The New York herald., 1922-01-02
8 KILLED, 27 HURT,
DAYS TRAFFIC TOLL
Train Hits Automobile Carry
ing Six Returning From
New Years Party.

Three persons were killed by the
wrecking OF automobiles yesterday and
twenty-seven persons were injured. two
probably mortally. indicating a sharp
increase In traffic accidents, due to holl-
day celebrants.
An automobile driven across the
tracks Of the Susquehanna Railroad at
the Riverside crossing in Paterson. n.
j., was demolished by Q train. Lloyd
McCann of 23S Van Houten street. Pat
erson, died Of burns and five other men
were injured. One of them, John IL.
Clark. Of 1s9 Straight street. Paterson,
Is believed to have a fractured skull. He
Is in ST. Joseph's Hospital. The men had
been attending New Years party at
Hawthorne. y. ].
George Scheyer, 26, of Palisade ave-
nue. and Twentieth street, West New
York, was killed. and Miss Rose Lass
man, %. Of 66S Tyler place, West New
York, was seriously injured by the over
turning Of an automobile. With Albert
Inauen. 25, of $50 West Twenty-third
street, West New York, and Miss Lydia
Mile of Cambridge avenue and Bowers
street. Jersey City. they had gone to
celebrate the New Year at the Park Inn
on Hudson Heights. Miss Mile had
been dropped at her home and the other
through Hoboken. Inauen was arrested
on a charge of manslaughter. He said
the automobile had been hit by truck.
An unidentified man about 5o. well
dressed, was killed at Madison avenue
and 115th street by an automobile driven
by julius Markofsky of 222 East 103d
street and owned by Herman Frank of
47o Lenox avenue. The victim had side
whiskers and goatee. The initials "B.
G." were on the lining OF his hat.
Three Hurt I'm Upper Fifth Avenue.
Three persons were injured at Fifth
avenue and 10Sth street by smashup
Of taxicab and an automobile. No
arrest was made and the injured were
sent home after being attended at st.
Luke's Hospital. They We're Miss Peggy
Thorley, 20, of 306 West Forty-third
street Frank McCabe. "a East 124th
street, and Harry Brown of 6S East
Forty-third street. 80
Patrolman Joseph Arnold OF the Kings
bridge station stopped an automobile at
Broadway and 242d street TO examine
the license. and another automobile
passed close by. knocking him down.
Charles Forbes. an automobile sales
manager, of 1877 West Seventy-eighth
street was arrested and charged with
Of the car which caused the accident.
Arnold was attended at Reception Hos
pital and taken home.
Two taxicabs were in collision at
Third avenue and 170th Street. The
Bronx. and Henry Wasserman of 171o
Washington avenue received scalp
bruises and was taken home Miss Mary
Smith, %, of 1876 Washington street
New Rochelle. was hit by an automobile
at Columbus avenue and Ninety sixth
street Bones in her right foot were
broken.
Or. William Lintz or 1852 Carroll
street. Brooklyn. and his wife received
possible skull fractures last night when
a taxicab in which they were riding
crashed into touring car at Canal
street and West Broadway. They We're
taken to st. Vinceut's Hospital. Six pas
sengers in the touring car were shaken
up and cut about the face. No arrests
were made.
Many Of the others injured were the
victims OF reckless taXicab men or of
their own indifference in crossing streets
at time when traffic was moving
swiftly.
Automobile Hits 81 Pillar.
-Four persons, three of them women,
were injured last night when the auto
mobile in which they were riding was
driven head on into a pillar of the Third
avenue elevated structure at Thirty-third
street 10 avoid collision with taxicab.
Mrs. Rebecca Weiss, 81 years old. OF
1880 Fifty-third street. Brooklyn, was
taken to Bellevue Hospital suffering
from a fracture Of the skull. The others
injured were Miss Charlotte Shapiro, ad-
dress not learned Isaac Berlin, 1888
Fifty fifth street, and Miss Jennett
Weiss, 1880 Fifty-third street, both of
Brooklyn. They were attended by Dr.
Hornstein of Bellevue, and later LETT
for home.
Figures made public yesterday show
that more automobile fatalities occurred
in New York last year than In any other
previous period in the history OF the
State.
The National Highways Protective
Society reported that 1896 persons lost
their lives by being run over by auton1o-
biles In the State up TO December is.
1921, and of these 7o1 were killed in the
streets Of New York between January l
and December l of last year.