The New York herald., 1922-04-10
WOMAN AND 2 BOYS
KILLED BY MOTORS
Nine Fircmen in Collision Of
Fire Truck With Second
Ave. Trolley Car.

Three persons oied and dozen others
were reported seriously injured yester-
day as result OF street e.ccidents in
this city and suburbs.
Nine fremen on Hook and Ladder
No. were thrown off and injured last
night when they were struck at Second
avenue and Thirteenth street by a
southbound Second avenue trolley car.
1t developed later that the Are alarm,
which had been turned in from box
S66. Sixteenth street and Avenue A,
was false. Five of the firemen were so
badly injured that they were sent
home.
The truck was crossing Second ave-
nue., going east IN Thirteenth street,
when Fireman James McCann the
chauffeur. saw the trolley car speeding
down Second avenue. He shouted, but
the car struck the fire truck on the
hub of the rear wheels and turned the
whole rear part of the truck over on
one side.
McCann, as soon as he felt the I'm
pact. stepped on the gas and the truck
shot forward far enough to right it.
self. IL It had not been for McCann's
action it Is probable that several OF
the firemen would have oecn crushed
to death under the truck.
The five most seriously injured were
William Riley. broken left wrist and
sprained arms: Gerard kammerer, brolS-
en- left ankle and truised knee Daniel
Hennessey, wrenched back John De-
vine. cut back and side: Adolph
Bahruth. bruised and cut left side and
legs. Others injured were Francis DON
lin and Joseph Peckingham. who
suffered cuts about the body: Lieut..
Fritz Marshall. who was bruised about
the shoulders and head. and McCann.
the chauffeur, who received a severe
shock. McCann was the only one who
was not thrown clear off the truck by
the collision.
Hospital nearby and later were sent to
treated by DR.. Herman Reiss of the Fire
Department.
The motorman and conductor OF the
trolley car were questioned by the police
and summoned TO appear In court to-
day. They told the police that the
Second Avenue Railway Company had
instructed them to disregard the fire
crossing at Thirteenth street. The
motorman. however, insisted that he had
tried to stop but that he was unable TO
do so. tt
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died yesterday IN Bellevue from injuries
received when he ran under the wheels
OF an automobile in Seventh street. He
was walking with his parents when he
broke away from them and ran under
the automobile.
Howard Austin Kennedy. s, was run
over and killed near his home In Shore
road New Rochelle. by an automobile
said TO have been owned and operated
by Fred T.. Bingham OF 10 West
sevcnty-fourth street. The boy died
after he was sent to New Rochelle
Hospital.
Miss Catherine Manning. IS. cham
bermaid. was killed at Tenth avenue
and Fifty-fourth street by taxicab
which got away. She was dead OF
Roosevelt Hospital. She lived at 42t
landlady and other boarders said she
had habit Of walking in the street
and in cutters, never using the sidewalk
unless II was necessary.
Christopher Dottoe Of Elmsford. y. r..
was seriously injured when his auto
mobile struck another automobile driven
BY Robert Holscher OF 9T5 Yorkors ave.
nue.. Yonkers. on the Saw Mil road. lie
Is expected to die.
Anna Gapino. 81. who said she lived
at Lincoln Hospital was struck by an
automobile at Southern Boulevard and
13Sth street, The Bronx. At Lincoln
Hospital Il was said her right thigh
was fractured.
Charles Holt. ss. OF s541 Third ave-
nue., The Bronx. was struck by an auto
mobile owned and operated by Jacob
Rurbes, OF 5o7 East hist street. The
Bronx. At Fordham Hospital Il was
said his skull was fractured but that he
might recover.