Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-07
THREE KILLED, MANY INJURED, AS AUTOS COLLIDE
IN THIS VICINITY: SEVERAL MACHINES WRECKED
Auto Containing Five Men Crashes Into Pole Near Rah-
way--0ne Dies on Way to Hospital, Another Later--
Girl Instantly Killed at Fords When Run Down by Auto
Several Others Hurt in Series of Accidents.

Inree persons were kllleQ several
seriously injured, many automobiles
damaged and numerous minor mis-
haps in this city during the unusu-
ally heavy traffic over the week end.
An automobile containing five men
struck an electric light pole on the
sharp turn along Amboy avenue,
Just south of the Pennsylvania rail-
road bridge on the outskirts Of Rah-
way early Sunday morning, one be-
ing killed, while the other died in
the Railway General hospital a short
time after being brought in. The
other three are expected to recover,
one having both legs broken. anoth-
er one leg fractured, while the third
received bad lacerations about the
head and arms and had his right hip
/ injured.
Harry A. Davis. thirty-two years
old. of Myrtle avenue, Newark, en-
/ ployed as a receiving teller in the
Columbia Trust Company, in New
York city, was the owner Of the au-
/ tomobiIe and was so badly injured
! that he died before he could be re-
moved to a hospital. His skull was
I fractured and one leg was broken.
He lived only ten minutes after the
accident.
Frederick Thomas shatney. of
Brooklyn, died from loss of blood
shortly after he had been brought
into the Railway hospital. He had
been severely lacerated all over the
body and suffered from excessive loss
of blood before assistance arrived
to.
Ellsworth Tyrrell. OF SIS Union
street, Railway, who was driving
the car at the time, escaped with
less injuries than did any of the oc-
cupants, no bones being broken, al
though he suffered from contusions
of the right hip and lacerations of
the head and arms.
Walter Tyrrell. brother of the
driver of the car. had both legs
broken and was in such pain at he
Railway hospital Sunday and yester-
day that it was decided to take an
X-ray of the injuries today.
Amer Smith, of Cincinnati. who
is now in business in New York city,
was the other occupant of the car.
He was formerly a Red Cross work.
er at Colonia. and had become ac-
quainted with the Tyrrells while
stationed there. He had one leg
broken and suffered minor injuries.
All of the occupants of the car were
removed to the Railway hospital by
passing cars, the two TTrreils and
Smith remaining there.
Davis had come from New York
to Railway on Saturday afternoon
bringing with him Shatney. The
automobile was new and, according
10 Tyrreirs account of the accident
! the steering wheel was stiff and no
working we'll Ellsworth Tyrrelf toe}
! 1.-THE wheel of the car after the nvs
~ 20 ri da q M a q F-fn n
. hack home. While rouding the steep
curve just before reaching the Penn
! sylvania bridge the car headed foi
the pole and with a quick twist
Tyrrell swung t.'e machine so thai
: the front of tie lar did not strike
! the pole. Tho Car skidded sideways
however and crashed into the pole
; the middle of the machine getting
the full force of the impact. The
lcar was almost completely demoiish-
ed although the lights continued tc
glow.
A passing car stopped and the fivt
2 occupants of the wrecked car takeT
from the ruins and rushed to th'
y Railway hospital.
: Ellsworth Tyrrell was wounded
while fighting in France and is hom
n on a two weeks furlough from tn
] W d4ltT IAcSQ 11OHpAldl at " doAAA4S : lCAA
ID. c., where he is undergoing medica
treatment.
He was a member of Company H
: 18th Infantry, 29th division. AM
: had his right hand shattered Will
I going "over the top. He was citet
for bravery and presented with tn
lCroix de Guirre.
All three men now in the hospita
are expected TO recover.
Killed at Fords.
BY Stan Correspondent.
FORDS, Sept. Sophie Kolo
dziez. seventeen years old. of IS
J Grove street. Jersey City. but VIII
was visiting with her brother-in-lay
near the Phoenix Ceramic Works il
) Metuchen, was struck and instantl
i killed by an automobile driven b
) Raymond Hughes, of SIS Gordol
! street, Perth Amboy, at Sis o'clocl
! Saturday night near her brother-in
) laws home.
! The girl was just returning fror
! Perth Amboy and had alighted from
], bus driven by Walter Nelson. o
. Perth Amboy, and was crossing tn