Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-15
'GIRL DIES AS AUTO
! PLUNCES OFF PIER.
Mics Catherine Mccormick,
1896 South 18th Street,
browns at Navy Yard
cHuM ESCAPES LIKE FATE

. soo,cd in n driverlcss automobile,
Alice Catherine Mccormick. seventeen
.,.rs old. 1896 South Sixteenth street.
80 carried to her death yesterday aft
...oor as the machine plunged of the
,dse Of Pier No. I at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
Scores cf visitors at the navy yard
..w the car fall into the river. In an
,,.,ont half'a dozen marines and sail
A., ucrc diving in an attempt at, rescue,
Snt S their efforts were In vain.
W. st,ss Mccormick was seated in the
.,nncau of the machine and is believed
."" have been trapped rs II made the
u,,n1o The car started as II was being
p.amssd nv G. J. Turner. fireman. Sec
snd class, of the United States tug Nau.
o,,u o.., owner of the car and Miss McCor-
~~,.t,s ~..ti, escort. Miss clara Nfalino,
.;sbteen. 1881 Taskcr street. a friend
~ Miss Mccormick. was standing on
-. ~ summing board. and by jumping mar
.ou,ly escaped being carried along.
TAe machine fell into the river be
.rsen tho tug Nausett and the cruiser
pochcster. Had the car been headed a
Nv inches in either direction it would
t.ro strnck one of the vessels instead of
s.,,,ro between them. The river at
,Sst polnt is about thirty feet deep.
The body was recovered by Police Pa
..oi Roat No. .. Miss Mccormick was
tho % daughter of Thomas V. Mccormick,
4 real estate dealer.
Eleven Others Hurt in Mishaps
Eleven other Philadelphians were in {.
,ured in automobile accidents in and
rear the city yesterday.
Two men. occupants of machine
that crashed into pillar under the
pcnnsylvania Railroad bridge at South
.ycnue and. Chester pike. Glenolden.
and then sideswiped another automo-
Sie coming in the opposite direction,
sre under arrest under separate charges.
Two other men and two women. mem :
Mrs Of the same party. disappeared
after being treated at the Taylor Hos :
pltal, Ridley Park.
Charles Schaab. Lee street near Sny-
dor avenue. owner and driver of the
6rst machine. is in Jail at Media charged
With reckless driving following his fail-
ure to obtain $1,000 bail at a hearing
before Justice of the Peace Swartley.
The second man. whose name the police
did not learn. is in Jail at Glenolden
until he "can sleep it off,
The others gave their names at the
hospital as Joseph Gallagher. Caro-
line Eppler and BENJAMIN Hitchncs. all
Of Snyder avenue near Nineteenth
street, and Mrs. Denra Giglon. Camac
street near Skunk. The occupants of
the other machine were unhurt.
Two persons were injured last night
when an auto truck and touring car
collided at Fifty sixth street and IIav-
erford avenue.
The driver Of the truck and his helper
received laceratiOns of the head and
we're treated in the Presbyterian Hospi :
tai. They gave their names as Hyman
Walton. 21O South Alden street, and
David Merrick. 5227 Girard avenue.
The driver of the car, 8. F.. Wright.
Pine street near Forty fourth. and
Walton were arrested and will have a
hearing today.
Two Philadelphians were injured
when a motorcycle turned over on the
Easton road at Bradfield road. Roslyn.
yesterday. They are Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Shuster. 1904 Reno street. At
the Arlington Hospital Mrs. Shuster
was treated for fractured wrist and
cuts on face and body. Her husband
escaped with cuts and bruises about the
face and arms.
GiuSeppi POcbairi sustained COM
pound fracture Of his right leg when a
truck carrying thirteen Italians from
Bristol to this city overturned at Grant
avenue and Bustleton pike. POebairi
was taken to the Frankfort HOSpital.