Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-31
CAR RH|TSPOLE
NEAR MATAWAN
Seventeen Year Old New
Brunswick Girl is Fatally
Hurt Shortly Before Noon
ACCIDENT AT MERcHEM
Boy is Struck by
While WaIkinrs
coin Highway.
ACCIDENT AT MEAIcHEA

A boy ana girl Wef
others injured in autofRV
dents at South Amboy thi
and between Metuchen a.
Park last night. Although !,
fic in Perth Amboy, New Bru
and other parts of the counil
unusually heavy over Saturday,
day and yesterday, few accid
were reported. The Perth Am.
police spent a great deal Of tn. g.
time during these days, attending
traffic, so as to avoid accidents and
allow the tourists to reach their var-5
ious destinations in the best possible
time. Three small accidents vero|
reported to the police in this city
yesterday, vehicles being slightly
damaged. but no one was injujred.3
Officer Hugh Steed received RED
port of collision between an autoe]
mobile driven by George C. Hriczko. 4
of lis Grant street. going north toS
Amboy avenue. and car driven .yl
]. Kreiselheimer. 1t Is said the
Hriczko car stopped short withou%
giving any notice. Both cars We're
slightly damaged. A four-year-o old.
child of A. Minkler of Woodbridge.s
fell off his fathers car yesterday. buf|
did not get hurt. according to q re-5
port received by Officer William Sefs5
both.
Traffic Officer Albert Mcdonald re.3
ceived report of collision betwcen3
a trolley car and an automobile bus
belonging to Mike Sasso OF Port3
Reading on Smith street. last nigh4s&
The bus was slightly damaged. but no
cLe was injured.
One Killed Near SoutFN Amboy
IBy Evening News CORES Npndentl 3
SOUTH ANTBOY --...ssss4
turning a sharp
ton OF the CHI
Stone road on { Ill
wan shortly berUte no, III
containing three New It'll
people crashed into Telegram
fatally injured one and injul
other two to such an extent
had to be removed to the. -
boy City Hospital.
Miss Jennie Kobensack,
years old. a niece of Mr.t
George Gregory, of CommerA
nue. New Brunswick, the otheIv Il
Der of the party was so seriousku
that she died before reachin&
hospital. All three were thin
from the car by the force of the \ Z
pact. The car did not overturn.
The Stone Road, which Is alsA
known as the Browntown road. In
| tersects the Cheesequake Road n
the spot where the fatality occurred
a sharp turn making it dangerous tc
| speed at this particular place. TIE
| appearance OF the car would indi.
cate that Gregory was going at i
fast rate when his car skidded into
| the pole.
j. p. Trippett and C. E. Hottona
who live near the scene Of the ac,.
cidcnt, heard the crash and rushed
to the spot. Seeing the occupants
badly injured they secured car and
rushed the three to the hospital here
the, girl dying on the way.
Gregory is badly hurt. having q
fractured skull. two or three broken
ribs and possible internal injuriezS
His injuries may prove fatal He ID
thirty-four years old and an auto-3
mobile dealer. His wife, Anna, il
thirty-five years old and suffered Z
broken nose, sprained wrist and lnu9
merous decorations of the scalp 6Ed
contusions of the body. DIR. e. III
Eulner is attending Mr.. and Nrs
Gregory. The girls body was taken}
to Mason's morgue.
Sergeant Gleason OF the local POI
lice Is investigating the accident for4
County Detective Ferd A. David.
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