Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-02-04
THOMAS LANGAN
FATALLY HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
Car Driven by F. ]. McNaIiy
Skids and Hits Pole in
State Street
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
Car Catches Fire After Acct
dent-ViCtim Dies on Ar
rival at City Hospital
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

One man was killed almost in
stantly and there were many other
persons injured in automobile and
other accidents reported in this
vicinity over the weekend.
Thomas Langan, sixty-two years
old. of 196 Market street. an old
resident of this city, was almost in
stantly killed early Saturday night
when the car in which he was riding
south on State street, skidded in the
grease of the trolley tracks at
Gadek's switch and headed for a
telegraph pole on the right side OF
the road. When the car struck the
pole, the elderly man was thrown
out and also landed against the pole,
fra curing his skull and his right
arm. The car, it is said, after hit
ting the first pole darted across the
street and hit another. and then
pointed toward Sewaren before
catching afire.
The injured man was taken to the
Office of DR.. j. " Smith by Officer
Patten, and then to the City Hospital
where he died a minute after MS ar
rival. He had a large hole IN ms
head. An alarm of fire was turned
in from box 223 at Pulaski avenue
and State street, the second. alarm
under the new system, but the car,
Paige touring bearing n. j. license
196,403 and belonging to +. ). NC
Nally. thirty-seven, a boarder at the
i,angan residence, was destroyed.
McNally was apprehended on man
slaughter charge and held at police
headuuarters over night. This morn
ing he was taken before Judge Kirk
patrick for the furnishing of pail.
james Layan, forty, another poaroe.
ar the Langan home, was the lhlru
passenger of the car.
The other two passengers OF the
car which the police report says was
travelling between fifteen and eign-
teen miles an hour, at the time OF
the ao .lent, were not injured. ihe
deceased is the father of First AS
sistant Fire Chief William Langan.
The funeral is to be held Wednesday.
For time last night the local
police thought they had another au-
tomobile fatality when Motorcycle
Officer Paul Layden received the re-
port of an accident in which John
Arden, tilirty-eight years old, of Bel
ford avenue, Woodbridge. was struck
bv the car of Peter Scutro, thirty
years old, of Third avenue. Eliza
beth. This accident occurred on
Amboy avenue. near Lawrence
street, and the injured man was un-
conscious for some time after the
occurrence.
officer Layden received the re1ort
from Andrew Shafsky, of Watson
avenue, and after notifying head
quarters went to the scene. The in
iured man was taken to the hospital
where it has been learned that he
is suffering from laceration of the
right temple and abrasions of the
legs. Upon arrival ut the hospital
he was attended by DIR. Shull and he
is now under the care of DIR. Mein-
ger. With the assistance of Officers
Buchan and Egan, the motorcycle
officer took Scutro, the driver and
his accomplice Dan Bucci, also of
Elizabeth, to headquarters to await
the outcome of injuries. They were
paroled to await the outcome of in
juries this morning.
Car Turns Over
Several occupants of car driven
by Stephen 10th, of 308 Lawrie
street, escaped serious injury early
yesterday evening when the auto
mobile turned over after the driver
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