Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-02
z DEAD, SCORES
HURT, TOLL OF
MANY M|SHAPS
Man browns in Staten Island
Sound-Man Killed on R. R.
Here-Thos. Brown Hurt.
SNE IN MONMOUTH COUNTY
Alec Barish Was Crushed to
Death at "W C" Tower
Early This Morning.
MANY WERE IN COLLISIONS
Newark Man Meets Death in
Bathing at Brady'S Beach in
Staten Island Sound.
MANY WERE IN COLLISIONS

StdtGIl ISIdllu SUuilu.
Two fatalities resulted out Of
about half a score of accidents in
this city and vicinity over the week
end Alfred Roehn, a chauffeur of
Newark, was drowned at Brady's
beach, bordering ON Staten Island
sound, yesterday. Alec Barish, of
290 Alpine street, this city, was kill
ed by a northbound Central passen-
ger train near the VIC railroad tower
shortly after o'clock this morning.
Thomas Brown, lawyer here, sus-
tanned a severe injury in the fore
head and a sprained thumb when his
eight-cylinder Cadillac car was ram
med by Ford touring car on back
road near Matawan yesterday. There
were several other collisions yester-
day and records in three cases in
which cars skidded on slippery pave
ments in this city late yesterday af-
ternoon and last night.
Two chickens suffered death with
Alec Barish, when he was killed at
a point about 200 feet north of the
w. G. tower at 1908 o'clock this
morning. He was carrying the fowls
under his arms. The victim, who is
twenty-six years old, was hit by
train No. 96 going at fast rate of
speed and his body was knocked
many feet. The larger portion of the
back of the mans head was crushed
in, the lower Jaw was broken, his
left arm was broken many times and
uM1t up and the body was otherwise
hiiiasted Coroner Eugene ]. NTH
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train was being driven at fast rate
of speed, in order to make up for lost
time. He believes that the body was
struck with great force and hurled
considerable distance. The coroner
could find no evidence that any part
of the train had passed over the
mans body.
Death is believed to have been al
most instantaneous. The victims
head was so badly, crushed that he
could not have lived more than an
instant after he was struck AS the
coroner raised the body, the mans
brains ran from the nostrils and
other parts of tn head The body
was brought to the coroner's NOR
tuary establishment. Engineer
Baily drove the locomotive at the
time and Conductor Jones was in
charge of the train.
Reports to the coroner indicate
that Barish was married and had one
child.
Thomas Brown was injured and
John Toolin and others were shaken
up, some perhaps slightly bruised,
when Mr.. Browns -F5aadster was
rammed, Iead-on by a touring car
o--ned and driven by W. L. Egan, of
South Amboy, on a back road near
Matawan yesterday afternoon. The
machines were being driven around
a sharp curve at the time. Mr..
Brown states that he was hugging
the right side, while Mr.. Egan drove
over on his left side an rammed his
Ford into the front of the lawyers
Cadillac. Both cars were damaged
considerably. Mr.. Browns forehead
was Jared against the center OF
the steering wheel and his right
thumb was sprained, during a tight
grasp as he held on the steering
wheel Both Mr.. Toolin and mem
bers of Mr.. Egan's family escaped
serious injury.
The Ford car was damaged con-
siderably and Mr.. Browns machine
was damaged to the extent of about
$500.
A car owned and driven by Alex
ander Bars, of Germantown going
west on Smith street about AIS
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, struck a
car going south on Prospect street,
owned and driven by Philip Krug.
Mrs. Krug sustained scalp wound
and other members of both parties
were shaken up. DR.. E. K Hanson
attended to Mrs. Krug's wound The
rear wheel was broken and a tire
ripped on the Krug machine Pa
trolman Andrew Jensen aided the
automobilists in righting matters AS
neither cared to make charge |
against the other, no arrests were |
made
Dominick Palisi, of 1872 Smith |
street, drove a car into the machine |
of 8. M Glanfeld, of Quebec, Can
ada, on Smith street, at $40 o'clock |
last night, according to the report of /
Patrolman Harding. The car of |
Glanfield was damaged to the ex-
tent of a broken mud guard and the |
owner insisted that Palisi eompen-
safe him at once for the damage.
A machine owned by a New York
man, whose identity has not yet been
learned rammed a traffic sign and
broke off a stone hitching post at /
State and Market streets last night.
The sign was demolished. Detective
sergeants are today investigating the
accident.
: The car of Carl G.. Christensen
skidded off the road on the outskirts
of the city and i'd into ditch. The
ear was hauled out about ten min
utes later. No one was hurt.
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