New-York tribune., 1918-05-13
Passengers Severely h.
jured When Machine
Plunges Into Ditch
Many Auto Accident.
Girl Probably MortalIy II.
jured in Collision in Brool.
lyn; Companions Hurt

Pinned in an upturned taxicab tn.
dropped from Riverside Drive, nor4h
Of the entrance to the Billings esta..
into ditch ten feet deep, two mn
identified women, one about twentv.
two, the other about thirty-two year.
old, are in critical condition at Il
Lawrence Hospital. Early this morn.
ing they had not recovered conscious.
ness.
Both women barely escaped beiur
burned when the taxicab, lying in shs
ditch, caught on fire when match vss
dropped by one of the rescuers into
the tonneau. The flames were ex.
tinguished with difficulty
According to Martin Cohen, the
chauffeur. of PIT Barrett Street, Brook.
lyn, the women hired the cab at Times
Square, directing him to drive to an
inn in Yonkers.
On Riverside Drive, according to
Cohen, one of the wheels struck 1
stone. The steering wheel was
wrenched from his hands. Before he
could regain control of the car. the
machine had dashed into the ditch
where it turned over on its side.
Chauffeur Summons Aid
Both women were knocked uncon.
sciOus. Cohen, his ankle sprained and
his body badly bruised, was unable to
rescue them. He shouted for aid. Pass
ing autoists heard his cries. While
<1in IN
others motored to Broadway and Dyck.
man Street.
There they found Patrolmen Sindt
and Kelly. The two policemen were
driven to the wrecked taxicab. The.
elder of the women was the frat
reached Just as she was being
dragged forth, one of the rescuers
dropedd a lighted match into the cab.
Instantly it was ablaze. Sindt and
Kelley, with the autoists, succeeded
in reaching tbs women before the
flames touched them.
Or. Mulligan. Of st. Lawrence Hospi-
tai after treating Cohan took the
women to the hospital.
A dozen other persons were injured
by automobiles in the course of the
day. Celia Wilder, eighteen years old,
of 511 Stone Avenue, Brooklyn, re-
ceived injuries that may cause aer
death in & collision between two auto
mobiles In one of which she was
passenger, at Riverdale Avenue and
Sackman Street, Brooklyn. She was
taken to Kings County Hospital.
Edith Charney, of the same address,
and Leon Goldman, of 554 Ashford
Street, her fellow passengers. were able
to go home after receiving medical At
tention. Nathan Ginsburg, of 39s
Riverdale Avenue, who was driving,
was arrested.
Automobile Hits Policeman
An automobile driven by Florence
Dickinson, of 1913 East 205th Street.
The Bronx, hit Rudolph NJ. Bauer;
traffic policeman at Central and Yon-
kers avenues, Yonkers, breaking his
LETT leg. He was taken to st, Johns
Riverside Hospital. Miss Dickinson
was released on bail.
Alfred Ingcld, of 16 West Ninth
Street, drove his car into a tree 1t
Riverside Drive and 116th Street His
legs were broken and he was taken to
Knickerbocker Hospital. Marie Kings
ley, of 465 West Forty-seventh Street,
and Arlin Ensle, of 35 Claremont Ave-
nue., who were with him, escaped with
bruises.
Fritz Larsen, Of 2541 Eighth Avenue,
and Frank Snyder, Of 267 West 127th
Street, were taken to Fordham Hos
pital after their motorcycle hit an
automobile at Mosholu Parkway and
Van Cortland Avenue, The Bronx.
Herbert Loomis. captain of police
resfves, and his wife, Mrs. Edith
Lo klis, of 3055 Bailey Avenue, The
B, TX, were thrown from their auto
mooile at Kingsbridge 'road and Bailey
Avenue yesterday afternoon, when the
car overturned, and rolled down q
small embankment. Mrs. Loomis, who
was learning to drive. was at the wheel.
Mrs. Loomis escaped with slight
bruises. Captain Loomis suffered a
fracture of the collerbone.
Abraham Kapman, eight years old, Of
1862 Washington Avenue, The Bronx,
ran in front of an automobile on Wash
ington Avenue and was so badly in
jured that doctors at Fordham Hospital
said he could not live. A general alarm
was sent out last night asking for the
driVer'a arraSt