New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
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I'm Week End
Auto Crashes
Four Victims in Montclair,
N. j., ON Way Home From
a Birthday Celebration;
Two Children Crushed
One Driver Is Arrested
Alleged to Have Caused
Death of Girl, IL; Man
Loses Life Near Pomona

One man was killed yesterday in
an automobile accident in this city.
Four persons were killed in Montclair,
N. j., and another in Newark. One was
killed in Mamaroneck, N. Y. Saturday
| night
Celebration of a birthday party yes
terdny st Montclair was turned into
Il tragedy when four persons, two of
them children, lost their lives as re-
suit Of the crashing of an automobile
! The dead are Mrs. Anna Dietrich,
CT 254 sixty-seventh Street, Brooklyn;
John Dockery, former policeman, Of
Montclair; Gustav T.. Dahlen, eight
years old, and his sister, Gertrude,
ten, Of Montclair.
| Edward G. Dahlen, master painter
and the father Of the two children,
was the driver Of the automobile. The
accident occurred while he was taking
a family party home from q celebra-
| ton in honor Of his thirty-ffth birth
| day anniversary.
Besides the two children, Dockery
and Mrs. Dietrich, who WAS Dahlen's
motherin-law, the passengers COM
prised Mrs. Anna M. Dahlen, mother Of
the two young victims, and George
Dietrich, her brother. The scene of
the accident was at point in Orange
Road at Porter Park, just south of
! Union Street.
Into Trees at Curve
| There Is an abrupt curve there, and
| in attempting to turn it Dahlen, who
was driving south in Orange Road
drove the machine against the curb.
With control thus lost, the car side
swiper tree, caromed into telegraph
pole and then was hurled hcad-on into
another tree. The machine was de-
molished and all the occupants thrown
to the sidewalk.
| The crash was SO loud that residents
| of the neighborhood were reused from
sleep. Arriving at the scene they found
Dahlen, in a daze, running about and
piteously calling the names Of the acci-
dent victims one by one.
There was no response. Mrs. Diet
rich, Gustav and Dockery had been
killed instantly. The others were un-
conscious. Gertrude died shortly af-
terward at Mountainsde Hospital.
Mrs. Dahlen, who was also taken to
the hospital, was found to have sus-
tained broken nose and q possible
fracture of the skull and her cond-
ton was reported as serious. Dietrich
suffered minor injuries.
Driver Before Prosecutor
Dahlen, who also had not been ser-
ously hurt, was taken to the Montclair
police station and questioned. He said
he had been driving at moderate rate
Of speed. He was paroled for hear
ing to-day before the County Prose-
cutor.
John Piszka, a laborer who lived at
! sc Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, was
| Ia OF
Grand and Montrose avenues, Brook
| lyn. The driver of the car increased
his speed and escaped.
John Blumetti, of 681a Garside
Street, Newark, was killed and Nicho-
las Clericrzo, forty years old, of the
same address, was injured seriously
! last night when the automobile in
which they were driving collided with
a Paterson line trolley car at Ogden
and Gouverneur streets, Newark.
The automobile was driven by Sal
vatore Ceretto, also of 6s1a Garsde
Street. Blumetti and Clercuzo were
riding in the back seat and were
thrown out in the collision.
DIR. Gustav A. Fernsterer, Of 120
Brixton Road. Nassau Boulevard, L. l.,
suffered q broken rib in a collision
yesterday in Floral Park, L. l., between
his car and one driven by r. Rubin, OF
this city. He was able to go home
after receiving medical attention. He
is chairman of the medical board of
Nassau Hospital
Mary Quartironi, seventeen years
old, of SO Center Street, Mamaronecl,,
was killed Saturday night by an auto
mobile in Hoyt Street, Mamaroneck.
Michael Saporito, of Oak Street, Larch-
mont, who was with her, was severely
injured and was taken to New Rochell,
Hospital.
Charged With Homicide
The automobile hit tree but got
back into the road and sped away
Soon afterward tho police found a
motor car abandoned in the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad wards
in New Rochelle, that is believed to be
the car which struck them. John Con-
way, of New Rochelle, was found
crouching under freight car nearby
and on information given by him.
Frederick Candee, Of 81 River Street.
New Rochelle, was arrested on a
charge of homicide and Mr.. and Mrs.