Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-06

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bile and carried it 45O feet. McClain, his
wife and son were instantly killed and
Brevett died later at the city hospital
Sergeant Dean and the emergency squad
was sent to the scene to investigate.
They arrested McCool on the charge Of
manslaughter on orders of the coroner
but he was not required to give bond.
1t was at first thought that McClain
was driving his own car at the time Of
the accident, but Oscar F. McClain. a
brother, told the police that Arthur Nc
Claim did not know how to drive an auto
mobile. The coroner has not learned
who was the driver.
Mr.. McClain is survived by his
brother, Louis: his mother. Mrs. Aman-
da McClain Of SummittviIle, Ind, and
three sisters, Mrs. Leona Noe Of South
Bend, Ind; Mrs. Lilly Weaver OF Fair
mount Ind, and Mrs. Ada Farmer of
SummittviIle, Ind. Mrs. McClain Is sur
vived by one brother and three sisters.
Following an accident at Massachusetts,
and Edison avenues at 10 o'clock last
night in which a street car struck an
automobile three men are in the city hos
pital and one man is dead. The dead
man was Charles Mcmahon. who suffered
a fractured skull and who died early to-
day. Frank Hoy of Sheridan, Ind, who
is held in the detention ward at the city
hospital. is charged with manslaughter
and operating a motor vehicle while IN
der the influence of liquor. Alfred Han
cock and Edward Stahl are held at the
detention ward Of the hospital on charges
of drunkenness. All were riding with
Mcmahon.
The East Tenth street car was in
charge of William Hartman. 40 North
To- ~er - nj In
Mrs. Floy KirkmRn was riding in an
automobile today with her husband, John
Kirkham, 1908 North 0lney street, north
bound on Commerce avenue when at the
Massachusetts, avenue crossing their car
was struck by a cattle truck driven by
William Marroska, Greenfield, Rural
Route No. 3. Mrs. Kirkham was injured
about the head and neck and the autoIno-
bile badly damaged. She WAS taken hons
in an ambulance.
FRACTURES SKULL
RECOVERING HAT.
Vanloyer suffered injuries yesterday
when he fell while getting out of an auto
mobile that resulted in death two hours
later Accompanied by his son Ieno, and
grandson Gale. he drove to Indianapolis
to get his daughter-in-law who had been
operated on at ST. vincents Hospital
They had started back to townsville,
when Gales hat blew off. and Vanlover
started to get out OF the automobile to
recover the hat before the automobile
had stopped. He fell and suffered a
fracture Of the skull.
James c. Bayless, of Clayton who died
here yesterday lost both legs and was
badly crushed when he fell under the
wheels Of an interurban car at Clayton
Saturday. He was brought to the
Deaconess Hospital following the ac-
cident
An automobile driven by Alonzo Brown
1922 East New York street, went dead
on the Monon railroad tracks at the New
York street crossing and a Slowing NOV
ing inbound Monon train struck the car
and whirled Ii around. The train stopped
within g Jew feet after hitting the auto
mobile. Thelma Brown, Is, daughter of
Alonzo Brown, and Laura McNeely. IA.
29O9 Moore avenue, were cut and bruised
when they jumped from the machine.
Mrs. Brown and an infant child were
in the automobile. but were not hurt.
Abraham Ray, 1925 Wilcox street, flag
man. is said to have been standing in the
middle Of the street with a stop sign
when Brown drove onto the tracks.
TROLLEY HITS AUTO;
NINE SLIGHTLY HURT.
Nine persons we're slightly injured
yesterday when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by an out
bound Northwestern street car at Ohio
street and Capitol avenue All the per
sons were thrown from the automobile
and ii was badly wrecked J. Z. Nc
Donald, 4O5 East Sixteenth street, was
driving Mrs. Fred Conroe. Spencer
House, and Zelma Anthony. 116 West
Michigan street, were taken TO the city
hospital The others who were slightly
injured went home. Besides the driver
Of the automobile they were Fred Conroe
and Gilbert Seider, both living at the
Spencer House; I. B. Jordan, 400 East
Michigan street; Burl Nicholson, 523
Myrtis street; Lucille billing. 131 East
Michigan street and Mrs. Rosonell
Seider, Oneida Hotel
George Cowlier, s07 North Capitol ave
nue., suffered a severe scalp wound when
he was hit on the head by an iron bar
as he was getting off of an automobile
truck at an outing given by the Moose
Lodge at Columbia Park. The bar was
in the top Of the truck and as Cowlier
jumped off his head hit the bar and he
fell. He was taken to the city hospital
in an ambulance.
In an accident yesterday at Keystone
avenue and New York street, John NJ Popp
/ and his son, Edwin, 919 English avenue,
were injured. Popp was driving an au-
tomobile and attempted to drive over a
curb to avoid striking n car driven by
Delbert Norris of Waldron, Ind Popp's
car turned over and he and his son were
thrown out. Both were cut and bruised
They were taken to st. vincents Hos
pitaL
NARROWLY ESCAPE
SERIOUS CRASH.
Walter Burman, II South Pine street
driving an automobile in which his wife,
two children and his mother and father
were riding, narrowly escaped injury last
night when on a road near Valley Mills
a big automobile with binding head
lights came southwest at a high rate of
speed. The big car struck Burman's ma
chic and knocked It into the ditch.
Robert wilkins, 4, was painfully
burned when a shed in the rear of his
home, 1920 South Keystone avenue,
caught fire yesterday afternoon. Wayne
Walden, 1O16 South Keystone avenue,
rescued the boy. The fire, of unknown
origin, started in the rear Of the home
Of Albert Nigh, 1J17 st. Peter street. The
shed was destroyed snc the fire spread
to a shed in the rear Of 1923 st. Peter
street. and to sheds at 1016 and 1920
South keystone avenue and also other
sheds in the neighborhood. Seven sheds
were destroyed and the loss is estimated
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