Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05
TWO CHILDREN
AUTO VICTIMS
Local Boy Fatally Injured by
Automobile in State Street
Yesterday
COLLISION AT METUCHEN
Girl Dies of Injuries Sustained
in Head-on SmaSh-up Be-
tween Two Cars

Two children are dead as a result
of automobile accidents in this vicin-
ity late yesterday afternoon and last
night. A four year old local boy
died in the local hospital this morn
ing from injuries received when he
ran into the mudguard of a car on
State street north OF Pulaski ave-
nue.. A collision between two cars
on the Plainfield road in Metuchen.
resulted in the death of one year
old girl who resided on the Wood
brook farms near Metuchen.
Local Boy Killed
While playing on State street,
north of Pulaski avenue, late yes
terday afternoon, four year old
Frank Kardack, of 208 Pulaski ave-
nue., was knocked down by an au-
tomobile driven by Leon A. Kory-
bski, of i'll B Market street. The
boy was struck by the right rear
mudgard of the car and sustained
a broken left leg, left arm, concus-
sion of the brain and a possible
fracture OF the skull. The .ad died
at 10 o'clock this morning.
officer Lawrence Marmon, who
conducted the investigation, had the
boy taken to the city hospital where
he was attended by Doctors Meinzer
and Urbanski. 1t was at first thought
that the boy had a chance to recover.
After assisting in getting the in
jured boy to the hospital, Korybski
went to headquarters and reported
the accident to Sergeant Frank
Kasprzak. Inasmuch as the condi-
ticn of the lad shortly after the
accident did not warrant the hold
ing of the driver. he wae -'awed tc
go on his promise. to appear wher
wanted.
1t is probable that he will be ar.
rested today on a manslaughtel
charge and the usual procedure viii
be gone through in preparing tht
case for the grand jury's consider
alton. The Ixardack boy, 1t is said
was playing with a number of com
panions and attempted to cross the
street when the accident happened
Undertaken Zylka removed the
body from the hospital to his place
in State street where arrangement
flor the funeral were being made
| Services will be held tomorrow
from the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Kardos, 2O2 Pull
aski avenue, followed by a service
at the Ukranian church in Eastor
street, according to present plans.
Head-on Collision at Metuchen
METUCHEN, Sept, 5.-One child
was killed and another seriously in
jured while several others were bad
lly shaken up when a car driven by
Fred Peters of the Woodbrook
Farms, near here collided head-on
with a car operated by Leon Hen
erickson, of lat w. Front street,
Plainfield, shortly after 8 o'clock
last night on the Plainfield road
near the Lancet Poultry Farm.
| Peters one year old daughter
Claire, died early this morning in the
Muhlenberg hospital as result OF
Injuries received. Her eight year old
sister Phoebe is suffering from a
possible fractured skull with a
chance of recovery. She is in the
Muhlenberg Hospital. The other oc-
cupants of the cars managed to es-
cape with slight injuries.
Hendrickson's version of the col
lision is that Peters in attempting to
pass a slowly moving truck crashed
into his machine. In the Hendrick-
son car were his wife, Julia, his
fourteen-year-o son, Albert
twelve-year old son Daniel and ten
year old daughter Clara. The Peters
machine was occupied by the driver
| his wife Phoebe, who is also at the
Muhlenberg hospital and their three
children, one of which died in the
hospital.