Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
Z DEAD, 10 INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Four Persons Injured When
Crowded Trolley Hits
Truck
MARINES ARE VICTIM S


collision between a crowded trolley
car and a heavy motortruck in Jefer-
son street. east of Seventeenth. In the
last twenty four hours two persons
have been killed and ten injured as
the result of auto accidents.
Mrs. Marie l.. Bernardy. of 321 South
Eleventh street. run down by a motor
truck owned by the Ware Contracting
firm.
An unidentified man. struck by an
automobile in collision at Third and
Vine streets.
Those injured today when trolley
and truck collided are:
Mrs. Lulu Davis. thirty five years
old, colored. of 2O4s Ridge avenue /;
cuts of the right foot and bruises of the
legs.
Mary Westall. forty three years Old.
of 1920 North Nineteenth street; IN
ternal injuries.
Mary CrOnln. twenty five years old
of 272S West Thompson street. cuts OF
the head and body.
| EIlwO0d Hartzell, the motorman.
thirty one years old, 31OS North Twen-
ty- eighth street fracture of the left leg
! and shock.
! The accident occurred at the inter
section of jefferson and Wilmington
streets. n small thoroughfare between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth. 1t occurred
about 9 o'clock this morning.
The driver of the truck was arrested.
He is Earl J. johnson, twenty five
years old. of $50 Locust avenue. Ger
mantown. lie is colored. Magistrate
Grelis held him in $1,000 bail for
further hearing today week. lie
was arrested by Patrolman Dougherty
of the Nineteenth and Oxford streets
station
Hampered by Slippery Streets
According to the police, the truck
proceeding south on Wilmington street
ran into jefferson at an excessive rate
of speed. The driver apparently saw
the trolley approaching, but an attempt
to stop the machine with the brakes
failed because of the slippery streets.
The trollcys do not stop at Wilmington
street. JOnuSOn, tht uiiNei VI 'h'
truck. attempted to turn east on Jeffer
son in the same direction the trolley
was running. The wheels of the ma
chine skiddcd. and the front of the truck
crashed into the side of the trolley.
Although virtually every window in
the trolley was smashed by the force
of the collision which caved in the
10 e tho thar
little disorder. A rush made by the
passengers for the doors was stopped by
the conductor.
The injured were removed from tn
trolley by other passengers. who wer
forced to lift the broken control bo.
to free the mOtorman, who was wedge,
under it.
The injured were taken to the hos
:, pital in the patrol of the Nineteent
and Oxford streets station.
Others injured were:
Theodore Federwitz, of 1912 Nortl
Franklin street.
) Mrs. Anna Federwitz, of 4012 Mort
, Franklin street.
, Mrs. Sophia Uhlenberger. of 40J
North Franklin street.
Howard II. LabOnte. a marine, o
+ New York.
+ Joseph Thomas. a marine, of 191
q Chestnut street.
Frank Lies. Il marine, of 1917 Chest
nut street.
Mrs. Bernardy. widow of DR.. Eugen
K u. Bernardy. and mother of DIR. IIenr
4 L. Bernardy. was fatally injured whe
$ struck by motortruck at Broad an
a South streets yesterday afternoon. Sh
n was sent to the Howard Hospital in
passing automobile. She died last night
George Brown. of 742 Lombard stree
+ driver of the truck, was arrested an
will have a hearing today.
Born In Paris
T Mrs. Bernardy was born in Par
[ seventy two years ago. She is SUI
vived by her son, Doctor Bernardy. an
a daughter, Miss Eugene NJ. Bernard!
The unidentified man died in IL
( Roosevelt Hospital last night after h
: skull had been fractured when tw
= automobiles collided at Third and Vii
G streets.
A truck driven by William Miles,
d Phoenixville, Pa. skidded while turr
G ing the corner and crashed into a ms
Ie chine driven by John Clark. of &C
: Watkins street. Clark's truck WI
t forced up on the sidewalk and struC
!. the man. Both drivers were arrest'