New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-07-13
One KILLED IN
BAD AUTO SMASH
Rosenberg Machine Crashes Into
Fence on Pike


Which he was riding became uncon-
tzelable and crashed with terrific force
INTO a guard rail on Turnpike road,
Berlin, about an eighth of mile
above the American Brick companys
plant. The other two occupants of
the ear. Arthur N. Rosenberg of SO
whitney avenue. New Haven. and Mi
chael Harrison Of 9 Clinton Place,
Savin' Rock. were injured. Rosenberg
seriously,
Medical Examiner inquiries.
Medical Examiner Roger NJ. Girls
void Of kensington after conducting
q rigid inquiry ordered the arrest of
Rosenberg. the driver of the car, on
the charge of reckless driving and
he will consequently appear before
Judge George Griswold. in the Ber-
lin Town court tomorrow morning at
o'clock.
DR.. r. NJ Griswold assisted by his
son DR. M. HI. Griswold made an ex-
animation on Longano's body this
naerning and gave the cause of the
mans death as a result OF a fracture
1t the base of the skull and broken
DR. Griswold told q Herald reporter
this afternoon that as yet he has not
Preferred the charge of manslaughter
AGAINST Rosenbeg. He said that he
Is investigating the case and possibly
such charge will be made by him.
Witnesses Story.
According to Lawrence Francen,
who is fourteen years old and lives in
Reckley and who was an eyewitness
% the accident. the car was travelling
1T high rate of speed. He says that
he saw the car swerve from one side Of
The road to the other and crash with
y tremendous force into the guard
rail. Longano was riding in the rear
seat while his two companions occu-
pied the front of the car. All were
thrown many feet from the vehicle as
il turned turtle.
Harry willard. assistant purchasing
agent of the Berlin Construction COM
pany, told a Herald man that he
passed the scene of the accident few
minutes after it's occurrence He said
that Harrison was waving his arms, in
b highly excited manner and was
Shouting for a doctor. Willard hur-
rked over to where Longano lay and
uHbottoned the mans shirt so that he
could breath more freely. AS he did
this the injured man gasped. Will
ard put his ear to the mans chest and
cpuId not hear any vibration of his
heart.
Drs. GriswoId arrived at the scene
atathis moment and dressed the |
wounds Of Harrison and Rosenberg.
i Both seemed dazed and could not an
s5Fer the medical examiners questions
in a satisfactory manner. Neither
knew which had driven the car nor
how the accident had occurred. Per-
mission was given to B. C. Porter
sons of New Britain to remove the
BODY of Longano.
Body Claimed.
The body wac claimed by his fam
! ify this noon and was taken to Provi-
dence where his home is on Sylvan
avenue. Longano was sixty three
years OF age.
Rosenberg the driver of the car is
well known merchant of New Ha-
kren ard conducts a tailor shop at
kef4 Chapel street that city. Harri-
N and Lon1ano were both employed
fBy hin: as cutters.
Theory Of Accident.
The car. judging from it's appear
lance, must have been travelling at
high rate Of speed when the driver
I lost control OF 1t, for some reason he
il unable 70 sceount for himself. No
tire was blosn even after the wreck
and the steering knuckIe was intact
The. pIasulbIe theory is that the ma
china was too far over on. the right
side of tsesrcad, which is high crown
ed witn distinct gutter where the
rnacadam gives way to dirt, and the
driver ATTEMPTED TO gain the middle
4 Of tn roai, corrected the wheel too
fbr and t.sre. the car to the other
side OF The way. The "turtlebacked"
road and the gutter might easily
ti1reW car travelling at good rate
Of speed further. than the driver an
ficipated. In attempting to again
bring the car back to the center OF
] the read ff1e hind wheels probably
y kicked and hit fence post No. de-
! noiishing Il and stripping the spokes
] from the rear wheel. The front
q Wheels We're then thrown against an
g other post by fne sudden dragging of
= the back end and the car ran head on
] into post no. 8. The square impact
i this time WIS sufficient to trip up the
front end while the momentum OF the
Wheelless machine carried the back
| end over in a som ersa ult, distributing
the occupants Of the auto over the
] negfhy lot. Heavy car settled with
radiator pointing north, the direction
from Which It had been travelling and
was ssaaareIy overturned with the run
! ming gear. such AS was left on the up
,permosI part Of the wreck. The body