New Britain herald., 1927-11-10
COLLISION EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT HERE
Three Women Hurt, One Seri-
 0uSly, in Auto Crashes

Three persons were injured, one seriously, in automobile accidents in this city last night. and another mar rowly escaped injury this morning when a car was struck by another car and overturned. A fourth acc- dent did not cause injury to the principals but two cars were dam aged considerably.
 About 7:10 last evening, Miss Mary Gallagher, of 1S7 Hartford avenue, vas struck by a car driven by Ray mond L. Robinson of 234 East Main street al the corner of Winter and Elm streets, and it was said at Now Britain General hospital today that an examination disclosed an injury to the lower back and spine. Her condition, while serious. is not critical.
 Robinson told the police he had started to drive away from the curb stone on Elm street to turn into Winter street as Miss Gallagher started to cross the street. She hesl- tated, he said, and then started again only to be struck by the left front fender and knocked down. He took her 10 d physicians office and then to the hospital.
 Miss Gallagher left the hospital this afternoon. She appeared to be without pain, although the exact cN- tent of her injuries was not de termined.
 Two Girls Injured
 Miss Annette Makosai. aged IS, of 27s Oak street, and Miss Anna Mer- tincheck. aged 1H, of 5 Lorraine street, were slightly injured when an automobile In which they were rid ing, was in collision with a car owned and driven by Dr. Joseph Walsh Of 27I Main street, about 9:45 last night. Dr, Walsh was drlY- ing west on Whiting street and Was turning 10 go south on South Main street when car driven by George Hamila of 133 Pennington avenue, came north on South Main street. The young women were in Hamilla's car and Miss Makoski suffered q bump on the head. while Miss Mer- tincheck's nose was cut by glass from the windshield.
 The damage to Dr. Walsh's car consisted of the smashing of the left front wheel. from which the tire was torn off. large dent in the left side of the body, left running board torn off, left front fender bent and steering gear put out of order. on Hamillas s car, the windshield was smashed, the right front fender was
 
 the lefrfron tire was punctured, the left running board bent, the left front fender damaged and the steer ing gear put out of order.
 Car Turned Over
 At S:30 o'clock this morning. as Dr. Vincent r. Mendillo of 7i Rob erts street was driving west on Hart street he saw a car driven by Arie Eigenraam of 31 Columbia street go- ing north on Lincoln street. Dr. Mendillo pulled to the right to avoid a collision but the left front wheel Of his car caught the right rear wheel of the other car and turned 1t over on it's side. Officer Fred Wag- ner reported that Dr. Mendillo was driving at the rate of 25 or 30 miles an hour and the other car was go- ing at the approximate rate of 2o miles an hour. Nobody was injured and the officer found no cause for police action. Both cars were damaged.
 Constable in Collision
 Cars driven by Joseph BaCkus of 46 Hurlburt street and Constahl" Fred Wrinkle of l43 Maple street col lided at the corner of Hartford aye nue and Winter street about ,:@p last evening, causing damage to tho vehicles but injuring nobody Ofti- cer William J. Grabeck reported that Backus was driving west on Winter street and Constable Wrinkle was driving south on Hartford avenue. The position Of the cars and the marks found by Officer Grabcck in dcated that the Wrinkle car struck the other one. There was no cause for police action, the officer re ported.