Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
5DEAD,3 INJURED,
WEEKEND TOLL
Man, Woman and Boy Killed in
Traffic Accidents--Two
Drown in Creeks
AUTOMOBILE RUNS WILD

,.u. rorsons are dead and three lie
. hosnitals with serious INJURIES as
~ ..sr,,s Of street accidents and
sro,riprs over the week end. .,
@ ~ tbo dead. traffic accidents claimed
man woman and boy. trerks N
camden claimed two vict'mS o' ''o""
mr. Julia A. Leary, of lolo Nortl
thirteenth street. was crossing .op,ar
.treet Mt Twenty fifth carry Ses.srua f
sn,nrning wheD she was struck ana ,u
tolly % injured by. an automopiie:. ohe
s.;no Wm %m Charles Oetzel, of Thirtieth
reLautoi aot and Cirard avenue. driver of the
cor was arrested. .,
ea1, Iobn Zablinsky, thirty five years old;
~ "VU struck bv trolley car as he crossed
caso, Sas street below Fourth last night,
ul J mas fatally injured. lie was taken
sn" ,So nolicc of the Third and Fair
W ~, stntion to the Roosevelt HoSpi-.
.,JO" .sy where he wns found to have n
s,, tssa,,c,nrcd skull. He died few hours
l%or bcino admitted to the hospital.
a'r, rcopgc Walling. 2947 Wilder street.
u,o,ornon of the street car. was ar
,SSted rStp and will be held for the action OF
the coroner.
Dray Kills Child
,vo. vear. old child was run down
- horse drawn dray in front of his
t.smo =. last night and crushed to death.
Tho nyn yictim was y. Parker Smith, 2S23
Vast % Gordon street. lie was pro-
.m,uncod dcnd of a broken neck at the
Womon's V Homeopathic Hospital. James
Morgan. seventeen years old. ALL
Rrcwn street. driver'of the dray, was
While swimming in Cooper creek. at
,bs Rair! avCnUc bridge, in Camden,
vssterday afternoon. John Dennis,
;b;rteen years ole. of 1905 Line street.
camden. was seized with cramps and
Thomas Mcphan, Jr., eleven years
aid, of so Girard place. Camden; was
drowned yesterday afternoon IN New
ION creek at the Morgan street bridge.
Two companions saw the boy sinking
and carried him to the bridge. The boy
was removed to the Homeopathic Hos
nital. where. after two hours work.
Inc physicians pronounced him dead:
A boy was injured and is at ST I'm
o,br's Hospital and two automobiles
and hlrNflP were WYNN
automobile driven by Louis Lapow. OF
hs2I Cedar avenue. ran wild at the end
of the Falls Of Schuylkill bridge.
Lost Control Of Machine
Lapow was driving east when he los,
control Of his machine. Going north
m the River drive was Alexander Ra
riernick, fourteen years old, of 2l5 East
street, on his bicycle. The machine
hinged so suddenly at him that he wa.
unable to avoid it and was knocked
; dcwn. -,
This crash swerved the automobile
across the drive into the machine ol
Lous Gcnsburger. 4641 Locust street
Both cars were smashed, but none OF
the occupants injured.
On its way to the hospital with the
Rapiprnick boy. Memorial Hospita
ambulance knocked Elizabeth Murray
seven years old. of Watsontown. Pa.
down while she was playing with Other
children in the park. At the hospital
to which she was taken in the same
ambulance, she was treated for Sigh
bruises about the body.
John G.. Grier, fifty years old, o.
Newark, Del, was driving west on Flor
enCe avenue last night. when his auto
mobile was struck by trolley at Fiji
ty.eighth street. Mr.. Grier suffering
from a fractured shoulder blade wa
taken to the University Hospital.