Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
VICTIM OF CRASH
F0RETOLD DEATH
J. n. Myers, on Wrecked Bus,
Told Mother He Expected
( to Die
eleventh TO SUCCUM B

~ John II. Myers. the eleventh person
20 die rs n result of the motorbus crash
at the Morgan street grade crossing
m Camden. Sunday night, had a prem
onition of death.
Myers. who was twenty four years
old, lived with his wife and his brother
In law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Berry, at 1920 Chesapeake road, Fair
view.
H On Sunday. the day Of the accident,
he had been visiting his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John l.. Myers, of Williams
town, n. J. While with them he made
several references to death and con-
fided to his mother his fears. Although
a strong swimmer, he refused to go into
deep water with his brother in law for
a swim in the afternoon. When he
left his parents home that evening he
left a new collar and necktie behind,
remarking to his mother that he would
not need them any more. Mrs. Myers
tried TO belttle his fears. but her son
bade her good by with the admonition
TO take good care of his picture, as she
might want 1t.
Blamed Railroad
He came up to the city and at first
started for the home Of his wife's rela-
tives at 2409 North Eleventh street
where she was visiting, according to the
story Myers told his brother in law at
the hospital. Seeing it was late and
thinking his wife might have started
for their home, he changed his mind and
took the bus at Federal street for Fair
view.
At Cooper Hospital just before he
died Myers laid the blame for the acci-
dent on the railroad company.
''They should have fixed the safety
gates before" he told his brother in
law. I'VE were cut up and slaughtered
Hike cattle"
Myers died from loss of blood and
shock. His left arm was so badly man
gled that 1t had TO be amputated at
the shoulder. He also suffered a frac-
tured skull and internal injuries.
Served in War
Myers had been out of the service
only three months, having served the
entire war in the merchant marine
branch Of the navy. He had worked at
the Camden Forge Works since leaving
the service.
Besides his wife and parents, he is
survived by a younger brother. James,
and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Berry,
with whom he lived. and Mrs. Rose
Philadelphia.
His body was taken to his parents
home at Williamstown today and will
be buried later in the week in the family
plot at Clayton. n. J.
The body of Mrs. Hazel Dalton and
her eighteen months old child. Eileen,
were taken today to Newark to the home
Of her father. Cornelius Collins, who
accompanied the bodies Her husband,
James Dalton, is still in a serious con
dition at Cooper Hospital. His parents
are with him. They will attend the
funeral of Mrs. Dalton in Newark to-
morrow.
Funeral services for Vincenzo Stra-
stohi. of 332 Viola street Camden.
driver of the i'll fated bus, were held at
2 o'clock this afternoon in the Mt
Carmel Church. Burial was in Cal
vary Cemetery.
The body of eighteen months old
Kenneth Stafford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Stafford, Of 1904 Constitution
road, Fairview, was taken to Baltimore
today by Mrs. Staffords parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Wilde. The child's
parents remain at the Cooper Hospital.
Bury Three Tomorrow
Funeral services for William A.
Streeker, his wife. Alice, and their
two year old daughter, Dorothy, will
be held at > o'clock tomorrow after
noon In the Baptist Church at Asbury
Park. The Rev W. A. Atchley, of As
bury Park, will conduct the services.
The Streekers were returning from
hearing him preach at Forty third and
Wallace streets last Sunday night when
they were killed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hyatt and her ten
months old son, Quentin will be buried
Monday. Services will be held at IL
O'Clock at the home Of Mrs. Hyatt's
mother, Mrs. Ida Wadsworth. of 27GO
Constitution road, Fairview. Theodore
Hyatt, the husband. who never saw his
dead child, will arrive Saturday from
Puget Sound where he was stationed
aboard the L. s. s. Idaho.
OF the dead. all but Stratoni lived in
Fairview. Three of the four injured are
still being detained at Cooper Hos
pital.
Mayor Ellis, who is in charge of the
city of Camden probe into the disas-
ter, has been in consultation with Gov F..
ernor Edwards at Trenton over death
crossings" it was said today Mayor
Ellis made a flying trip to the New
Jersey capital to consult with the gov
ernor and to solicit his aid in compel
ling the railroads to abolish dangerous
grade crossings as soon as possible.
An investigation by Camden county. /
in charge of Assistant Prosecutor Al.
bert z. Burling also is under way and !.
the. railroad authorities are making
fheir own Investigation