New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
TWO GIRLS KILLED
 INCAR.AUTO CRASH Hartford Young Women Meet
 Death on Manchester Road MEN ARE NOT BADLY HURT
Fatality Occurs When Autoist Drives Too Close to Car Tracks and Electric Crashes Into Motor Vehicle.

Manchester, Conn, July 17 R}- Two women are dead as the outcome of the collision of a Hartford bound trolley car with an automobile on Center street late last night. The dead were: Helen NoZarski, of 270 Jefferson street, Hartford, and Helen Kapinos, also of the same city and street.
 Had Other Girls Letters
 The early identification of the first named was as Mary Platz because in the pocketbook of Miss Nozarski were three letters, each signed Mary Platz." The state police in clearing up the identity of Miss Platz went to her home, found her there and returned with her so that she might view the bodies of the women. Miss Platz said she gave Miss Nogarski three letters to mail and the latter forgot to do 50 before starting on a ride.
 Man Not Badly Hurt
 The driver of the automobile was William Maynard Of 115 Bond street, Hartford. and the man with him was William NichoIne. who received a bump on the head which at first was thought to have given his a fractured skull. He was still a patient at Manchester Memorial hos pital this morning but was reported l as not seriously hurt.
 The trolley motorman was Thomas Tomlnson, and his conductor, Ed ward Hogan. Both were detained for the time being and then allowed 10 go home by Medical Examiner W. R. Tinker, who began inquiry at once in order to make report to Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun. Drove Close to Tracks.
 The trolley car had left this town for Hartford and was passing through and down Center street hill into which runs, near the foot of the hill, Love Lane, a somewhat unfrequented passage to another highway. Center street at thls point Is narrow. Motorman Tom linson says he saw the automobile turn out of Love Lane and start up the hill. Maynard, driving the ma chine, had been in the road but ap- parently he came too close to the | tracks just as the trolley car ap. preached him. There was crasl and the machine was demolished Apparently both women with Nicho- line were thrown out of the car while Maynard was held under the fragments of the machine. Mise kaptnos must have been caught by the trolley car for she was dragged some distance.
 Curtains on Car
 Maynard later said that owing tc the heavy rain the curtains on the car were in place. He had seen a trolley car pass before he started up the hill. This was the Hartford 10 Manchester bound trolley while the one which struck his car WAS going the other way,
 | 4'" iluI VI WdS dllOWeQ 10 20 home by Dr. Tinker, who had also given orders that an undertaken migh, ake the bodies of the two women.
 Had Been for Ride
 The police understood from tbc stories told by the men that the, had taken the two women for 2 ride, having met them on the street In Hartford, The party was or the way home at the time of the collision which occurred shortly be. fore 10 o'clock. There were sev. "ral passengers on the trolley ca, but none seemed to have known ot imminepce of the collision. It wa, said that the motorman had dimmed his headlight on starting down the hill and turned it or again just a moment before the au. tomohlle approached.
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