New Britain herald., 1923-08-11
FIVE MORE WOMEN | DIE FROM SCALDING
Succession of Fatalities Follow
 Nyack Bus Wreck

New York, Aug. 11-,Six women and
 girls, all employees of the. Christian l Herald, have died so far from burns
 received in the accident near Nyack. | on Thursday, when a bus carrying SO | skidded into concrete mixer, in such way that the stopcock was snapped
 off on a boiler filled with live steam.
 Three more are in. serious condi- ton.
 The youngest of the girls, Miss Jean
 Reda, IS, whose death was announced yesterday, was first to succumb, and the eldest was the last to go, up to a late hour last night s....
 Miss Louise Arzt, 30, of 90 Corona avenue, Long Island, died at 5:S0 o'clock in the morning. Miss Lillian Johnson, 2S, of 1169 Avenue A, who, like Miss Reda. had been engaged in the charity department interested in the colony for New York children, died at o'clock. Miss Loretta Younger, IS, of 129 West 1S7th street, did at $50 Mrs, Jessie Townsend, Al, of 255 West Thirty!third street. died at 2:1o in the afternoon. Mrs. A. V. Beekman. 64, of 266 West 121st street. died at S:05 o'clock last night.
 Woman Shows Fortitude.
 Mrs. Beekman's fortitude astonished physicians and nurses. Suffering in- tensely herself, she tried to tell them that she did not need immediate at- tention and that the younger women should be taken care of first.
 Three of the women whose injuries had been considered serious at first returned yesterday ot their homes and their recovery is assured.
 Hope was expressed also for Miss Ruth Epstein of s15 Fifth avenue and for Miss Ella Mcbride of SS0 Quincy street, Brooklyn, but the best that could be said for Misses Emily Ehren- berg of 455 West Forty-seventh street. Kate S. Benedict of 1887 Clinton ave- nue. The Bronx, and Goldie Leiner of S4 East 112th street was that their recovery was doubtful.
 The physicians in attendance are Drs. c. F. Blauvelt, president of the Nyack Hospital board; c. A. Leitner. John Samson. John l.. Sly and Leo Weishaar.
 An inquest was started by Dr. Ed ! ward Blenders, coroner of Rockland county N. J., and testimony was taken in New City from Cornelius Wander bilt, president of the Vanderbilt Con- company, operating the con- crete mixer, from his son and from the fireman on the job. Others who testified, or who will testify, because the inquest will be completed today, are Graham Patterson, publisher of the Christian Herald; Ray D. Henkle, editor,s and policeman.
 Trying to Fix Responsibility.
 At the hospital it was said by friends of the editor of the Christian Herald that although the driver of the bus which skidded is blameless, 50 that the accident in that regard was unavoidable, there might be an Inquiry about the concrete mixer, which rested diagonally in the road md partly across it. :,
 This road. being repaired now is narrowed temporarily to the bare width of a. bus, and Is rough. The vorkmen at the concrete mixer had . uit work for the day. but the map vho was on watch had beckoned the river of the bus to come ahead. 'here were about so persons In the us, all adults, and all employees of The Christian Herald. At the time of he accident they were discussing the elebration just over and singing ongs. Even now the children at the font Lawn Home do not know of the ccident, and yesterday 100 more oined the throng on the laws and in he woods. However. the road on mich the accident occurred is not cling used,