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From: Margaret Ransom <>
Subject: Brooklyn Standard Union,June 19, 1929-Auto Accident News
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 21:59:04 -0400


Brooklyn Standard Union
June 19, 1929

Accident News

CAR HITS POLE, BREAKS TREE, OVERTURNS WITH NONE HURT

Freeport Woman Driving 3, Faints at the Wheel

An unusual accident happened at Bay Shore last night when an automobile got
out of control on the Merrick road, skidded across the street, crashed into an
electric light pole, careened off and struck a tree, breaking it off at the
base, went into an open lot, carrying part of the tree and then partly
overturned.
In the automobile were Mrs. Marian Van ETTON of Freeport, her two children,
a boy of 8 and a girl of 6 and a maid. Mrs. Van ETTEN was driving the
automobile, which was passing the South Side Hospital, when she became faint
and lost control of the machine. She was returning home after a visit to
friends at Southampton.
Several motorists and employees of the hospital who witnessed the accident
hurried into the field, expecting to find the occupants seriously injured.
They righted the car and extricated its four passengers, none of whom was
injured.

Transcribed for the Brooklyn Info pages, http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/
by Margaret Ransom


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