Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-19
-FOUR ON DEATHL|ST
FROM MOTOR WRECKS
Two Hurt During Day Of Trag-
edies Succumb in Hos
pitaIs--Driver Held
NINETEEN PERSONS INJURED


cidents in the last twenty four hours, to
four, with nineteen persons injured.
The dead:
James Baker, twenty nine, WcstvilIe'
n. j.
Roy Plum, twenty four, ThorotarC
George Plum, the year old son Of Roy
Plum.
Miss Jane Levine, Twenty-Five. of
3S12 Brown street,
The injured
Mrs. Helen Baker. twenty eight wife
Of James Baker. internal injuries and
fractured leg. Cooper Hospital, Cam
den.
Earl Baker. twelve months, fractured
skull. Cooper Hospital, Camden:
Cooper Beideman. fifty, fathrr Of
Mrs. Baker. lareratcd scalp, bruises.
Cooper Hospital.
Abraham Lindenheim, twenty years.
T31 Snyder avenue, internal injuries
Simon Lindenheim. twenty four
years. T3l Snyder avenue. fracture Of
ankle.
Miss Sallie Alter. twenty FIVE years.
1895 South Twenty first street, laCcra-
ton of body.
Miss Bessie Goldberg, twenty five
years, 720 North Franklin street, loccr
atoms OF body.
Miss Sarah Light. twenty-five. 9l2
Green street. laccrntions, Contusions
and shock FrankfQrd Hospital.
John Engel. twenty five years. 1909
North Fifteenth street lacprations.
commissions. Frankford Hospital.
Frank de Cray, twenty five years,
1422 West York street, injury to spine.
Frankford Hospital.
Nan Bakey. seventeen years old. 52G
North Fifty fourth street; cuts and
bruises of head and face.
Paul O'Dell, sixteen years old, Mar
berth the most seriously injured; skull
may be fractured.
George Markell. twenty ono years old,
Narberth cuts of face and hands.
Joseph Mcclure. nineteen years old.
Narberth, driver of the automobile /;
slight cuts and bruises.
Edward Schmitzer, fifteen years old.
1862 East Letterly street; fractured
Mary's Hospital.
Thelma Pallett. five years old,
Fishers lane above Wyoming avenue :;
possible fractured skull: st. Luke's
Hospital.
Captain l.. +. Miles. United States
navy, League Island cuts and bruises !;
Polytechnic Hospital.
Miss EleanOre Gayn0r. North Wales
Pa: cuts of face and body. probable
internal injuries; Polytechnic Hospital.
James Clark, fifty three. of 1919
Marvine street; cuts and bruises of
right leg and scalp; ST. Joseph Hos
pital.
Baker Killed Instantly
Baker was instantly killed when the
machine in which he was driving with
his family. father in law and Mr..
Plum. neighbOr. was struck by the
Milville express at Westvilc electric
grade crossing. Plum and his son died
in the Cooper Hospital.
Beidemap. who owned the car. was
driving. A northbound train standing
on the tracks obstructed his view. ac-
cording to witnesses, and he drove on
the track and in front of the express.
The machine was crushed and its occu
pants buried beneath the debris
Coroner A. Atlep Adams, of Pauls
boro, will hold an inquest at Wcstville
tomorrow.
Miss Levine was killed and three
others in jurpd when an automobile over
turned after striking Il barricade at th'
Northeast boulevard and Rhawn stree,
early yesterday morning. She received
q fracture of the skull and died eu
route TO the Frankford Hospital.
Driver Is Accused
Engel, owner and driver Of the car
Is being held without bail ON a charg,
of involuntary manslaughter. to awai
the action of the coroner.
The LindenheimS and the Misse
Alter and Goldberg were en- route t,
Atlantic City when their accident oc
Cured. In attempting to turn out 0
the way of another machine near Berlin
n. j.. the automobile skidded and turneC
upside down.
Captain Miles and Miss Gaynor wer
injured at Twenty second and Chest
nut streets when their automobile col
z lided with u motor truck.
Thelma Pallet was struck by an aut
driven by William Arnott. of 1872 Olne
avenue, while playing in the street nea
her home.
Clark ran in front of an automobil
driven by Michael Melrose. of $50
Haverford avenue. at Broad and Berk
streets last night
Schmitzer lost control Of motor
cycle he was riding aud drove head
long into a trolley cat at Arizona au
Coral streets.
Miss Baker and three young mel
were hurt shortly after midnight a
Fifty second and Jefferson streets wher
a trolley car collided with the automo
bile in which they were riding.
The machine containing the yOun
woman and three young men was bein
driven west ON jefferson street. 4 troll
ley car going north6ound on Fifty
second street started to cross jefferson
street, and Mcclure, the police say
tried to cross in front of the ear.
The impact wrecked the motor ca
and flung the occupants to the street
O'Dell was unconscious when take
with the others to the West Philadelphi
Homeopathic Hospital. Markell an
McGuire were allowed to- leave the ho
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