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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
20
Police report a fatality and numerous injuries as a bright weather day spurs a spike in automobile crashes. Theresa Martucci, 11, was killed after stepping into traffic on 108th Street. Dozens were hurt, including William Necker Jr and Michael Cahn. crowds surged as investigators and reserves responded.
George Humbert and George Scott of Brooklyn were hurt when their motorcycle collided with a mudguard auto owned by H E Clerke of Northport on Jericho Turnpike. Humbert suffered a broken leg and thigh while Scott had bruises. They were taken to Nassau Hospital Mineola. The other vehicle's occupants were not identified.
Five Baltimore and Ohio railway workers died when a passenger engine jumped rails and overturned one mile west of Cook's Mills on the Pittsburgh Division. Engineers Hughes Lloyd and Dean perished aboard the wreckage. Kilzer and Inyster also killed. Firemen Miller Romesburg and Semple were injured as survivors flagged an oncoming freight. The crash occurred at high speed on a straight track, with the engine catapulting down an embankment and the crew members facing severe injuries and fatalities.
Irene Sutton a 20 year old milliner from Brooklyn was found dead behind a roller coaster at Sacan Park near Johnstown New York. Coroner Wright delayed verdict while police search for two men and a woman last seen with her in a taxicab.
The Intercity Settlement Workers' Conference devoted its closing night to Riis's memory. Dr. Jane Robbins recalled Riis's emphasis on exact facts, tenement reform, and Blackwell Island park ideas, urging future generations to sustain social-service work while preserving health and idealism.
About one hundred small shop proprietors answered summons from the East Side Protective Association. Juvenile police, aided by a 3,000-strong cadet force, investigated ice cream parlors and shops selling cigarettes to underage youths. Protests were met with promises to cooperate, while cadets patrol after school and in venues like dance halls and parlors to prevent exploitation.
A man reported from Philadelphia that three companions drowned after a leaky rowboat took on water during boat races on the Delaware. Names given were John Murphy 20, John Moncek 22, and Raymond Tinney 21. No bodies found. witnesses saw the activity but not the accident.
Policeman Clarkson broke through a crowd at Thirty-ninth Street and Third Avenue last night to rescue a man beaten after disturbing Miss Viola Niamas who reported advances and was then struck by him. The assailant, Nicholas Sisickes, was held on bail for further examination in Yorkville Court.
Four detectives aided a man identified as Theodore Valas during a hold up in Bryant Park near the Public Library. Two suspects were captured, while three others fled. The incident follows recent complaints about hold ups at West Thirtieth Street Station.
Special to The Newark Times Morristown New Jersey May 31 An infant Francis Riley one year old and his father Patrick Riley of West Orange were killed near Whippany when struck by a Morristown and Erie locomotive as they attempted to pull a relative from the tracks The engineer Fred Remaine did not realize he had struck a moving pair The two had been visiting a relative in Whippany and were returning to Morristown when the accident occurred
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