Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-16
WOMAN IS KILLED
BY PLANE ON ICE
Homemade Craft Runs Wild in
Crowd at Red Bank,
New Jersey
HER BROTHER LOSES ARM

New York, jan. 1ti.--AIrs. Timothy
II. Hounihan, OF Red Bank, n. j., wae
killed Yesterday by the propeller Of an
airplnne which Ind n'ighted on the ice
of the North Shrewsbury River at Red
| people who had come to the river to
skate and TO watch the iceboats.
Mrs. Hounihan's brother, Lawrence
Conkicv. tricl 70 pill his sister away
| from she blades and the propeller cut
| on his right arm just below the elbow.
while more than twenty men who had
| tried to seize the circllng machine were
| knocked down b. the wings Ga Il
! twisted to one side IN the wind raised
by the propeller. None of these, how
ever. was hurt.
The airplane. after striking Mrs.
Hounihnn and Oonkley, went ahcnd
several yards before the aviator. James
Casey. of Shrewsbury. could get into
The pilot seat and bring II 10 stop.
The a"rldent caused tremendous cx-
the river and lined the bank skating
and watching the icrhcats slir up and
down. and dozen women fnintcd and
had - he sakcn home IN autotobllcs.
The skaters left the center Of tine
river clear for the airplanc. Casey
brought the machine 70 the ice and
jumped from the pilot sent. The
skaters, together with many who hur-
ried out from the bnnk where they had
been watching the sport, gathered
around the machine, several hundred in
number. The river is shallow at the
point whe.o Casey landed his machine,
and men who know the Shrewsbury,
were afraid that the ice might break.
Mrs. 1lounihan was breathing when
several men reached her after the air
plane had been stopped b. Casey and
she was hurried TO the Office Of DR..
Edward Field, but died q few minutes
later. Conklcy was sent IN an auto
mobile to the Memorial Hospital at
Monmouth. where his arm was ampu-
tatcd at the shoulder,
Cascy's machine vas home made
one, constructed by him md his
brother after he had returned from
France. where he served as an aviator
with The American Army. They had
been using the airplGnc to take up
passengers and the machine was a
common eno0gh sight to tae Red Bank
and Shrewsbury sections of New
Jersey.
Casey few above the ice yachts and !
skaters on The North Shrewsbury for |
several hours yesterday. with eIcur. !
siOns over the nearby towns and woods |
coming down 20 within 100 feet Of the |
ice from where his friends waved at |
him. During the late afternoon Casey |
drove his machine OH the ice Yacht |
course several times and they circIcd |
over the heads of the skaters preparing |
to make landing.
Plnges Into Group
n,u,a tlran ,s
and told Casey that the ice was dnn- |
geroUS for such 4 large crowd and for |
such great weight as his airplane. md |
advised him TO TAKE the machine away,
Even as they spoke the ice began TO |
crack and bend, not enough to make II
particularly dangerous, but enough toJ
give warning of what would hanpcn
If the crowd stayed together. So Casey /
decided TO fly away.
The crowd in front backed away and |
left path for him, and he crankcd the !
machine, starting the propeller Ap- |
parcatly Casey had left the throttle
open, for the a!rplanc started before !
he could climb into the pilot seat. II |
plungcd craZlly to the right, where Mrs. !
lloun!han, her two children, her hus- .
band and her brother were standing. !
llounihan seized his children and shoTcd .
them back out Of danger, and Mrs.
HoUnihan and Conkley started TO fol-
low. but they were too late.
The propeller struck Mrs. HounIhnn. |
knocking her down, ripping almost oil |
OF her clothing off and mangl!ng her /
body below the neck. Conklcy's arm !
was caught in the whirl.ng blade as
he reached forward 20 reach his sister !
and drag her out Of danger.
4 rurnhpr of ITpn frIaJ IN eci,a .Lo
wing of the machine and bring it to q /
stop as the crowds fought to get ONT |
Of the way of the whirling propeller, !
but the airplane tilted to the right again |
and began TO 30 around in a circle, |
knocking down the men who had tried |
to hold the wing.
Casey was arrested and later held in !
$500 bail on charge Of manslaughter. |