The New York herald., 1922-10-23
MOTORS KILL eight
AND NJURE SEVERAL
Four Dead in Crash of Car
Taking Crowd Home From
Birthday Party.
GIRL AND ESCORT HIT
Machine Kills Woman and
Speeds Away, but Is
Found Later.
DIR. FENsTERER INJURED
Casualties at Camden Include
Invalid in Chair, Wife and
Granddaughter.

Eight persons We're killed and many
others were injured in motor accidents
in New York and surrounding ter
ritory yesterday.
An automobile in which seven per-
sons were OH their way home from a
birthday party crashed against a tree
in Porter Park, Montclajr, N. j., early
yesterday and three persons were
killed. Another died later in a hos
pital. The dead are Mrs. Anna Diet
rich. of 254 Sixty-seventh street,
Brooklyn, and John Dockery, 3S, a
former policeman; Gustav Dahlen, 6,
and Gertrude NJ. Dahlen, 10, his sister,
all of Montclair.
Mrs. Anna NJ Dahlen, mother of the
dead children and wife of Edward @.
Dahlen, a Mop.clair painter, is in a
serious condition in Mountainside Hospi-
tai, Montclair. Dahlen escaped hurt and
his brother-in-law, George Dietrich, suf-
fered only minor injuries.
Fracture Skulls on Paving.
Dahlen said he was driving the auto
mobile on Orange road at moderate
speed when it skidded on a curve
climbed curb and ran into the park
and against tree. The three persons
who were killed instantly were thrown
out of the machine as 1t struck the curb
and their skulls were fractured on the
pavement.
Mary Quartironi. II. of 3S Center
street, Mamaroneck, ". Y. was killed
in that town late Saturday night, and
her escort. Michael Saporito, 10. of
Larchmont, was injured, when they
were struck by an automobile as they
were crossing Hoyt street. The auto
mobile was not stopped after the acci-
dent, but later 1t was found abandoned
and four young men who are alleged to
have been riding in 1t when the girl and
her escort were run down are under ar
rest.
John Pszka. 80, a laborer. Of 56
Montrose avenue, Brooklyn, was killed
yesterday when struck by an automo-
bile at Grand and Montrose avenues.
Brooklyn. The chauffeur OF the motor
did not stop after running down the
man.
Harry Thomas. 80, of Absecon. N. j.,
was riding In an automobile with a
friend, Leroy Ireland. in Egg Harbor.
N. j., early yesterday. When the motor,
which was driven by ireland, ran
against tree Thomas was catapulted
through the windshield and against a
tree alongside the road. He died of
fractured skull. Ireland escaped injury.
DR.. Fensterer in Collision.
DR.. Gustav Feasterer. chairman of the
medical board of the Nassau Hospital.
was among the many injured in the
days motor accidents. His automobile
was in collision with the car of X. Rubin
of Manhattan, at Tulip avenue and
Childs road, Floral Park, l.. l.. and he
suffered fractured rib and other ir-
juries. He was removed to his home.
Nine accidents were reported from
Camden, ". j. Charles Marriand, 76,
an invalid. was being wheeler in a chair
pushed by his wife and granddaughter.
when an automobile ran into them. All
were injured.
John Blumetti. AZ. or 6SH Garside
street. was killed and Nicholas Cleri-
cuzo. 40. of the same address. was in
jured seriously last night when the auto
mobile in which they were driving COL
lided with Paterson line trolley car
at Ogden and Gouverneur streets, New
ark.
The automobile was driven by Saliva
tore Ceretto, also of 6S1a Garside street.
Blumetti and Clericuzo were riding In
the back seat and we're thrown out.
Blumettrs skull was fractured. He died
In Newark City Hospital.