Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-10

The Metuchen-Ne Brunswick
trolley car collided with a Trenton
Newark so-called fast lines troll
. ley. 1t was said that the fast line
car had the right of way but the
cause of the collision is unknown.
The theory was advanced that the
Z Metuchen car might have passed
signals set against it.
Eight. of ten passengers were
sreated at the Raritan Arsenal hos
s5ilal for slight injuries after which
they were released.
The complete list of the injured
and the extent Of their injuries are
william Rener 95 Seaman street
New Brunswick. right leg torn on
left leg fractured: also fractured
skull. Not expected to live.
Joseph Murray. motorman. fast
line trolley. cash across forehead.
Fred Craft. conductor. fast line
trolley. shaken up.
Mrs. Mary Rice. Middlesex avenue,
Raritan Township. internal injuries;
serious but not critical.
Prer.tiss Will. son of Mr.. and MRS.
Otto Will of Metuchen. con-usiohs
about the scalp and egs.
Mrs. John Clark. 16S Main street.
Metuchen. bruised back. her daugh,
ter Miriam slightly injured; treated
by DR.. L. Y. Lippincott and sent
home.
John Reilly. .131 Brighton avenue,
Perth Amboy. slight injuries; treat
ed al Raritan Arsenal; sent home.
Grace Balderston, Fords, slight
injuries. treated at Raritan Arsenal.
sent home.
Elizabeth Gerduck. Route 1,
Perth Amboy, slight injuries, treat
ed at arsenal and sent home.
Frank Seeburg. or Dunham's hill,
boarded car shortly before accident,
treated for bruises at the Middlesex
hospital.
Alex Leglexy, Fords avenue. Lin
den. laborer, fractured shoulder ana
fractured thumb, Middlesex General
hospital.
Alexander Leglexy. of Lindeneau,
suffered a broken left shoulder and
fractured thumb. He is In st.
Peters hospital here.
Joseph Murray. motorman of the
fast line car, was only slightly hurt.
His car was headed towards New
ark with twenty passengers.
Renner was extricated from the
debris of his car by rescuers. His
trolley, a one-man car, was bound
for this city with twenty-five high
school students on board. In the
crash 1t was practically split In
halves. After an examination al
the hospital, it was found that his
other leg had been broken.
Still in Serious Condition
John Taft Dougherty, nineteen
years old, of Jenkinstown, Pa, is still
in a serious condition at the Perth
Amboy City Hospital. where he was
taken on Sunday morning following
an automobile accident on Amboy
avenue, Woodbridge. Dougherty is
suffering with a fracture OF the spine
and concussion of the brain. besides
nther injuries to his body as the re-
suIt of being pinned under the car in
which he was riding with Arthur
stern, nineteen years old. OF Green
street. Woodbridge. At the hospital
this morning it was stated Dough
erty had passed a much bet
fer night than when first brought to
the hospital, but was still in critical
condition.
He still remains in the same un-
conscious state and the ply
.sicians in attendance hold out very
little hope for his recovery His
mother and sister who arrived here
Sunday are at the bedside.
Arthur Stern, who it is said. was
driving the car in which Dougherty
was riding escaped with slight injury
stern and Dougherty were class
mates at the Bordentown Malitary
Academy. The latter was here as the
guest of Stern over the week END.
They had been in Perth Ampoy, II Is
said saturday night and on returning
fo woodbridge were in ahead-on col
iision with another car owned and
operated by Arthur Hall. superinten-
dent OF the American Smelling and
Refining Company plant. who makes
4 his home at the New Packer House
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