The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-13
New Britain Woman Dies Shortly After
 Three Cars Collide
Fatal Accident Occurred on Waterbury Bristol Road
 Near Cedar Lake; Couple, Returning From lsA Wedding Painfully Hurt

A woman was fatally injured and li other persons hurt In waterbury and vicinity in twelce auto acci. dents over the weekend. Sixteen persons were arrested on charges oi motor vehicle law violations and the municipal court docket was virtual 1y devoted Go motor violations with the exception of two assault and breach of the peace cases.
 Coroner William B. Hennessy was conducting this morning an investi- gatior into the fatal accidet in Vol colt on the Waterbury Bristol high way near the Bristol town line which took the life of Mrs. Nellie Gallagher, 60, of 361 Common wealth avenue, New Britain, last night. Mrs. Gallagher died of in- ternal injuries sustained in e three- car crash within few hours of the accident at the Bristol hospital.
 Two others injured, Francis Mul- len, 8, of S7 Catherine avenue, and Mrs. Helen Burns, 63, of 80 Laurel street, this city, were admitted to the St. Mary's hospital Mullen, driver of the car, was taken to the hospital where he was given treat Iment for 6 laceration of the left leg while Mrs. Burns suffered a fractured rib, laceration of the left knee and shock. Both were de- scribed this morning as resting comfortably" by st. Mary's hospital attaches.
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 Police Colnsr. Fred Megin of Vol colt, who investigated the accident. said Mrs. Gallagher and two local persons were riding in an automo- bile operated by Mullen who was traveling toward Bristol and and as he approached Cedar Lake, a car driven by Philip Gaughan of 23 Main street, Bristol, sideswiped him. Gaughan was proceeding in the op- posite direction, the Wolcott Com- missioner said.
 As . result of the impact, the Mullen car was thrown into a third car driven by Earl Johnson, Jr, of 306 Terryville avenue, Bristol.
 Two persons were injured in an accident involving three cars on Washington and Sylvan avenues yesterday afternoon. Joseph Kra- rner, 20, of 64 Elizabeth street, driv- or of one of the cars, was granted a continuance to Oct. 29 on a charge of reckless driving and passing Q stop sign.
 The two injured who were treated at the St. Mary'S hospital and later discharged were Antonio Latina, i9, of Wolcott road, Wolcott and Eve- lyn vancelette, le, of 26 Sylvan avenue.
 Latina received treatment for nlimerous decorations and abrasions while Miss Vancelette was treated for deep laceratiorls.
 Motor patrolman John Deeley said that Kramer, was proceeding south on Baldwin street, had passed through Q stop signal at the inter- section on Washington street and crashed into the car driven by La- tina whose automobile swung around and smashed into another car park ed on the opposite corner and ow1- ed by Robert Y. Johnson of 319 Dwight street. Latina car was ex- tensively damaged while Kramer and Johnson machines were sight, ly damaged.
 Miss Julia M. Barstis, 21, of 63o East Main street was admitted to the St. Mary's hospital with . pos- sible skull fracture, a fracture of the right upper arm and laceration of the legs while Jewell Skriptonis, @, of 0S0 East Main street was ex. aEnined by hospital attches and lat- CT discharged after an accident early Saturday morning when the car driven by Thomas Shea, Sl, of