The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
Automobiles Cause 4 Other
Deaths and Hurt Many in
Sunday Mishaps.
ONE DRIVER rs ARRESTED
Motorcycle Smashed in Coli
sion and Boy Killed as He
Picks Flowers.

A runaway motor truck. said by the
police to be owned by the Mack and O
Trucking Company of 308 Lenox ave-
nue.. plunged down hill in East 172d
street, between Fulton and Third ave-
nues, in The Bronx, yesterday after
noon, dragging with 1t baby carriage
in which the six months old daughter
Of Joseph Laputkin Of 1894 Clay ave-
truck dragged the baby carriage to
the center of the trolley tracks in
Third avenue, and there 1T overturned,
throwing the child to the pavement.
TIE baby was dead by the time an
ambulance surgeon arrived.
The plunging of the truck down the
hill carried 1t close against the side
walk, and had 1t not been for a shout Of
warning raised by Louis Rossbe-g. sit
ting in window at 532 East 1920 street.
several other babies probably would have
been killed or injured.
Many mothers sat along the edge Of
the sidewalks rocking their children. but
when they heard Rossberg shout they
pushed their carriages out of the way.
rage containing he- fourteen months old
son. Fred. with so much force that 1t
overturned and the child fell to the side
walk. but he was only slightly injured.
Torn From Grasp by Mudgunrd.
Mrs Rosenbaum had her hand on
1T. 1T
baby, but the force with which the
mudguard of the truck struck 1t tore II
from her grasp. Mrs. LaputiSin had gone
from her. home to visit her brother. Carl
Kushner. 352 East 172d street. and when
she got there she saw Mrs. Rosenbaum.
seated on a camp stool, rocking her own
baby carriage. Mrs. Laputkin left her
baby and its carriage In the care of
Mrs. Rosenbaum and went up the stairs
Of the tenement to see her brother.
BY the time the truck reached the
place where Mrs. Rosenbaum sat rock
ing the two baby carriages 1t had gained
considerable speed and was travelling
close to the curb. Mrs. Rcsenbaum's
first inkling OF It's presence was when
she felt the carriage being drawn away
from her. She could not hold 1t. In try
ing to do SO she fell to the sidewalk.
The killing of the baby caused so
much excitement and such a large crowd
gathered that several policemen had to
be sent for. The police have not been
able to find the driver of the truck.
Bruce Drummond, aged 8. of Nyack,
". Y, was killed yesterday when struck
by an automobile at kidgewood, N. j.
His father, r. III. Drummond, had taken
the family on a motor trip and had
stopped the car at Ridgewood TO enable
the boy to pick some wild flowers he
had seen along the road. AS he was
crossing the road the boy stepped in the
path of an automobile driven by Edward
Thomson of 81 Oak terrace. Suffern,
n. Y.
Thomas Newell aged 3. of T32 Frank
lin avenue. Brooklyn, when playing In
the street near his home yesterday, was
run down and killed by an automobile
driven by Joseph G. Goddard Of 100 Co
lumbia Heights. Goddard was held by
the police.
Gustav Schlcgass, aged 40. OF 1875
Beach street. Jersey City. who was
struck by an automobile near his home
week ago. died in the Jersey City Hos
pital yesterday. Hinton Sheffield Of
Philadelphia, who was operating the car
that struck him. is under arrest on q
charge of manslaughter.
Motorcycle Smashed, Two Hurt.
Miss Elma Goerner. %, Of 627 Broad
way, Bayonnc, and Henry Bicrs. 25, Of
IS West Thirty-third street. that city.
were thrown from n motorcycle near
Dover. N. j.. yesterday when all auto
mobile struck their machine. Miss
Goerner suffered fracture Of tho jaw
and internal injuries and Bicrs a frac-
ture OF the arm and cuts and bruises.
The automobile did not stop after the
collision.
An automobile In which were Mrs
Carrie J. Cole, aged 30. OF 1924 Arthur
Kill road. Staten Island. and her friend
Mrs. Cecile Winant. aged So, overturned
near Princess Bay. Staten Island Mrs.
Cole suffered multiple fractures Of the
left hand and internal injuries and Mrs
Winant was cut by glass and suffered
from shock.
James Datuto. aged IL. was thrown
from HIS bicycle yesterday when an
automobile ran into II at nth street
and Lexington avenue. lie suffered
from decorations Of the right Jaw and
right leg.
James Crane. aged IL. OF $50 East
145th street. was taken to St Francis
Hospital with fractured right foot
after he had been struck by an auto
mobile at Brook avenue and ii5th
street. The Bronx. Harry Codis OF $50
wye avenue. The Bronx. was driving
the automobile.
ELMER, n. J.. May 14.--Mrs. Julia E;lva
Kershaw. aged q. wife of Charles w.
ISershaw of Wilmington. Del, was
killed and six other members OF
motoring party from Wilmington were
injured to-day at Porchtown. near here.
To avoid bicyclist in the road the
driver swerved the car and struck
sand pocket. The automobile skidded
and whirled over on its side. pinning
most of the occupants beneath
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