Evening journal., 1915-10-25
AUTOOVERTURNS,
ONE OCCUPANT IS
Fatally INJURED
Turning TO Avoid Another
Machine Eddystone Boy
Suffers Skull Fracture
CHILDREN HURT when
CAR PLUNCES into GULLY

Several people we're injured. one
perhaps fatally in four automobile ac.
cldents which occurred in the vicinity
OF Wilmington between Friday night
and last night. In the same interim.
George Clark, OF near Avondale, was
fatally injured IN another road accl
dent
As a result of an automobile In
which he was riding along Naaman's
Creek road yesterday dropping into
a ditch. Edward Shellenburger. aged
a years. of Eddystone. Pa, is at the
Delaware Hospital in a critical con-
dition his skull being fractured. Ply
sicians there at noon today held out
little hope for his recovery. Shellen.
burger and David Hcisner. of No 727
Saville avenue. Eddystone. assistant
fire marshal Of that place and several
other persons we're In the car at the
time.
The rarty were returning to Eddy.
stone aitor a visit 10 this city when
the accident occurred. They saw an
other automobile approaching from
the oppomte direction, and as II drew
near the Heisner car was turned to
one side TO give II room TO pass. In
doing this the driver got too far over,
and the wheels slipped down over the
edge of the embankment
Tho next instant the car rolled over
and over One of the men and a boy
jumped out and escaped injury when
they saw the machine starting to slip.
Heisner and Shellenburger were
caught under the overturned car and
pinned down. They were released
with some difficulty and then placed
in another automobile and brought 4
this city. Their own car was no
seriously damaged.
/, An automobile accident occurre,
I along the kennott turnpike nea
, Greenbank about noon yesterday, II
~ which five adults and two small chill
a dren were severely hurt. Joel CoheI
u a grocer Of No. 125 Delamore Placi
10 was driving his machine along N
IA highway when he saw another car al
preaching. He started to turn asit
,s 10 pass. and IN doing do lost contr
Id for a moment His automobile slil
ped down on the graded side OF u
n road, and the next instant II jumpe
ld Into the air, turned completely ov6
"a Twice and then fell in a mass {
AZ wreckage in the ditch al the side
it the turnpike.
* In the car with Cohen was his wifi
's Mrs. Fannie Cohen. and their son. I'd
ward, aged 3 years; Air and Mrs. Jo
seph Greenstein. Of No. 1875 Wes
Second street and their son, Sydney
3 aged years. and Mrs. Annie Wax
!, man Of Philadelphia, Mr.. Cohen's sis
n ter-in-law
The occupants we're thrown out bu
+. all Of them escaped being crushed un
der the overturned car They wer'
] cut by the broken glass from th'
/, wind shield and bruised and lacerate'
u about the head. face and hands. Tn
y two children were badly cut on th'
face. and one Of the women had
). cash in her chin They we're all takel
q 10 the Delaware Hospital. but when
was found that none of them had an
Q broken bones and that their injurie
e were not serious. they were permitte
10 20 to their homes after thel
!. wounds had been dressed Cohen
said to be more badly hurt than N
N others.
George Clark 2s years old. farm
or near Gum Tree. two miles mort
of Avondale. Pa. died in the Chest
n- County Hospital early Saturdi
Of morning from injuries received Wit
10 his automobile collided with Il
IN stone abutment of a culvert on I
by Stone road (route 13D, near Avo
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