Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
ONE DEAD, 2OHURT
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Boy Dies After Being Struck by
Car as He Crosses
Street
CHILD'S SKULL FRACTURED

/ One dead and twenty injured Is the
week end toll of vehicular accidents here
and in this vicinity.
The dead:
Arthur Sorbo. eight years old. SOC
Fernon street; double fracture of skull,
The injured:
Walter jackson, 7O72 Hagerman
street, Tacony; back injured, cuts and
bruises.
Mrs. Walter Jackson, same address ;
cuts, contusions and shock.
Walter jackson, DR.. Ruth Jackson.
Edward jackson, children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Jackson cuts, bruises and
shock.
Edward Nelson, 1900 Greene street :
back injured, cuts and shock.
Elizabeth Nelson, same address; cuts
and shock.
Charles ID. Smith, of Crcstmont ; back
injured, cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Ada j. Clark, 4548 Wayne ave
nue., head injuries.
flhthous ltiNelbt eISNl years Oiu,
1908 Manton street, fractured skull, la
cerations OF head and body, internal
injuries.
Samuel Bates. 2449 North Lawrence
street, cuts and bruises.
Arthur Schwab, los North Franklin
street, cuts and bruises.
Julius Hertz, thirty FIVE years old,
22l0 West Clearfield street; severe
bruises Of the face and head.
julius Hertz, Jr., ten years old.
| same address; bruises and contusions of
knee and head.
Charles Hertz, eight years old. same
address; injured back.
Mrs. Lucy Hertz, same address :;
bruises and cuts Of arms and shoulders
and shock.
Charles Cox. sixty two years old,
Harry Robinson, 2415 Meredith
street; injuries to back and leg.
Daniel Higginbothom, 254 Krams
street, Manayunk shock and bruises.
Ralston Hales, 210 Ashland street !;
! shock and bruises.
Death came to the Sorbo boy in Mt
Sinai Hospital last night. He was
struck by n motorcar while crossing
Eighth street, at Fernon.
Team and Motor Collide
Members of the Jackson family were
injured when an automobile, driven by
Walter Jackson, struck team driven
by Charles d. Smith, near the Hunt
'ingdon Valley Country Club, on the
Old York road. The car turned over
and the occupants were thrown to the
roadway or were cut by flying glass.
Two motorcars collided at the inter
section Of Willow Grove pike and
Jenkintown road. at Weldon, near
Glensidc. on Sunday afternoon. The
machine driven by f. X. Nelson. Of
1900 Greene street, was upset, and his
two children. Edward and Elizabeth,
were hurt. Nelson, Mrs. Nelson and a
daughter, Borghilda, escaped injury, as
did A. J. Cava and his wife, Of 2905
| Stillman street, occupants OF the other
car.
Mrs. Ada J. Clark. wife of Clement
J. Clark, of 1915 Wayne avenue, Ger
mantown, is in the City Hospital in
Atlantic City suffering from cash in
the head and other injuries received
in an automobile collision at the resort
yesterday afternoon.
Boys Condition Critical
Struck while attempting to cross
Market street at Twenty fourth, eight
year old Anthony Trivelli, of 1908
Manton street.. is in the University
| Hnansta1 1xtfh Il, T..
erations OF the head and body and in
ternal injuries. His condition is
critical.
Samuel Bates, 2449 North Lawrence
street. and Arthur Schwab, 310S North
Franklin street. suffered bruises and
cuts when their motorcycle collided with
an automobile at Broad street and
Montgomery avenue Sunday afternoon.
They were taken to st. Joseph's Hos
pital.
Joseph Cohen, West Virginia tour
list, on the lookout TO escape conflict
with the motor laws, failed to notice
the automobile of Wharton Sinkler, of
Elkins Park, and crashed into the rear
end Of the car, causing damage Of $3.50.
The automobile in which the Hertz
family was riding was struck squarely
in the middle by a trolley car at the
corner of Twenty second and Clear
field streets yesterday afternoon. A
twoand a half year old daughter, Lucy,
was sitting on her mothers Ian.
She escaped injury. All the occupants
were thrown from the car, which was
driven by Charles Cox, Hertz's grand
father. Charles and julius. Jr., were
taken TO the Samaritan Hospital, while
the others had their injuries treated
by doctors in the neighborhood.
The jitney driven by Daniel Higgin-
botham, and containing Harry Robin
son as passenger, collided with the
machine Of Ralston Hsles at the cor.
ner Of Manayunk avenue and Wendover
streets, about midnight last night. Both
cars were damaged and Robinson was
taken to st, Timothy's Hospital.