Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01

fathers had any of the first automo-
bilists who passed him on the road after
the accident happened lent assistance.
my poor father bed to death
through the utter disregard of our cries
for help" Mr.. Bowen said. 1--WE were
all helpless as could be. and the only
thing we could do was to beg some one.
for Gods sake. to take pity on us and
take us somewhere for aid. We were
in this position for almost three quar-
ters of an hour before some real kind
man stopped and had us taken to Sea
Isle City, from where we were finally
sent here. | know my baby could have
been saved If it had received attention
sooner. I shall never forget the inhu-
man treatment of the automobillsts who
left us in our awful trial.
"We were going along at fairly
moderate rate when suddenly a fellow
in a large touring car kept creeping
along in front of us every time l sig
nailed for him to let me pass. Finally
we came to wide stretch in the road
and ] decided to get past. | Signallcd
again and started to go to the left
when suddenly saw another car COM
ing on full speed ahead. II appeared to
be a much larger car than mine.
Struck Telegraph Pole
"Sizing up the situation as best I
| could in the fraction of time I had. /
kent hugging the side when the next
| thing | heard was a crash. We had
struck a telegraph pole My father.
who was sitting in the front seat beside
me, was flung hcadlong against the
pole. I was crushed hard against the
wheel. Our little baby was hurled out
of my wife's lap. She and the younger
child were all knocked unconscious.
| Mind YOU this was witnessed by at least
four or five cars at the time and many
afterward. but not one came near US
to help us. 1t was simply terrible.
Miss Bessie Cragmile, 40l West Penn
street, Germantown, who was killed IN
an accident near Clayton, left here yes
terday with friends on an automobile
trip about 10 80 o'clock. The party
had no definite destination.
Miss Craigmile was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Craigmile and
a graduate of the William Penn High
School. She was employed as a clerk al
the Harrison Paint Works and was a
member of the West Side Presbyterian
Church of Germantown.
Suffering from shock, four year. ole
Thomas Smith. who with his mother
figured in a peculiar motor accident or
the Meadow Boulevard, is still in thu
Atlantic City Hospital,
Harry Glandihg, driving a TOURING
car with James G. Matches, Amo
Hardick and Samuel Fell. of Whining
ton: as his guests, together with Mrs
Smith and her son. was proceeding
along the boulevard bound for Phila
delphia. In turning out for anothe
: machine, Glanding's car struck
post. The machine careened to tn
embankment. falling over into two fee
i OF water. The occupants were thrown
out and had narrow escape from
serious injury.
Seven persons we're injured yesterda,
and last night in motor and trolley ca
| accidents in various sections of the city
Sylvia Caplan, seven years old, of IL
| Snyder avenue, while crossing Dauphi
street, Immediately outside of Fair
| mount Park, late yesterday afternoon
| was struck by a motorcar operated b
| George Krechner 6l09 Oxford street
Homeopathic Hospital. whore she is i
a serious condition from a fracture
skull. Krechuer was arrested and hel
for hearing today.
| Mrs Margaret Quinn, sixty two year
| old, of II North Iewdell street, wa
struck by trolley car at Fifty thir
and Market streets, late in the after
noon. and is in a serious condition 6
the Misericordia HOsptal with possibl
| fracture Of the skull and internal in
| juries. She did not regain conscious
ness for several hours.
Mrs. Johns Achard. 1920 Mort
Twelfth street, and Miss Elsa Hirsh
field, OF Logan, were injured in a head
on collision between two automobiles G
the Willow Grove pike at Roslyn, la
yesterday. Their injuries consisted
cuts, contusions and shock, and aft,
treatment by a Roslyn physician tht
were conveyed to their homes. TT
women were in a car going north on Il
pike. when car driven by loser
Wodock, Of Doylestown, rounded
curve, and the two machines crashe
both cars virtually being wrecked
Aloysius Truch six years old, of 81
North Park avenue, while crossing Ri
ing Sun lane at Cottman street, ear
last night, was knocked down by a mi
chine owned by \. +. Mlligan, fort!
two years old. Of Ala Chew street, Ge
mantown. Alilligan picked up the il
| jured boy and rushed him to the Franl
ford Hospital, where he is sufferil
from internal injuries. Milligan W
arrested and held for hearing today.
Mrs. Julia Bepula, thirty years ol
and her three year old daughter. Id
Of 1927 South Mole street, were stru
by a trolley car and severely injur
late last night at the corner of Fl
teenth and Morris streets. They we
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