Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-17
.2DEAD, 15|NJURED,
24-HOUR AUTO TOLL
Woman and Taxicab Driver
Killed In Accidents on
City's Streets
THREE MACHINES WRECKED

injured, two seriously, in series of
automobile accidents in all parts of the
city within the last twenty four hours.
One of the dead was woman, sixty
five years old, who succumbed this
morning to injuries received when
trolley car crashed into an automobile
in which she wa riding at Fifteenth
and Berks streets last night. The other
was ,taxicab driver, willed when an
other automobile ran into his machine.
The dead are:
Mrs. Mary Donahue, Royersford, Pa.
$. Greenwald, driver for the Quaker
| City Cab Company.
The injured are:
Miss Margaret Gregory. Royersford,
Pa. fractured skull condition serious.
Henry Sndth, a negro, 2351 North
Fawn street, condition serious.
Sydney Newman, negro 2450
North Warnock street
Ulysses s. Gregory. Roycrsford. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Gallagher,
2212 South Nineteenth street, cut and
bruised.
Miss Sabina LOTUS. 76a South Sixth
street, cut and bruised.
Harold Kulp, Spring City, Pa.
Alice Kulp. Spring City, Pa.
| s. T. Kunkel. Tabor road, lacera-
tions and possible internal injuries.
William Bulheiser. 221 Ashdale ave
nue., possible internal injuries and
severe cuts.
Assistant Battalion Chief Peter Horn,
433 F'itzwater street.
HOseman Charles Douglas, 1873 South
Third street.
William DOugherty. 2031 Eckhart
street fractured leg and bruises.
Patrolman Walsh, Cheltenham police
department.
Was Riding With Party
Mrs. Donahue died from a fractured
skull. She was riding in an automo-
bile with Miss, Margaret Gregory,
Ulysses S. Gregory, all of Royersford, +,
City, At Fifteenth and Berks streets,
"Sunday stop" for trolley cars. the
automobile going west on Berks street,
was struck by a trolley car which, ac e
cording to witnesses, failed to slow up
at the intersection.
The body of the automobile was torn
from the chassis. The passengers of
the motorcar were buried beneath the
wreckage, some of which was hurled
fifty feet. All were hurried to St.
Joseph's Hospital.
Riley. of 2S37 North Eleventh street.
was held without bail by Magistrate
Pennock in the Central station today,
TO await the action of the coroner.
The second fatality occurred early
this morning on Broad street at Girard
avenue. an automobile driven by Henry
Smith, a negro. coming down Broad
a street. crashing into taXicab standing
in front of the Royal Apartments. The
negro applied the brakes suddenly, caus
ing his car to skid into the taxicab.
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killed and his machine was demolished
Smith and another negro with him
Sydney Newman. were hurled to the
street. In the taxicab were Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Gallagher and Miss Sabina
LOTUS. 1852 South Sixth street. all oi
whom were badly bruised and cut by
broken glass.
Crash on Academy Road
, In an automobile collision last nigh
at Academy road and Grant avenue
s. II. Kunkle, sixty one years old, 81!
Tabor road, and William Bulheiser, %
Ashdale avenue, passengers in a cal
driven by John Geist, of Princeton, \
j.. We're thrown from their car ant
under the other machine, driven by
Robert Mcconnell, Huntington Valley
Pa. Both were taken to the frankfort
Hospital, suffering from painful cuts
and bruises and possible internal in
juries.
In collision between his automobile
driven by Hoseman Charles Douglas
and chemical engine No. 3. at Fourtl
and Queen streets, yesterday morning
Assistant Battalion Chief Peter Horn
of the fire department, and Douglas
were painfully injured. The men wert
thrown from the automobile. which wa.
wrecked. Douglas suffered dislocatet
shoulder and Horn severe cuts ant
bruises.
Colliding with an automobile n
Broad and Bristol streets yesterday
William Dougherty. motorcyclist. suf
fered n fractured legs and bruises. III
lives at e031 Eckhart street TIL
: driver of the car, John w. Ashley
Twelfth street near Rockland, wa
arrested.
Hearing revolver shots as he patrolle,
his beat last night, Patrolman Walsh
of the Cheltenham police department
investigated and found a man about T.
step into motorcar. He gave evasiv
answers when questioned and Walsl
discovered that he had revolver whicl
had just been fired He arrested tn
man and ordered him into the machine
Then he stepped in front of the car, in
tending to have his prisoner drive hin
to the Ogontz station.
As he was in front of the automobil
the man started the ear, knockin
Walsh down and then hurried away
The policeman was seriously bruise
and cut.