from
the car and received fracture at the
base OF the skull and several other in
juries. She was taken TO the home Of
friends near by. where she died. The
two girls and Schirhart escaped with
slight injuries.
Schirhart accused Arthur Thomas. Of
st. Petersburg. Fla. who was in car
behind him, driving his wife and daugh-
ter from Stamford, Conn. with hitting
his automobile and causing 1t TO skid.
Thomas was taken before Coroner
William II. Livingston, of New Ro-
chelle. He denied his car had struck
the Schirhart machine. The Coroner
paroled him until after the inquest.
George Windler and his bride of a
few days were killed in an automo-
bile accident early yesterday morning
near Congers, n. Y. Three other men
and another woman in the party were
seriously injured. The machine skidded
on a sharp turn in the road and turned
over, pinning the occupants under II.
The party was returning from dance
at West Haverstraw, and the Windlers
had planned TO spend the night in
Haverstraw and come TO this city yes
terday on their honeymoon.
James and Robert Brothy, brothers,
of Haverstraw, each sustained tract
ured skulls. They were pinned under
the car with the Windlers. Mrs. Louise
Benson, of Haverstraw, was badly cut
and bruised, and suffered possible in
ternal injuries. William Curran, the
chauffeur, was severely cut and bruised
about the head and chest. All of the
injured were taken to the Nyack Hos
pital.
John Lackner, of 573 Lafayette
Street, this city, was killed, and his
companion, David Solomon. of Keans-
burg, y. j., severaly injured by being
/ struck by train at the Matawan. y
j., railroad station early yesterday
morning. Solomon, who is the agent
OF the Union News Company at Keans
burg, went to Matawan to get his
morning papers. They made the triI
In an automobile owned by Charles
Lackner. son of the man who wa
killed. The men were returning TO th'
automobile along the tracks after get
ting the papers, when the early TRAN
from Point Pleasant struck them
I There was a heavy fog at the time, anc
Solomon and other news dealers who
were at the station said there was M
warning whistle or bell.
A large black automobile containing
five passengers struck a milk Wagon
/ TT Hudson Street and the Boulevard
Jersey City, early yesterday morning
and the driver, John Edge, was serious
( II injured. The automobile sped away
before it's number could be seen. The
wagon, which belonged to II. V
I Wilkens, OF a. Montrose Avenue, Jer-
sey City, was demolished and Edge was
thrown from his seat and struck on his
head on the pavement. He lives at "a
/ Sherman Avenue, Jersey City. IL is
! feared his skull was fractured and that
he cannot live.