New Britain herald., 1929-09-03
ICE TRUCK HITS
 CHILD, AT PLAY
Little Lad at Hospital With
 Fractured Collar Bone

Leo Gattino, three, AIS Burritt street, was taken to the New Brit ain General hospital at 4:15 Mon- day afternoon after he was run over by the truck driven by Joseph Recck, 466 East street in the rear of 444 Burritt street. At the hos pital it was found that the lad suf- fered a fractured collar bone, a pos sibe fractured rib and bruises on the head
 Recck was delivering ice at 444 Burrltt street, Sergeant P. A. Mc- Away ascertained when he investi- gated the accident. The truck was driven to the rear of the house and then backed up for few feet. The driver felt a slight bump, stopped, and man in the next yard shouted. The driver of the truck then went back to the rear of the truck and saw the boy lying where he had been hit by the machine. While the other man carried the boy into the house, Recck called Dr. A. l.. Avit- able who attended the lad and or dcrcd him to the New Britain Gen. cral hospital for examination.
 Cars Scrape in West End
 Tenders and hub caps scraped when the cars of Joseph Parillo, 59 Newtield avenue and Louis Raffa, Hartford. brushed each other on West Main street at 4:3O Monday afternoon on West Main street be- tween Sherman court and Curtis street.
 Both cars were going west on West Main street states Officer James NJ. McCue in his report. Eaffe tried 10 pass Parillo, and the cars scrapcd. AS the damage was slight, the men agreed to settle the matter between themselves.
 Driver Hits Bicycle and Runs
 Police of New Britain are look ing of q hit-skip driver who ran into the bicycle being ridden by Frank Dale, 12, who reported to Police Chief William C. Hart Mon day afternoon that an auto had struck his bicycle near the corner of Curtis and Broad streets.
 When the driver of the car struck the boy, the front wheel cf ;L bicycle on which he was riding broke. throwing him to the ground. hurting his leg. The car. described to Chief Hart by the lad, is dark blue with black top.
 Loaded Sedan Struck
 Four small children and mother with an infant child in her "rms narrowly escaped serious in jury Sunday evening when the car in which she and her children were riding was crushed by another car driven by Walter Bishop, Berlin turnpike at the corner of Stanley and East Main street.
 The sedan in which the woman and the children were riding, driven by Lena Bushcn. S1 Oak street, was proceeding south on Stanley street and was turned completely around. the left side of the car being crushed. Bishops car, owned by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Bishop lack. was going west on East Main street. He sounded bis horn. but he did not see the other car until t was too late to avoid the crash.
 Mans Arm Broken
 When he stepped into the path of ! car driven by John Henninger, 'o4 Lasalle street, late Saturday light, Charles Kaley, 37, 75 Hart ord avenue, was knocked to the round and his arm broken. He
 
 'ral hospital for treatment, where he fracture was set.
 Henninger told Officer Louis F. Harper, who investigated the acci- aent, that when Kaley stepped into the path of the car he tried in every way to avoid striking the man but could not. With the help of Joseph Bush, 1o Hayes street he was placed into the car and taken 0 the hospital.
 Auto Runs Into Building
 Confused when her car ran up onto the curb onto the sidewalk at he corner of Hartford avenue and North street. Lottic Anschutz, 32 Grown street, Meriden, cut her wheels sharply to the left. ran across Hartford avenue onto the cast side walk and crashed into the building at Ill Hartford avenue Saturday afternoon. according 10 the report made by Officer Anthony Walinozus. Louise Anschutz. 40. her sister. was taken to the New Britain Gen. oral hospital for treatment from shock, but was discharged few hours afterwards. Miss Anschutz was driving east on North street and had just made the turn onto Hart ford avenue when the accident hap pehed. The officer reported that she made the turn so short that she ran up onto the sidewalk, and the accident followed.
 Miss Anschutz was about to bo arrested for driving without her license, but when she explained that it was in her pocketbook and that the pocketbook was taken from the rear seat of the car along with $20 or s25, she was released. Because of the crash against the building