The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-23
DODCES AMBULANCE,
BUT MEETS DEATH
Child Run Down by Automo-
bile After Leaving Crowd
at Curb.
MOTOR CAR RUNS WILD
Small Boys Cause Injury to
Three Women by Starting
Unoccupied Car.
MOTOR CAR RUNS WILD

A woman tainted and crowd gath
cred in front OF 34s East New York
avenue. Jamaica. last night. Violet
Schmidt. years old, who lived at that
address. joined the crowd and as the
woman was being taken away In an
ambulance started to cross the street to
her home. Dodging behind the ambu-
lance. she ran in front of an automo-
bile driven by Ellsworth Collision or 80
Norwich avenue. Jamaica, and was run
down. Her skull was fractured ana she
died at the hospital.
Salvatore Nelli, II. of S7 First avenue,
died in Flower Hospital last night OF
fractures of the ribs and internal IN
juries suffered when he was struck ny
an automobile while crossing First ave-
nue. at Forty-seventh street. The car
was driven by Isadore Nadel OF 80 Can
non street, who took the injured man
to the hospital
An automobile owned and driven by
Herbert ]. Wood of 1857 East Sixty-third
street, Cleveland, sideswiped and over
turned the automobile police patrol
wagon of the West 1881 street station
last night mt Seventh avenue and West
123d street No arrest was made.
Detectives Edward England and James
Leech and Patrolnan Nemeitz. the lat
ter chauffeur Of the police patrol.
were thrown to the street and suffered
from shock. but none was seriously
hurt Wood was shaken up in the coli
lision, but escaped serious injury.
The police patrol was going through
West 1888 street when Wood, driving
down Seventh avenue. had to make a
sudden turn to the east to avoid smash
ing into another automobile In the ave-
nue.. As Woods car swerved sharply
il hit the police wagon. which went
over on its side with crash.
The detectives and Nemeitz scrambled
to their feet to find the patrol wagon
battered and wrecked. Wood stopped
station with the patrolmen. Everything
was satisfactorily explained there.
Small boys started an automobile at
the curb at Third street near First ave-
nue. yesterday. 1t ran to the sidewalk,
d-ivcrless, knocked down three women
and crashed into the front Of a shop.
Mrs. Celia Cohen, 81. Of 29s Second
street, and Mrs. Julia MilanchiclS, IS,
SO Third street, were taken to Bellevue
Hospital with possible internal injuries.
Mrs. Cohen was hit by the car and
crushed against a grating, and Mrs.
Milanchick was hit by fender. Mrs.
AUUd WlUteTs, VIII COiiluGtS the AuI
shop az 80 Third street. into which the
car crashed. was slightly hurt, as was
q baby who was not identified. A sum-
mons was issued for the arrest of Jacob
Pincowitz, 155 East Fourth street,
owner of the car.
An automobile truck took fire in
Cathedral Parkway between Amster-
dam and Columbus avenues yesterday
and Harry Cohen of 336 York street.
Jersey City. the driver, ran it into a
tree in oder to get out of the way of
other vehicles. Cohen was thrown out
and badly bruised. Others near by put
out the fire with slight damage.
Mrs. Mary Hall, SO, of l65 East Eighty
sixth street. was struck by an automo-
bile owned and driven by Louis Forst-
ner of $3.50 Eastchester road, The Bronx,
last night at Third avenue at Eighty
fifth street. She was taken to Recep-
ton Hospital by DIR. Levitt, suffering
from a fracture of the collarbone.
While Harry Walderberg, 3 years old.
of 1861 Simpson street The Bronx, was
playing in front of his home last night
he was Knocked down by an automobile
driven by Charles Schiff of 1915 Simp-
son street. The boy died several hours
later in Lincoln Hospital. He had re-
ceived internal injuries.
Mr.. Schiff took the boy to the hospital
in his car then reported the accident to
the police. He was told to go to the
Morrisania Court to-day and tell the
Magistrate sitting there about the acct
dent