The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-01
AT CAPSIzES;
sUTH BROWNS
. FALL CREEK
TWO Persons Reported Near
Death, Following
Auto Crashes.
AND TAXI COLLIDE
by Injured When Coach
1aSheS Into Front of
Drug Store.
AQne youth was drowned, a Pc

One youth was drowned, a pc
Fian struck by an automobile
two were injured critically and
mere than two-Score other persons
we're hurt less seriously in motor
nishapS n and near Indianapolis
bver the weekend.
The drowned youth is William Al
4fred Perry, IA 545 N. Traub Ave. He
died Sunday in Fall Greek near the
Riverside pumping station of the
Indianapolis Water Company, when
a boat in which he had been playing
capsized.
Y Frank Hogan, 40. of Shreveport,
La, died at the Methodist Hospital
Sunday of a fractured skull received
Thursday when he was struck by
an automobile on the National Rd.
west of the city. Joseph Ober, Gin
3 cinnati, was walking with Hogan
when he was struck. The motorists
did not stop.
Three major motor crashes reaped
a large toll of casualties. In
one, an i1npromptu motorcycle race
at the Eaglewood park race track,
Sunday afternoon, Leo Stitt, 20,
Greenwood, was hurt, perhaps IA
tally, when a front tire of his ma
chine blew out and he was hurled
almost fifty feet.
Skull is Fractured
Hit by an automobile in the 3400
block, w. Washington ST., Sunday
night, Roy Alexander, Is, of 20 N.
Berwick Ave, suffered a skull
fracture. His condition was reported
critical today at Methodist Hos
mfstal
The boy was struck by a car
loted by Charles Mears, %, of 81
ayne Ave, MearS, whom witnesses
i'd was driving at a high speed,
jas arrested on charges of speeding
I'D assault and battery.
Eight were hurt, one seriously, at
S 80 Sunday night, when a
owded indianapolis Street Rail-
lay bus was sideSwiped by taxicab
Ohio and Meridian SITS.
Several Are Hurt
41lOSC 11CIG WcIS E1SQRSS,
), of 1912 w. Thirteenth ST., frac-
bred right leg; Everett Buchanan,
of 902 Ashland Ave, driver Of
be bus, cut on forehead; Julia
ugan, 18, of 1858 w. New York St.,
1T on right shoulder; Nora Leon
Id, %, of 331 Agnes St., cuts on
zee; Florence Vogel, "a, of 522 N.
elmont Ave, minor cuts; Wilma
III, %, of 1914 Winfield Ave-, cuts
"a bruises; Lawrence Curfman, II,
1914 w. New York ST., injured
b, and James Davis, %, Brevort
otel, cut leg.
Herman Higgs, 81, of GAL S. East
:, driver of the taxi, was unin-
II red, as was his passenger, o
man, who left the scene after the
Sh.
buchanan and Higgs were ar
ted on reckless driving charges.
Woman Struck Down
jured seriously when hit by a
r car in the 1000 block Virginia
Sunday night, Mrs. Mary Ell
10, VI O4O y QCC OO', 4CAIlOC0
e taken to a hospital and was
ed by physician for a broken
collar bone and severe cuts
Ne face and head.
ZEN were injured at Troy and
on SITS. Sunday afternoon
two automobiles crashed
on, while dozen other motor
ps resulted in injuries for the
ing persons:
Akers, Al, Freetown, cuts on
Lee Akers, 26, Greenwood,
and bruises; Charles Scherer,
P&35 N. Rural ST., cut on head;
Anna Scherer, minor cuts and
Mrs. Lettie Akers, Sc, Free
minor injuries; Morris
son, %, CORTLAND, minor
Pearl Akers, Greenwood,
outs; Daniel Collins, 80, 1899
ling ST., compound fracture
~ leg; Mrs. Mary Longstaff,
/ N. New Jersey St., cuts on
ers; Mrs. Lydia Blue, so, st.
internal injuries; Miss
rosser, 30, 761 Lexington
ruiseS; James Prosser, 5, cuts
b; Mrs n rdell Buerglein, %
IS j Delaware ST., slight cuts,
IS. Maggie Byers, 60, 1140 w.
aSt., severe scalp wounds:
- Iy a score of others received.
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