The sun., 1919-08-19
SCORES INJURED IN
TRAFFIC SCRAMBLE
Woman Killed by Army Motor
While Trying to Cross
Eighth Avenue.
FIFTY HURLED OFF TRUCK
Many Knocked Down by We
hicles as Others Are Street
Car Victims.


scores Of persons injured an . result
OF accidents caused by the scramble Of
New Workers. 10 make their way down
and up town during the rush hours
yesterday.
A southbound army truck, operated
by Private Simon Berger OF the Motor
Transport Corps at 4o7 bush Terminal
Building. Brooklyn, struck . woman at
Thirty-eighth street ana Eighth avenue
as she was attempting to crcss the
taken TO the West Thirty-seventh street
police station and Berger. who was
looked up on technical charge Of homi-
eide, later was turned over 70 the army
authorities. The woman was about tb
years old. five feet tall and weighed 1875
pounds. She had black hair and brown
syes and wore black dress, silk stock
inGs, low tan shoes, q black hat and
white kid gloves.
About atty passengers riding down
town In truck owned by the Manhattan
Grocery Company and driven by Joseph
Molilerno OF AS East 1o4th street were
thrown out Of the back Of the vehicle
to the pavement when the machine hit q
Third avenue elevated pillar south OF
Ninety-eighth street The front OF the
truck was demolished. Ambulances were
called and nine Of the passengers had
cuts dressed. All either continued down
town or went to their homes The IN
jured were.
Harry schwartx, rs East 10sth street:
Thomas vanadier, as East 1oBth street;
Louis Tracier, at East 105th sSset;
Frank Cadanin. 1e7 East 1920 street;
Richard Garoni, 1854 Third avenue;
Joseph varsala, 2os East forth street;
Harry wehlendin, 10 East 104th street;
Joseph Nachenson. 221 East ssth street.
and Harry KApzman, 1888 Madison
avenue.
AT 81 Nicholas avenue and list
street May Audre, 10. Of 447 East 116th
street was knocked down by q titnsy
bus. Her body was badly bruised and
she was taken to Knickerbocker Hos
pital.
An automobile at 174th street and
Third avenue moved down Patrolman
Patrick Nealon, who lives at AGO East
1bSth street and Is attached to the
Bathgate avenue station. as he was
running to catch Third avenue car.
His right ankle was sprained and his
body was bruised. but he went home
after receiving FIRST aid.
Wagon Driver Injured.
At Ninety-seeond street and Amster-
dam avenue an automobile crashed into
q wagon which was driven BY Revere
Sampson of B38 West 12+th street. He
landed on the pavement on his head and
was taken to Knickerbocker Hospital.
Sander Rosensweig Of 1880 Bryant
avenue was taken to Fordham Hospital
with a possible fracture Of the skull
rfter he had been knocked down by a
motor car owned by Edward Grossrnan
Of eI6 Freeman street at 173d street and
Southern Boulevard.
Louis whitman Of sB west Fifth
street, Coney Island cut his hand when
he pushed it through the window Of
d. r. T. subway train at Times Square.
He went home after being attended by
o physician.
Ten-year-old Herbert Ford OF IS East
lS0th street fell from q Columbus ave.
nue. surface car at Seventy-fourth street
and required medical attention for cut
on his head.
While in front Of 20 West Thirty
fourth street Isaac London of $50 East
13sth street was struck by an American
Red Cross ambulance operated by John
!. 6Connor of 400 East 135th street. He
received cuts on his head.
John Heldman of 225 Barrow street,
Jersey City, was riding on bus i'm
provised from a motor truck at Park
avenue and Sixty-ffth street. when he
waived TO a friend on the sidewalk. His
hand was crushed by another truck.
After a surgeon had dressed his hurts
he went home.
A crowd on q southbound Third ave-
a.
| verbasky of s52 Simpson street The
Bronx, who was riding on the running
board, was brushed against an elevated
pillar at Sixty-first street and knocked
| on. A surgeon from Lincoln Hospital
! attended to the cuts on his head and he
was taken to that institution.
In front Of 23sS Third avenue a south
! bound surface car bowled over James
French, 10, of 31s1 olinville avenue The
Bronx. and he required surgical atten-
ton for an injured shoulder.
Frank Festero of 230 West End ave-
nue. refused medical aid after an auto
enty-second street and Broadway.
| George F.. Moore OF III West 126th
street, also refused the services of a
physician after he had been hit by a
large touring car at 12bth street and
/ Park avenue.
One of the motor trucks pressed into
service in transporting the rush hour
crowds hit John Lamirand OF 46s East
Ninety-second street. at Third avenue
and Ninety-first street. knocking him
down and fracturing his left leg. He
was removed to Flower Hospital.
At Broadway and 18TH street an
automobile knocked Arthur Burns, 1857
Broadway. TO the pavement. He went
home, as did Henry Murphy. $40 East
! Sixteenth street, after a similar accident
az Delaney street and the Bowery.
Hit By Automobile Truck.
An automobile truck hit Tenno Lowry
OF 22 West Eighty-eighth street, as he
was crossing Central Park West at
Sixty-ffth street. After being attended
for decorations OF the scalp he went to
his home. tet-....
Benjamin Ballot OF ~ East 18th
street was attended for contusions after
being knocked over by Lexington
avenue surface car at 11sth street.
While crossing Thirty-second street al
Seventh avenue George Satterfield OF
~ West 136th street, was struck by q
taxicab operated by John Burns Of 70b
Columbus avenue. An ambulance took
him TO Flower Hospital with abrasions
Of his right leg and knee
A Third avenue surface car at Forty.
seventh street struck William Foley OF
754 Third avenue. fracturing his skull
and he was taken TO Flower Hospital
L A crowd in another Third avenue car
became wedged IN SO Bolidly at 1a5th
street that Alexander SAMPLER of 62t
East 135th street was cut by glass when
| a window was smashed by the pressure