New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-21
NEWSBOY RUN over
BY AN AUTOMOBILE
Accident on Washington St.
Police Indirectly Blamed

The fact that the police depart
ment, said to be by orders of the
police commission, is Violating The
city ordinances by placing signs per
hitting tive minutes parking Where
the ordinance prohibits pul king, was
brought out last evening ly an acct
dent which sent Il neWsboy to the
hospital.
When William Scarcnge, a L.
year Old Herald nrNsboy lodged out
between two parked cars on Wash
ington street near Nest Main street
and was struck 10y another car. he
unwittiualy brought to light the fact
that although no parking is allowed
! by ordinance on the site from which
he started 10 cross the street from
the troWoll drug store to the Wash
ington street entrance 10 the BurrItt
hotel signs on the curb announce
that parking Is permitted for five
minutes.
William was on the west SIDE Of
! Washington street Nhcu Inc saw a
Herald Gust om,r across the street,
He lodged between the parked cars
and started over. As ht reached the
! opposite curb he stumbled ANA fell
| lust as the car owned and driven hy
Alexander HIS of IL parknorn
street drove around the corner. The
ear passed over the boys right leg
| near the ankle, fracturlnc both
bones of the lower leg and making
an unusually bad break.
William was taken to the Office
/ OF Or. David WashowItZ for onl"r-
gency treatment and sent by Or.
| WaskoWitz TO the hospital This
morning the fractured leg was put
/ into Il cast. He is a son of Samuel
Scarrnre of 22l FairHicw street.
Following the accident number
| of men in the vicinity rushed to the
| boys aid. Among them was Coun-
Gilman j. Spauldng Warner a mem-
I bcr of the ordinance committee OF
/ the common council. Mr. Warner
noticed IA" FIVE minute parking slGnt
! and stated that he did not know
why they were there. since the Or
dinance prohibits parking on that
/ corner for certain distance back
Other councilmen have since
commented upon the signs. InVcsti-
CATION reveals the fact that the po-
/ lice commission instructed the
| change without comforting with the
ordinance committee or without
asking that HE ordinance be
changed.
| The accident occurred last eve
ming shortly after G o'clock, and was
: one of three accidents in which chill
Gren were injured.
Another Auto Accident
kapri! kaprclin, aged three, of "a
! Hartford avenue, ran from tho 81 lc-
walk into the roadway in front OF
4 80 Hartford avenue yesterday after
noon and WAS struck by the right
I front fender Of an automobile truck
driven by AlNisc MoscatelIi of IA
/ Oak street. Although thrown with
some force. the only injury the child
sustained was the swelling of his
| lip, which neccssitated medical al
/ tontion. Aaron Gorfain OF So Tai
colt street witnessed the accident
and cXonrrated the truck driver
who, he said, was proceeding north
crly at a moderate rate of speed
Andrew littia, aged six. OF 10.
, Franklin street. ran from the sontt
curb of Chestnut street and was
, struck by the front bumper OF a
car driven by r. r. Johnson OF 101
FairNiew street yesterday afternoon
/ Officer Dolbert Neley reported that
. he automobile was turning into
/ Chestnut street from Main at mod
crate rate Of speed. He talked tc
+ the boy, who said he was not in
/ lur'd