Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-13
TWO MEN KILLED
IN AUTO MISHAP
ON PLANK ROAD
Hurled in Front of Trolley Car
and MangIed-Chautfeur
Held for Mans!aughter.

Two workmeh were run down and
killed In an automobile accident on
the Plank road near the bridge over
the Passaic river late yesterday aft
ernoon. The victims were Frank
Giles and John O'Mara. Giles was
thirty-five years of age and lived at
277 Amherst street, East Orange
.O'Mara lived at / Cortlandt street,
Montclair. He resigned last Monday
He was twenty eight.
Four other men besides Giles and
O'Mara were slightly injured. They
were with them at the time of the
accident. One was John Jackes, of
Ga Monroe street. He was hurt about
the left side and was taken to st.
James's Hospital, but left for home
soon after receiving treatment An
other of the men, who was slightly
hurt by the flying machine, was John
A. Monaghan, of 2l0 Garside street
He is "a steamfitter. He was bruised
about the knees.
The automobile which caused the
deaths of Giles and O'Mara was
driven by Andrew Ruh, nineteen
years old, of Bayonne. He was held
today on two charges of manslaugh-
ter. He was arraigned in the Third
Precinct Police Court, charges hav-
ing been preferred by Police Captain
Christie.
Ruh's license as a driver was re-
voked today by William l.. Dill, state
commissioner of motor vehicles after
receiving O report from inspector Ed
ward Johnson.
Ruh is a bookkeeper In his fater's
garage in Bayonne. lie was employed
Yesterday To drive the car of e. Vogel,
of 729 Avenue r., Bayonne, to West
field and back He was returning at
the time the car struck the work
men. The occupants of the car dur
ing the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Nogel
and their two children.
Giles and O'Mara, with a. number
of companions, quit work about 80
O'Clock at the new power plant of the
Public Service Corporation, which is
under construction at Point No Point
on the Passaic river. They then
walked across the meadows to the
Plank road trolley line and waited
for car about 300 feet west of the
bridge. When the car came along
the group of workmen We're playtully
pushing 6dcn OI0eT dDOul III lUtI VI
forts to get into q. good position to
climb on the car and obtain seats.
Failed TO See 1t.
Ruh's automobile just then hap
pened to come along on it's way to
Bayonne. 1t was back of another
machine. Giles and O'Mara failed to
see the Rub automobile and we're
struck, both being thrown In front of
the trolley. The mudguard of the
Rub machine hit Giles, who was
knocked sideways on the tracks and
in such a position that the trolley
car passed over both of his legs lie
died soon after being taken to st.
James's Hospital
O'Mara was also taken TO the nos
pital. where ii was found that he had
sustained a fracture of the skull. lie
died early today.
1t is claimed that Rub was driving
at a rapid rate of speed at the time
he ran down Giles and OMara. The
point at which the accident happened
| is frequently Travelled at high speed
by automobilists as there are no
houses on either side of the highway
The men employed at Point-No-
Point are compelled to use a bridge
over the Morris Canal, which parallels
the road near the Passaic bridge, In
order to get a trolley car to take
them into Newark. About ten years
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