New Britain herald., 1922-07-14
CITY HAS 2 AUTO
 ACCIDENTS DAILY.
Collisions With Dogs, Bicycles, Pedestrians, Auto and Trolleys

New Britain has an average of two automobile accidents a day, accord ing to a report issued by the com missioner of motor vehicles in con nectior with statewide safety cam paign, The report, which gives ( brief summary of autom obile acci dents in this city during the period Of June 2l to July 1. inclusive tell of 20 accidents occurring within tho city limits in that time.
 From Minor to Serious
 The extent of the damage in these accidents varies all the way from in. turing of q dog on June 25. to the sustaining of a probable fractured skull by pedestrian on the same day.
 The report shows that an auto col ision occurred on the New Britain road near Corbin avenue at Il a. m. June 21, in which the property dam age was between s25 and s2oo, the seriousness of the accident being clas- sifled as medium
 Two in 15 Minutes
 Two accidents occurred the next day within IS minutes of each other and almost in the same neighborhood At 4.45 p. m., June 22, a pedestrian was struck by an auto in front of 53 Cherry street and sustained slight in juries. At o'clock, two autos col lided in front of the American Hos iery company on Park street, sustain ing medium damage.
 Over S2OO Damage
 On June 23 similar accident oc- cured when two automobiles collided at the corner of Center and Commer- cial streets at sN0 o'clock in the morning. June 24, two automobiles ran into each other at the corner of Curtis and Myrtle streets with but slight damage. while that evening shortly before o'clock two cars col lided at the corner of Arch street and Shuttle Meadow avenue, resulting in a property damage of more than S200
 FraCtured Skull
 It was on the evening of June 25, when pedestrian was struck by an auto, the exact location of which is not known in the commissioners of- flee, resulting in a fractured skull for tho pedestrian. That same night bicycle was struck by an automobile on Cherry street and was damaged while two cars collided at PAS o'clock in the afternoon of that day at Webster Hill and Arch streets, re- sulting in property damage of be- tween s1o and s25. At 7:3o o'clock that evening a dog was struck and injured on Rocky Hill avenue.
 No Accidents Monday
 The following day. which was Mon- day, according to the report, there were no accidents in the city, but on June 27. at 7:15 D. m.. near Cooks corner on Corbin avenue. an auto and trolley collided resulting in property damage of between s25 and s20o.
 On June 2s, two cars ran into each other at the corner of Stanley and East Main streets. about noon, reswlt- ing in considerable damage to the cars and one person being injured.
 One Person Injured.
 At o'clock that afternoon
  md East Main streets, resulting in light damage to one car. At S 'clock in the evening of June % two ars collided in Walnut Hill park and gain the result was medium damage. 1t 3.30 o'clock that afternoon one 'erson was injured in an auto crash t the corner of Main and Conner ial streets
 Five in Two Days.
 Five accidents occurred within the ext two days, in which three resulted | n damages of from s25 to s200, while | he other two were less than S25 l 'hese accidents were as follows June | 0, collision, Main and Myrtle streets, l 0 p. m. July 1, at II Willow street, | olision at 12:30 p m.; Main street, S;3o D. m.; Seymour and Elm -reets at p. m.: and Maple avenue nd Whiting streets at 335 p. m.