The sun., 1916-09-18
5 KILLED AS MOTOR
RAMS BRIDGE RAIL
Victims Of Gay Party Of IL
Hurled From Willis Avenue
Structure % Feet
SIX ARE SEVERELY HURT
Woman Dies When Bus. Re-
turning From Church.
Smashes Into Tree.

Five persons were killed and six
others hur; in the wrecbinG OF an auto
mobile or the Wills avenue bridge over
the Harlem River early yesterday morn.
ing. One Of the injured may die.
The car. which was taken OF; by one
Of the party without the wner's perr,is-
sion. and which carried the party TO
a number Of cafe. in Manhattan and
The Bronx. suddenly shot across the
footwalk On the bridge and ahmed the
bridge rail on the right side. Then II
hit a supporting pillar and crurnpled up.
The four who lost their lives were thrown
from the bridge and fell twenty-five feet
TO the pavement in l2',h stree, under
he Manhattan approach.
The Dead.
Hair. Thomas. ., years old. a chauf-
feur. Of :3j Fast l2+th street.
Hark!e. LYMAN. - years old. a
Waterman. Of 3i4 East l2lst street.
Newman. Mrs. May. "a years old. of
335 East l9cd street.
Spangenburg. "a years old. a chauf-
feur. OF il0c Washington avenue The
Bronx.
Wilson, Miss. 1lis linton avenue.
The Bronx.
The Injured.
The injured were
Burns. william. -. 233 East ie:d
street.
Duane. Thomas. 81. 1859 Second
avenue.
FIannery. Daniel. IS. iron worker.
AS East 13'th street.
Hart. Mae. 20. so East l3;th
street.
Kane. Francis. 80. 73s Second ave-
nue..
Newman. Frank. a plumber. IS. 335
i22d street.
Kare- Who was driving. suffered a
fractured skull and may die. All ex.
cept Duane were removed To the Harlem
Hospital lie WAS taken to the Sydcn.
a Hospital.
The ride began when Hair took the au.
tomobile of Rober; ". Mur;ha. builders
supplies. iO3th street and tic East River
and began 10 collect his friends. Ms.
Hart Joined the party at Sulzer's Harlem
River Casino She said that she iranl
nothing and that Kane didn't either.
THE crash was heard by several 10,
hcemen on strike duty. and they saw e
the immediate removal of the injured
Coroner Healy began an Investigation
! and found that Mr. Murtha had no, giver
his permission to Hair for taking ou; IN.
car. and thai: he had been trying to locat.
it at the time. The police though, tina
reckless driving caused the accident.
Thrown from Running Bos
Frederick =. Hicks % Rarker's Po,r.
Per; Washington. Congressman from tn.
First New York district. Was pitched a.
his head from the rurning board OF Al
automobile and rendered unconeciou,
saturday night near the Wampag.
shores estate, Long island. as he wa
returning i.,me from a visit at the rest
) derca ~ Theodore Roosevelt Pei. H.
DID not recover CONSCIOUSNESS until yes
;erday. but he VIII recover
Louis I~..pschitz. :. OF 335 Ash.or,
street. brooklyn. Wa knocked dow YES
terday on the Snake Hi! road. Hishlan,
| Park. Brooklyn. By an automobile driver
by Thomas Burke. Jr.. Ia. Of 1853 Nor
| wood avenue. brooklyn, The boy Wa
taken to the KINGS County Hospital II
a serious condition from a fracture
skull and lef' leg. Burke was not ar
! rested.
Three brothers riding a motor cyci
on Queens boulevard toward Manhstta'
last night ran down William Doolsn. -
East T~wenty-;hird street. and Mis-
Louise McKane. 500 West Forty-scven,
street. as they were crossing tho boule
ward near Celtic avenue Al! five We
injured. TIE brothers we're Alexander
Abraham and Michael Kocnigsbcrg. =
West l06th street.
At Mount kisco. y. Y. julius Go;t
lost control OF his motor cycle as h
neared the Putnam division tracks a
Lexingt. n avenue. The gates had bee