New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1926, Page 3

s 1 y r 1 e ) U3 1 = NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1926. YOUNG MOTORIST BURNED T0 DEATH Mt. Carmel Youth Caught in| Wreckage Near Milldale Meriden, Sept. 18 — Caught in the flaming wreckage of a car in which he had been riding, Mason, 18 years old, of Whitney avenue, Mt. Carmel, was burned fatally at 9:15 o'clock last night, in 2 collision between an automobile and a motorcycle on the Milldale- Cheshire road. He died at the Meriden hospital less than two hours after the accident. Two others were hurt in the crash: Edward Cappall, 83 Blake | street, New Haven, the driver of the motorcycle; and Ralph Milum | of Mt. Carmel, who was in the au- tomobile with Mason. The driver| of the automobile, Donald L. Clark, 3317 Whitney avenue, Mt Carmel, and Americo Schari, also of Mt. Carmel, and a fourth occu- pant in the car escaped injury. The automoblle was parked, fac- ing north, along the trolley car tracks about a quarter of a mlle from the Meriden-Milldale road | when it was struck in the rear by the motorcycle, traveling north. Almost simultaneously flames en- eloped both the car and the cy- cle, Held in Flames Mason, who rear seat of was riding in the the flames and was held by the wreckage. Heroic efforts Clark were successful in extricating Ma- son from the burning wreckage after several inutes of frantic work, but came 0 late to save Mason from sustaining fatal burns. When dragged out of the wreck- “ge presented a pitiful sight, *is face, n back and ar completely covered with burns. Two Others Burned The other two injured wers also burned, ng cuts and brulses about the hands and wrists and a slight burn on the neck; while Cappall suf- fered a compound fracture of a leg at the knee and severe burns on hoth legs. The Meriden hospital amhun"ce was summoned, but rived ths three injured pamn-hm already been taken to the Meriden hospital in an automobile. Fire Department Called. The fire departments of Cheshira persons an tinguish the biaze, from the latter town arriving first inder Fire Chief John W. Crenin and accompanied by Police Chief Thomas Murphy, and the Cheshire e ng a few minutes Fire Chief George Thorpe. Darkness An Element. The darkness of the road where the accident occurred is believed to A n a contributory element to o crash. Cappall stated that mobile loomed out of the dark- ss too late for him to avert the rash, He further state ad seen no tail night on lark had stopped h he hat he he car. Alfred | the automobils with | Milum, was caught in the midst of | Milum sustain- | Southington were called to ex- | the department | his car for | SCENE FROM “HERO OF THE BIG sxows." A Werner Pictura AT LYCEUM SUN., MON.,, TUES. AND WED. | The warning was issued follow- ing the robbery in full daylight and in view of hundreds of a steamship p: er by men, who escaped in a motor ear. The robbers obtained moras $6.000, “You from moment on the right hand side of |the road very close to trolley car |tracks. When asked by Constables | W. 0. Collins and Robert Ives if he had had any tail light, he replied n(‘\a' he believed he Clark In Nervous State, | Clark was in a highly nervous | state following the accident and 'ma than Dempsey-Tunn Captain | could only give an incoherent ac- | rTPS SRR count of s Tastivas when he learned of e ohen aheunit ’ hen he learned of 50 feet by ¢ the hold-up. “It has attracted the pact with th no- 1 hiladelphia. The hold t ‘“h a mass ot °% etei el rooks who and strips of rubt twisted s bber. Rt comeshers tor Tha automobile wa SR , . | charred skeleton of be W e xindicticimipals ety | splintered wood, the rear part of it, | {0 deal with are tha ‘big racket men who wear | where the cycle had struck it 1SR hoskfexnel hav- { hire the best lawyers, ha clothas ing been pushed in several inch Witnesses at the scene stated of money and travel In e accident nes or parlor cars.” One '} parts dred detectives from all of the country are coming to with Cappa | panying cycla, it is believed that| Philadelphia to aid in the cam- | Cappall was forced to ride close to|Palgn against tha laxw breakers | tha trolley car tracks and in line during the next week, Captain with the parked automotile. Wood said. State police too, are cooperating. YON ELM HAS THIRD CRANCE AT TITLE Is Matched Against Bobby Jones for PHILA. THRONGED WITH GANGSTERS ‘G ty Detective Burean Warns of Crime Wave Golf Crown of Country Short Hills, N. 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