Evening journal., 1922-12-02
TRUCK CRASHES
THROUGH PARLOR
Machine Takes Away Cor
ner of House When Steer
ing Gear Breaks
TWO CHILDREN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPES

Leaving the Lincoln Highway
when the steering gear broke n i've
ton Mack truck owned by Alessandro
Petriilo. proprietor OF the sheilpot
quarries. crashed through an iron
fence and Hhen went through one end
OF the dwelling OF the family OF
Howard b. Work IN Marshallton
shortly after o'clock yesterday al
ternoon. In addition 10 taking
away the end OF the house. in which
were the parlor and bed room above,
the truck also wrecked the front
porch.
Two children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Work missed being crushed TO death
only by a couple OF minutes. Tho
children. Audrey years, and Doris
IS months, had been playing in
swing on the front porch. Not
more than two minutes before the
accident their mother, Mrs. Florence
Work. came out and took the chill
dren into the house. She had no
mofs than gotten into the kitchen
In the rear with the two little girls
when the crash came that rocked
the building and took away a sec
ton OF Il. The swing IN which the
children had been playing was
crushed into hundreds OF pieces. the
big truck passing right over IL.
Charles Fisher. Negro. was driving
the truck, which with another truck
owned by Petrillo had delivered
stone al Newark. They we're return
ing 20 sheilpot. In rounding the
curve at that section OF the Lincoln
highway where the road 10 Kiamensi
Joins the highway Fisher says the
steering gear broke. It Is down
grade there and according 20 wit
nesses the truck was going az a fair
rate OF speed. Unable after the gear
broke 20 control tie big machine
which going down tho grade was
gaining speed every second, Fisher
jumped from the truck Just before
10 crashed into the fence and on
through 20 the house. Fisher did
not stop TO see what happened but
ran down the road after the other
truck ahead OF him. He left the en-
CINE OF the runaway truck running
and James Brennan, who lives next
door 20 the Works. Il being a double
house, ran from his home and shut
on the engine.
The front OF the truck had taken
the corner OF the dwelling. The
progress OF the truck was stopped
when some large piecs OF the frame
work OF the house got caught IN the
wheels. There IS a steep grade be-
yond the dwelling and II the truck
had not been stopped at the house Il
would have gone down the hill and
into Red Clay Creek.
Mr.. Brennan, who shut on the
engine after the progress OF the
truck was blocked. has only lived
in his present home a few days
Part OF the porch OF lbs end OF the
house was also wrecked.
The dwelling stands on the east
side OF the Lincoln highway less
than a hundred yards from the Kia-
mensi road. Il was right at the
junction OF the Kiamensi road and
the Lincoln Highway early one
morning last spring that a truck
left the road and crashed through |
the bay window OF another house.
The house damaged yesterday IS
a two-and-half story frame and Is
owned by Edward Cranston. Mr.. |
Work. the tenant, is employed at the
plant OF the Delaware Hard Fibre
Company, and was at work when
H. orrfdaus Hammered
Furniture In the parlor and also
the bedroom above the Work home
vas amaged 10 a considerable OK
tent. The porch and fence were
destroyed. The truck took away
rom 10 feet OF the corner OF the
rouse.
The crank case OF the truck was
,adly damaged but did not seem 10
,e otherwise damaged.