Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-03
FOUR DIE, ELEVENH HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS;
CAR STRUCK BY TRAIN
Two Men and Young Woman
Killed by Reading Railway
Express at Glen Lake
Crossing
MoToRTRUcK GETS VICTIM

-Four persons are dead and II are suffer-
Ing from serious injuries as the result OF
autanobile and motorcycle accidents in and
near Philadelphia yesterday and last night.
Two men and a young woman were killed
and another young woman probably fatally
injured shortly before midnight, when
Philadelphia and Reading passenger train
struck an automobile at the Glen Lake
crossing of the state road from Phladel.
phia to Trenton, between Langhorne and
Trenton. The dead
Myrtle Feiber, Langhorne.
Clarence Grossly, Banghorne.
Boyce M Meyers Langhorne.
The injured:
Clara Platter, 1928 North Sd street.
Philadelphia
The fourth person who died was william
English, 81 years old, of SO West Sharpnack
street. He succumbed In the Germantown
Hospital yesterday afternoon as the result
Of being struck by a motor truck while
crossing Germantown avenue at Sharpnack
street Saturday night. Frank Forrest, %
years old, of Parker and Ridge avenues, the
driver Of the truck, will have a hearing at
the City Hall Police Court today.
The passenger train which struck the
automobile at Glen Lake crossing was the
express that left New York at 9 o'clock.
According TO passengers on the train, the
engineer could see no lights on the auto.
mobile and he did not see the car until the
train was almost upon II. He applied the
emergency brakes, but the train could not
be stopped until It had gone 200 yards from
the spot where 1t struck the automobile.
Agnes Corcoran, IA years old, of 14O1
North 52d street, was struck by a motor
cycle at 52d and Thompson streets yester-
day afternoon, while walking back of a
trolley car. Paul W. Kicker, Of 1921 Fair
mount avenue, was driving the machine.
The girl Is in the West Philadelphia Homeo-
pathlc Hospital suffering from fractured
leg and abrasons of the body
Charles Welst, 25 years old, of 1885 Irle
street, was mysteriously injured while rid
ing his motorcycle near Atco, N. j., yes
terday He was found by passing auto
lying beside the road, his machlns
badly smashed. He was taken to the
Cooper Hospital Camden, suffering from
OF the head and body. He was
unable to tell how the accident occurred.
John Sakuski, 90 years old, Of 236 Poplar
street, is In st. Mary's Hospital, suffering
rom serious injuries received last night
when motorcycle he was riding crashed
nto an automobile driven by Frank Sha.
,iro, Of Brooklyn, n. Y, at Glrafd avenue
md ShackamaXon street. Shapiro was ex.
,nerated by the police.
Walter II. Geiger, 20 years old. $500 Am.
rose street, was struck and hurled from .
lis motorcycle at East River drive aid Lin.
oln drive. In Fairmount Park, yesterday
fternoon in a collision with an automobile
riven by Jacob Cartun, "a years old, 1921
'arkside avenue. He suffered conclusion
f the brain and other injuries of the head
nd body and Is In n serious condition in
he German Hospital. Cartun was ar.
ested.
The right arm Of Annabel Bennett
ears old, of Vineland N. j.. was torn out
the socket and her right leg and rih
roken when she was struck by an automo-
lie while walking on Malaga road yester-
ay. The driver of the car gave his name
$ DR.. Olin Bradford, of North Amboy The
Mild is In the Physicians Hospital where
is said she has chance for recovery.