New Britain herald., 1919-10-08
Victims, All Foreigners, Are Thrown From Machine When it Hits Telephone Pole Near Plainville.
IMPACT TERRIFIC
 AS CAR HITS POLE

One man is dead and four are in the New Britain General hospital one of whom may die at any moment. as the result of an automobile accident which occurred shortly after o'clock this morning on the Plain vile road about 300 yards east of the residence of Henry Trumbull The victims were en route to their homes in this city, after completing their nights work at the New Departure company in Bristol. The injured are John Alex of 6S Prospect street. aged 27 years; Bedel Enes, of 193 Hartford avenue, aged 3S years; Sargis Kata- churian, of S4 Church street, aged 35 years; Baba Karimion, of 371 Main street, aged 29 years. . The dead man is Alexander Nusinski, whose address was not learned.
 Both Legs Broken
 katachurian sustained compound fractures of both legs below the hips, ana his condition is regarded as crit lcal. Nusinski suffered a fracture of the skall, and 1t was deemed neces- sary to operate on him almost i'm med1ately after his admission to the hospital. Dr. G. w. Dunn removed three pieces of bones from his head, but he died soon after- The other victims all are resting. comfortably, having suffered only from decorations about the body.
 Car is Demolished.
 The machine was a Dodge touring cars owned by Alex, and was recently transformed from a delivery truck into public service car ,It is pre- stunned that Alex, was at the wheel at the time. AS there were no eye wit nesseS to the affair there is no ac- curate information as to the cause of the accident. Ut is said, however, that Alex in trying to pass another ma chine lost control of the car, with the result that it struck a telegraph pole. The impact was terrific and several of the wires were knocked down. The top of the was ripped off com- pletely, and lay close to the pole. The chassis of tho machine facing in the direction from whence it came was wrecked beyond repair.
 Police Hurry to Scene.
 The local police were apprised of the accident at 7:2O o'clock, and Ser geant George J. Kelly despatched Officer William O'Mara and Patrol Driver Michael Brophy to the scene in the police patrol. Chief Robert M. Dame also went to the scene of the accident. On arrival Officers O'Mara and Brophy found Sargis lying under the chassis of the machine and Nu- sinski was lying under the top of the car. The others were lying in other parts of the road. pr. J. c. Tanner, of Plainville,s arrived at the place short time after the accident, and he administered treatment to the in jured men.
 Injured Rushed to Hospital.
 Owing to the serious condition of Katachurian he was rushed to the hospital in the ambulance. Fireman George Sparmer. who drove the am- for the second time at the police sta tion of the seriousness of the acci- dent, conveyed Nusinski in that vehi- cle to tho hospital. Chief Dame took one of the injured men and passing autoist volunteered assistance in con- veying the other two injured men.
 On the way to the hospital Kata- churian yelled and screamed with pain, and on arrival at the hospital, the officers in charge believed him dead. Nusinski complained on the way to tho hospital of terrific pains in his chest.
 William J. Began, ,iof Bristol, for mer local resident, rendered assist l to the wounded men while wait ! ing the arrival of the ambulance.