Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-07

TOdQ IN front OF the Gus HNeH lu9
touring car driven by Hughes and
coming in the same direction as fha
bus swung to the left and Of the road
TO pass it. The auto struck the girl.
knocking her to the ground
DR.. Stanley Ellis, Of Metuchers
was called, but the girl was dead
Coroner James Flynn. Of Perth AM
boy, was summoned and the body.
was removed to Pettit's undertake.
ing establishment in Metuchen.
County Detective John Ferguson
was notified and in connection with
Chief Hutchinson of the Metuchen
police, made an investigation. The
names of the witnesses were turned
over to County Detective William
Fitzpatrick, who is expected to go to
Perth Amboy to interview them.
1t is believed that Hughes win b
brought up on a charge of man.
slaughter and probably be released
under the usual $1,000 bail to await
action in the case.
Accident Near Totfenvilie.
BY Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Sept. .7-Thre6
people. two seriously injured 90 b<<~
ly that they were sent to a hospital
and one slightly hurt. who went 70
her home was the result Of collision
In which three automobiles figured
on Staten Island shortly before 10
O'Clock last night on the Amboy
road, near Annada1e. The two taken
TO the hopsital are Catherine Reid.
nineteen years old. and Della Raul
sixteen yeras old. both of Metuchen.
n. J. Grace McKe1na, twenty years
old of Perth Amboy, was attended
by an ambulance surgeon and left
for home after the accident Miss
Reid is suffering from a poseibla
fracture of the skull and internal in
juries, and Miss Raul has a frac-
tured collarbone and bruises about
the body. Miss McKenna received
lacerations of the left hand and
neck. She went TO her home
All were attended by DIR Carrabbs
Of the Richmond Memorial hospital
at Prince Bay. where the two most
injured were taken in the ambu-
lance. The accident happened az
$40 o'clock last night when Frank
Boris, of Metuchen. driving a ma
chine in which were the three that
were hurt, was run into by a car
owned and operated by Edward
Ihnken, of Annadale road. Anna
dale, in Amboy road near Harrison
avenue, Annadale- Frank Ward.
taxi driver, of s55 Arden avenue,
Annadale, was driver Of the third
car that became mixed up in the
collision He attempted TO get by
the other two cars that were In COLI
lision and became tangled up In the
wreckage. The car owned ana
driven by Boris is a wreck and. th<,
one driven by Ihnken was bad1T
! damaged, Misjudgment on tl1e part
4 Of the drivers OF the two main carr
\ in the collision is said to have
caused the accident.
Hundreds of cars were passing
over the island at the time and many
we're stalled for some time at the
place of the accident. There were
no arrests made in the matter AT
the hospital this morning it was snii
that the tive young women were E~f-
ting along as well as could be ex-
pected. Boris and Ihnken escaped
with slight cuts and bruises.
Girl Badly Injured.
By Stan Crrrespondent
/ NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept "a
car being driven on the Franklin
Park turnpike by Julia Molman "A
IL O'Clock Sunday morning struck
and seriously injured Annie Zlotner.
twelve wears old. of Mitchell ave-
/
girl up and rushed her to the ST. Pc
ter's hospital. where she was treated
for a broken hip. The driver then
reported the matter to the police
but was not held.
Accident at Mefuchen.
BY Stan Correspondent.
| NEW BRUNSWICK. Sept. IA
tourin gear driven by James Pugiisi.
of 81 Fourteenth street, Newark.
and in which were seven passengers,
turned over on Middlesex avenue,
near Main street in Metuchen, Sun
day night and severely injured Pug
lists wife and nine year old son to
an extent that necessitated their re-
moval to the Muhlenberg hospital in
Plainfield.
The drivers brother and sister-in-
law were badly shaken up and their
two children slightly cut Puglisi
claimed that he was going only If
teen miles an hour and that IN an
effort to reach his hat which he had
removed the car got beyond his con-
troll. The automobile swerved and
skidded across the road and then
turned over.
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