New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-05
Police Search Hospitals
for Car with Broken
Headlight.
MANY ACCIDENTS
MAR THE HOLIDAY
At Least Seven Lives Lost.
Many Hurt, In and
Near City.

Fine holiday weather brought the
usual automobile accidents yesterday.
At least seven persons were killed in
the city and suburbs.
Crossing First Avenue near Thirty
eighth Street last night, Elizabeth Rog-
ers, seven years old, was hit by an
automobile which witnesses said was
an ambulance. Although the headlight
Of the car was smashed by the i'm
pact, the chauffeur sped on southwark
without stopping.
The little girl, whose home is al 1913
East Thirty-ninth Street, died ss she
was being taken into Bellevue Hospital
courtyard In 4 taXicab Seven weeks
ago her father died al almost the same
spot. He had fallen from a window
on the fourth floor OF his home and
fractured his skull.
As the taxicab carrying the little girl
sped toward the hospital II was met BY
the Bellevue Hospital ambulance. The
ambulance swerved in answer 70 Patrol
man Regan's whistle, and while the two
vehicles raced side by side DR.. Siris
leaped from the step Of the ambulance
to the running board OF the tsxicab and
aid what he could for the child on the
brief journey.
The pieces OF shattered headlight
glass were gather up by the police and
detectives sent 10 every hospital in the
city 20 find the car responsible. The
accident was witnessed by the girls
mother.
Stepping of the trolley track on the
Paterson Plank Road in East Ruther-
ford, n. j., TO avoid a car, Herman
Kahlert and Curtis Schweiber, Of
Paterson Avenue, East Rutherford,
were hit by an automobile. Kahlert
was killed. Schweiber's skull was
fractured. The automobile did not
pause.
An hour later Walter Hartway, q
Jersey City fireman, living on Summit
Avenue, was found with his car stalled
in a bad stretch OF road near Hack
ensack. One mudguard was bady bat
tered, and he was arrested on d charge
Of homicide.
An automobile containing three
young men and three young women
skidded and overturned near Hohokus,
y. J. David We'll, Of 226 East Both
Street, received injuries which caused
his death Haroldd ArOnsohn, Of Pat
erson, who was driving, was taken 20
the Paterson General Hospital, badly
lruised.
captain uOmdS y. mug Al4sOlif Va NAAt
Orange N. j. Fire Dep artment, and
Robert Verplanck, Of Orange, y. j.,
drove into a tree at Beacon, y. Y.
Hodgkinson was killed and Verplanck
seriously injured. ,
Two Unidentified women were killed
by automobiles in Newark. Frank Sutta,
OF l02 Madison street. Newark, hit one
at Nursery street and Belleville Ave
nue.. The other was ntruck by Frank
Heating, Of 53l Kesrny avenue, at Bel
mont and Springfield avenues.
A joy-riding party Of negroes upse.
az Third Street and Seventh Avenue,
Brooklyn. on the return trip from Con-
ey Island. Mrs. Ada King Of 13 West
lf3d Street was killed. Five others
were bruised. including Stanley Allen,
tic chauffeur, who was arrested charged
with homicide and grand larceny. Dr..
A. B. Lighthouse, Of 509 West ll0th
Street. said that Allen had taken his
car without permission.
Anthony SuFl Al, 2Ss Mulberry ST.,
and Anthony Dinspoli, %, Of 2lS Eliz-
abeth St.. fell from a motorcycle and
we're taken unconscious 70 Harlem
Hospital. Suffl died few hours later
and mis- companion is not expected to
recover.
Robert Bohak, FIVE years old, was hit
BY the car Of Daniel Engster, Of Wool
'cliHe, y. J.. as he crossed Laird Aven-
ne, Edgewater, y. j., near his home
His skull was fractured and he viii
probably die. Engster was arrested.