Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-02
4 killed, IS HURT
I'M AUTO ACCIDENTS
philadelphia Family Injured at
Woodbury. and Man Dies
at Bridgeton
B CRASHES ON BOULEVARD

Il Two persons are dead and nineteen
Inyured as the result OF automobile ac :
<idents In and near Philadelphia over
the week end,
The dead are:
Il Walter r. Chiids. sixty eight years
Old, Of Norristown died In Montgomery
Hospital
Moses I. Rubin. fifty two years old
1885 Girnrd avenue; crushed under
overturned auto. i. ,.5,
| The injured are:
Valentine Gartiinelli, sixty years old.
1900 Federal street.
Mrs. Valentine Gsrvilneili. sixty, same
Peter Gardineiii. twenty eight. same
SSddress Underwood Hospital, Wood
Sbury, MI
Y Ssmhsl GarsiinelIi. twenty four.
llnether of Peter: Underwood Hospital,
Woodbury., N. ].
Rosie Gartiinelli, eight sister Of
Samuel; Underwood Hospital, Wood
T..ie,e Il d di Credico. thirty two. 1925
tSouth Bancroft street. compound frac-
tgre Of left leg; Underwood Hospital,
Morris Leyintl,al. Hatboro: injured
i'm accident which killed Rubin; at
Bridgeton. n. j.. Hospital.
William Kittridge. ITO Iorkship
square. Camden; companion OF Rubin =;
In Bridgeton. ". j.. Hospital.
Louis Foster, Bristol Pa.
Joseph Riccekella. Bristol, Pa.
A.. q. Kromuth. 9ST Fillmore street.
Mrs. A. G. Kromuth. same address.
Eliza krossuth. two years old, daugh-
t&or ~ A a. Eromuth
Mary Poppack. 2423 South Front
utreet.
Marscl weiner, 1910 South Sixth
street
Mascella scachio. 3O4 West Indiana
avenue.
Levi Carpenter, a negro. of Whining
ton.
Matte Pollard. Florence. y. J.
John Henry Pollard. also Of Florence
Six Of this list we're hurt when
wheel of tho truck in which they were
riding got stuck in a track at North
Woodbury. and an express train struck
Il a minute later.
a The accident occurred after the flag
man at the crossing made frantic et-
fort to flag the train and the six riders
made wild leap for life rs the train
bore down on them. ...
The crash occurred at the North
Woodbury. crossing Of the West Jersey
and Seashore Railway. shortly before
midnight. :"
Five cs those hurt at North Wood
bury were members OF the same family .
The other was close friend. They had
zone to Newfeld. \. j., to visit a
laughter of the family who was i'll
y there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardinelli were able
& leave Underwood's Hospital at
Woodbury. this morning.
Four Still in Hospital
y Their children are still suffering from
tuts. bruises and shocks. Tanfelo di
Credico has his left leg broken in two
places. ,..
The trip to Newfeld was made in a
small truck. At North Woodbury. the
road crosses the railroad tracks dag
onslly The left rear, wheel Of the truck
caught in frog there.
Gardinelli got off to release the
wheel. At the same time the whistle
of the approaching electric train was
heard. The fagman shouted a warning
and ran down the track to flag the
train.
n The engineer was unable to stop in
time to avoid the crash. As the train
approached those IN the truck tried to
leap 70 safety, but in the confusion the
smash up occurred.
f}i Killed Near Bridgeton
Moses Rubin was killed instantly
Yesterday when the automobile in which
ke was riding overturned at Deerheld,
near Bridgeton, n. J. Two others were
hurt.
Rubin and a party of friends were
fishing at Greenwich, Saturday. They
were returning to this city at the time
=. - - ,,,,dant yrhiph uas shortly ftnr
midnight.
Rubin's machine and another tried
10 pass wagon at the same time on a
n, road much too narrow for the expert
4 Aent. When the machine overturned in
the gutter. Rubin was pinned beneath II
and killed instantly.
Levinthal and iKttridge were hurt
and taken to the Bridgeton Hospital.
The occupant Of the other machine was
unhurt.
f Eight Hurt on Boulevard
Eight persons were injured Saturday
night in three automobile accidents on
the Roosevelt boulevard The injured
are: Louis Foster, Bristol; Joseph
Riccskella, Bristol; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
G.. Kromuth and their two year old
daughter, Eliza, 9S7 Fillmore street
Mary Poppack, 2423 South Front
street: Martel Weiner. l.4O south
Sixth street and Marcella Scachio, 3O4
West Indiana avenue.
Z Walter f. Childs, sixty eight years
lpid, treasurer of the Republican county
jcommittee Of Montgomery county, wat
y struck by an automobile in Norristown
i Saturday night. and died yesterday In
the Montgomery Hospital.
Levi Carpenter, OF Wilmington, suf
fered severe cuts when the automobil,
In which he was riding ran into an up.
torn road at Fifty. fifth street and