New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-18
Two Killed, II Hurt
In Motorcycle and
Auto Accidents
Aged Woman Fatally In
jured by Cycle; Driver
Charged with Homicide

Two persons were killed and dozen
others injured in motorcycle and auto
mobile accidents in New York and
vicinity yesterday.
An unidentified woman pedler, about
sixty years old, was fatally injured at
10th Street and Fifth Avenue when
she was struck by motorcycle driven
by William Brocker, sixteen years old,
Of 1909 Amsterdam Avenue. Broker,
whose father, John Brocker, was riding
on the seat behind him, was locked up
at the West 123d Street station on a
charge of homicide The woman, who
had blue eyes and gray hair and wore
a gray dress and black shoes, died at
Mount Sinai Hospital from a fractured
skull.
John McConkey, Of White Plains,
was killed when motorcycle, on when
he and two othtr men were riding, col
lided with a tree in Broadway, White
Plains Frank Dewitt, of Ossining, who
was riding in a basket at the side. re-
ceived "A fracture of the skull, and
Theodore Carney, also of Ossining. who
was driving, suffered d dislocation Of
his right hip. Both were taken TO the
White Plains Hospital, where Devitt's
condition was said to be serious.
Seven passengers in large touring
car were injured at Castleton Corners,
Staten Island, when the automobile
was struck by trolley and overturned.
The injured, who were taken TO the
Staten Island and st. Vincent hospitals,
arc hugo BorstrOn, of 1850 Broadway,
owner of the automobile, bruised and
cut on head and body; Mrs. Mary YER
berg. Of 231 Rich Street, Newark. frac-
tured right hip; Mrs. Robert Weiner,
of 4lO Sixty-frst Street, Brooklyn,
fracture of right thigh; Mrs. Erish
Iingerin. of 2123 Daily Avenue, The
Bronx. fracture Of the left leg; Mrs.
Eric Borstron. of 1900 Boston Road,
The Bronx, cuts and contusions; Miss
Annie Hanson, of 1873 West 10th
Street. broken kneecap. and Miss Astrlc
Erickson, of 2O59 Davidson Avenue, The
Bronx, fractured left arm.
Samuel Darrell, of the Greenpoint
Glass Company, 81 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, his wife, grown son and three
small children. were pinned beneath
their car when il turned turtle on a
steep hill near Cold Spring, l.. !. A
number of automobiles passed by with
out Offering assistance, and some of
them even refused 20 carry BARRELS
seven-year-old daughter to a doctor at
Cold Spring. when she had been res
cued from under the overturned ma
chine None in the car were seriously
hurt.
James Nichols. a ticket agent at the
Exchange Place ferry of the Ponnsyl-
vania Railroad, was seriously burne
last night, when he attempted 70 put
out a fire in an automobile, owned by
Robert Gibson. of 147 Linden Avenue,
BROOKLYN. Gibson was purchasing
tickets when his machine was suddenly
struck by another one in the rear and
burst into flames. Mrs Gibson and
other occupants Of the car leaped III
time to escape injury
After his automobile had run wild
for three-quarters of a mile on the
Boulevard at Rockaway Beach, Benja-
min Langton, Of Jamaica, L. l., was
hurled out on his head, when the car
struck a rut and turned over. Langton
was taken 20 the Rockaway Beach Hos
pital, suffering from a fracture OF the
skull and internal injuries.