Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-22
9 HURT BY AUTOS;
TWO ODR|vERSFLEE
Woman's Skull Fractured Near
Her Homo on North Thir-
teenth Street
THROWN TIRE STRIKES MAN

Nine persons were injured in this
city and Camden yesterday 10 automo-
Sile accidents.
Mrs. Edith Gerhardt, OF TIT North
Thirteenth street. was knocked down
white crossing the street ynear her home
by an automobile. lwhick wns not
stopped after Il struck her.
Mrs. Gcrhardt's skuii was fractured.
She was taken to ~. Joseph's, Hospital
BY the police Of the Tenth and Bitton.
wood streets station. Her rendition Is
critical. A search is being made for
the motorist. ...r r..
A sparr rim ana tire were thrown
fror, q speeding sutomebais.at Fifteenth
street and Girnrd avenue last night and
struck Joseph Campbell. OF 2Q21 Cherry
street. JCampkeit wtkxN6Aex(d 30 the
pavement. His arm was fractured and
he received bruises Of the body Tie was
taken to st. Joseph's Hospital. The
driver fled following the accident.
Miss Anna Shields. Of go Phillip
street. was seriously injured yesterday
iucrnins In a collision between IN au :.
tomobiie and y motortruck at Penny
pack creek bridge on Bensalcm pike.
Miss Shields was In q touring car
driven BY Thomas Quinn. of 2O25 Fair
mount avenue. and was thrown from the
machine when u struck n truck driven
by Harry w. Sctlgwick. Of 23O5 Ron :
sa u street. The injured woman was
taken to st. Luke's Hospital. Ilcr
skull was fractured.
Walter Strauss. of Camden, and
Stella Handiz. thirteen years old. Of
! Chester. were injured last nirht when
an automobile In which they were rid {.
ing with nine other persons, overturned
at G:rard avenue and Fletcher street.
! Strauss hip was fractured. and tho
girls right arm was broken. both were
thken 70 1T. Mary's Hospital. Strauss
was driving the automobile.
CHARLES A: Kinney, twenty two year,
old, OF SSl6 Haverford avenue, and
Nathan Fronmouth. twenty three years
old. Of 40 North Fifty ninth street
were injured yesterday morning when
Kinney swrrved his automobile into q
limp post to avoid hitting boy OF
roller skates.
Neither was seriously hurt. The,
were taken to The West Philade,phir
Homeopathic Hospital.
The Rev. y. W. Lancaster. a Negro
sixty nine years old, Of 1900 Wes
Montgomery avenue. was struck BY ar
automobile at Tenth and Market streets
last night. lie was hurrying TO catch
trolley car and ran In front Of the INA
chine. lie was taken to Jefferson Hos
pital, where his condition Ia said 10 b
critical. John II. Barnis, Of Oxfor,
street near Twenty eighth. driver Of th
. automobile, WAS arrested.
Shortly after midnight Sunday an au
t0mobiie with four occupants crashc
into a southbound Franklin street ca
at Franklin and Buttonwood streets
The machine then bounded off an
struck n nearby telegraph pole. Tn
automobile. which was driven BY NJ
Obschleger. 317l Almond street, wa
.. badly damaged. The four occupant
were thrown to the street. but luckil
only one was slightly injured. AdaI
Sctchic. 272S Hope street, was take
to the IIahnrmann Hospita, where
l was treated. for cuts and bruises. Rob
crt Ellis. 354O Clearfcld street, an
Walter Croft. Of Chester. were III
=; other occupants OF the machine. n
! driver had a hearing before Magistra,
E Grelis and was held in $500 bail "a
court charged with reckless driving.
Paul Sec!ig. twenty four years olt
! 341l North Seventh street, was struc
by an automobile at Sixth street an
Erie avenue last night. The drive,
I Herman =. Timmler. 1924 Iiuntin
: Park avenue. took the man to 81
! Lukc's Hospital where he Is sufferir
i from briises and probable fractni
e ~ the right ankle. Timmlpr was n
= rested by the police Of the Gerrnanto
avenue and Ilaines street station an
0 will have n hearing today before Mas
n istrate Wrisley at the station house.