Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-02-04

Those removed to the hospital
were
George Evegan, twenty-one, f50
New Brunswick avenue. this city,
driver of the bus, perhaps ser Gus in
juries, left hand badly Iacerated.
George Wentzel, twenty-eight, OF
275 Rarttan street, South Amboy,
Iaceration on left eye, not serious.
Alloys Wcincr, fifty. of Parlin. lac
Grafton right eye, not serious.
Jacob DeF'ort, nineteen, of IA Oak
street, South Amboy, bruises, not se-
rious.
George Gardner, thirty-foup, Mass
achusetts. contusions. not serious.
Miss Mildred Hagar, fifteen, 35S
Conover street, South Amboy, contu-
sions, not serious.
Frank Tonanskl, nineteen, SAB
Center street, South Amboy, contu-
sions, not serious.
Miss Amelia Luki, fourteen, of Oak
street, South Amboy, cOntusioKss, not
serious.
=. O'HaniOn, twenty nine, assistant
police chief at Camp Morgan, bruises,
discharged from the institution.
Walter Gursbi, twenty, of 252 Rar-
itan street South Amboy, not injured,
discharged.
Theodore AndrydaIsy, twenty-one,
of LaItOe street, South Amboy, con-
tusions.
1t was said at the hospital today
that. although those at the institution
were only slightly injured they were
being detained for possible internal
injuries which might appear later on.
or the eleven originally taken to
the hospital. all but four had been
discharged from the hospital at
o'clock this afternoon. Those remain
ing were Evegan, Wentzei, Weiner
and Gardner. DIR. Martin s. Meinzer
was the first doctor to respond to the
call and cared for all OF the injured
at the hospital.
Driver Seriously Hurt
The bus was driven by George
Evegan. twenty one, of $50 New
Brunswick avenue, this city. he being
the most seriously injured. Those
who were hurt in the accident to
such an extent that medical attention
was deemed necessary were placed m
autos which were close at the scene
of the accident and hurried to the
Perth Amboy City Hospital
AS soon as word of the accident
reached this city the Protection Hook
&, Ladder Company was sent for to
assist In getting the occupants from
under the car and up to the bridge.
In the meantime, however, passing
autoists rendered assistance, ladder
had been secured and all had gotten
up on the bridge.
The body of the large bus was
completely wrecked in the crash 10
the ice, the top telescoping as though
it had been paper. Luckily, however,
part of the back of the bus gave way
in the crash making means OF exit
A few minutes AFTER wcrd of the
accident had reached this city and
South Amboy police and others inter-
ested rushed to the scene of the ac-
cident which was about 100 yards
from the South Amboy end of tho
bridge.
Those who visited the scene OF the
accident marveled that no one had
been killed and the occupants had
escaped SO easily. Had there been
no ice in the river or had 1t not been
frozen so solid there Is no doubt but
what a tragedy would have occurred
as 1t would have been impossible fer
the occupants of the car to get out.
The driver of the bus, In q state
ment at the hospital, declared he was
keeping to the right of the road when
suddenly he heard something snap.
He could not steer the car and threw
in his brakes Two marks for about
fifty feet on the bridge, made by the
skidding chains on the rear wheels,
show how car gradually worked its
way from the right to the left side
of the bridge and then crashed
through the railing to the ice below.