The sun., 1918-07-29
8 KILLED, 80 HURT
IN MOTOR ACCIDENTS
Brooklyn Woman Crushed to
Death Beneath Automobile
Near Amityville.
KILLED ON FIFTH AVENUE
Man Seeking to Avoid Big Car
Steps in the Way of
Small One.

Three persons were killed and thirty
were injured in series of automobile
and motor cycle accidents in and about
New York city yesterday.
One OF those killed was Mrs. Sarah
B. Kelley OF 1922 Tenth avenue. Brook
| Ign. The car in which Mrs. Kelley. her
husband. John T. Kelley, and two others
were riding got beyond the control OF its
driver while going down a steep hill near
Amityvllle. /. l. II dashed into a tele-
graph pole and then toppled over an
embankment. Mrs. Kelley died before
help arrived Mrs. Leonora Sparks, a
| singer, who was another occupant OF
the car, suffered a fractured skull and
was taken to Mineola Hospital in dying
| condition. Charles McCune OF Amity-
Vile. the owner and driver OF the car.
! and Mr.. Kelley were badly cut and were
taken home for treatment.
An automobile owned by Benjamin
Levine of 81 Lexington avenue struck
and killed twelve-year-old boy at
Bushwick and Beaver avenues Brook
Ign. The victim was julius Blocker of
545 Bushwick avenue.
Ford Car Kills Man.
The third fatality occurred at Thirty
fourth street and Fifth avenue, where a
| Ford touring car ran down and killed a
man who was later identified by the in
scription In his eyeglass case as ]. +.
Black. The car was driven by its owner
| Benjamin Krauss OF ST. Fox street. The
Bronx. and carried three otter passen-
gers Krauss said that the accident was
unavoidable. Black, he said, in attempt
| ing to avoid n larger car. stepped di-
rectly in the path of the Ford machine
No arrest was made. although the police
began an investigation.
DR.. Morris Wolf Of EOS West l36th
street was out for drive with his wife
and three children yesterday when his
| car was sideswped by a City Island
| trolley car near the New Rochelle road
| Tho impact shattered the windshield
and DR.. Wolf was cut by flying glass
| Mrs. Wolf and the children were thrown
| forward in heap on the for Of the
| car.
Mrs. Wolf suffered a fractured wrist
| and abrasions on the face. The injured
children were Louis Wolf. Q. Commissions
about the head and face: Samuel Wolf
4. lacerathons about the head. and Dora
| Wolf. 5. fractured left leg and broker
wrist bone
In spite OF his injuries DR.. Wolf man.
| aged to avert more serious mishap by
swerving his car sharply to the right as
the trolley car was about ito strike his
machine. He assisted the passengers
| and the crew of the trolley car In lift
| ing the injured members of his family
| from the automobile. A passing motor
car was dbmmandeered and the in.
| jured were taken to the Naval Canton.
ment Hospital in City Island for treat
| ment.
! Seven In Car Crash.
! The driver OF an automobile contain.
! ing seven persons crashed into a pillar
| OF the Jerome avenue elevated structure
yesterday afternoon on the long grade
| where the trolley tracks round a curve
| at Boscobel avenue and 16Sth street
| The Bronx. The car was overturned
and all seven occupants were injured.
! julius Hertz of $50 Lenox avenue, who
owns the automobile, was not in the cal
when the accident occurred. Francis
| Dorr of $50 Willis avenue who was al
the steering wheel. was thrown to tn,
| pavement violently, hut escaped with
minor injuries and was able TO go home
Mrs. Pauline Hertz. Irving Hertz anc
Seymour Hertz. year old. all OF whom
live at 1908 Gilbert place, The Bronx
We're injured severely. Mrs Hertz suf
fered broken leg and decorations of tn,
body. Irving Hertz had a laeeratet
scalp and the baby sustained broker
rib and possible conclusion OF the brain
The Hertz family was taken to Lincoln
Hospital
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gottlieb anC
their three-year son Alfred OF 1871
! Shakespeare avenue, The Bronx, wer,
spilled rom the car, but escaped with &
few curt and bruises.
Soldiers in Accident.
Private Samuel MCGOWAN. IS. an,
Private Leon A. Bragin, both of tn,
First Field Artillery. were injured in al
automobile collision at Fifth avenue ant
l0Sth street when their machine wa
struck from the rear by a car driven b!
Leon Falzmer of sac East 1854 street
The soldiers were thrown out and wer
taken TO Mount Sinai Hospital sufferin,
with minor injuries. They were treated
and allowed to go home.
Three men and woman were injure,
in another collision between two auto
mobiles at Ditmas avenue and Oceai
| Parkway, Brooklyn. The injured wer
Mrs. Minnie Bonnano OF $50 Tompkin
avenue, cut about the head and body
Vincent Romano. 81, same address
decorations OF the side and head JOSEPH
Z. BORDER. 90. OF 4517 Fort Hamiltol
Parkway, fractured ribs. and John Carl
son OF $50 Ocean Parkway, fracture,
left leg. All were removed to the King
County Hospital
! Thrown from an automobile on tn,
west side of Prospect Park az the ma
chine hit another car. Mrs. Fannie
Gentle. So, of 2j9 South Second stree
sustained fracture OF the skull and wa
taken to the Jewish Hospital.
Man Hurt Seriously.
Ralph Nestle, 2i7 Bridge street
Brooklyn, was struck by an automobile
at the Flatbush avenue extension n
Bridge street and was taken to tn,
Brooklyn Hospital seriously injured.
Mary Fitzpatrick of SO Walcott street
Brooklyn, was struck by a motor cycl
while attempting TO cross at Dwight anC
Delewan streets and was taken TO III
Brooklyn Hospital
Minnie Markowitz, 3, OF II Ten Eycl
street. Brooklyn. was crossing n stree
near her home when she was knocke,
down by an automobile. She was takel
to st, GATHERINGS Hospital suffering
from internal injuries
Run down by an automobile at For
Hamilton avenue and Thirty-nlntl
street. Brooklyn. Thomas Manno, 20. u
1905 New Utrecht avenue. Brooklyn
was injured badly and taken to tn
Norwegian Hospital