Rochester, Monroe, NY Times Union July 16, 1925 THREE KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN TANK CAR Niagara Falls, July 16 - Three men are dead and two injured as the result of an explosion in a tank car at the Mathieson alkali plant this noon. Two men were at work putting a rubberized coating on the inside of the car which is used for the shipping of bleaching liquids when they were overcome by the fumes of the coating substance. It is believed they used too much of the solution. Three workmen, learning of their plight, entered the car to effect a rescue, carrying with them an incandescent lamp. The lamp was defective and set fire to the fumes in the car. The car blazed until the fumes burned out. Then a body of workmen equipped with gas masks entered the car and brought the five out. They were all rushed to the hospital where three of them died. The other two are in a serious condition. **** OHIO WOMAN DIES FROM SHOCK; AUTO HIT BY R. & E. CAR Mrs. C. J. HOFFMAN, 48, of 512 East Dember street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, is dead as a result of an automobile-interurban trolley car crash on the Palmyra road a mile east of Pittsford, shortly after 1 o'clock today. Her daughter was slightly injured and her two sons, all of whom were riding with her, escaped uncsathed. The accident occurred within a mile of the crossing where, less than a month ago, Ray K. SAVAGE, principal of Jefferson junior High School, and Eleanor SULLIVAN of Harvard street were killed. Mrs. C. J. HOFFMAN'S daughter, Isabelle, 18, received cuts and bruises, and her two sons, Kenneth, 22, driver of the car, and Lloyd, 24, escaped without injury. Mrs. HOFFMAN died within 20 minutes after the accident and before the Highland Hospital ambulance could arrive. Heart trouble brought on by shock is given as the cause of her death. She received treatment from Dr. John VAN DOORN of Pittsford. According to witnesses of the accident and passengers of the car, the automobile, a large sedan, was coming toward Rochester when the accident occurred. The trolley was the Rochester and Eastern, Pittsford bound. Passengers say that the motorman, "Doc" MARTIN blew his whistle several blasts on approaching the crossing. The trolley struck the rear and the sedan, throwing it some 30 feet and whirling it around. Witnesses said that there were no evidence on the road that the brakes had been applied to the automobile and they believed that the driver tried to beat the trolley across the tracks. Deputy Sheriffs FOSMIRE, KLEM and O'LAUGHLIN investigated. The motorman in charge of the trolley was Henry GORDINIER. Mrs. HOFFMAN'S body was taken to the Newcomb Undertaking parlors in Pittsford. **** DAVIS TO CONFER WITH COOLIDGE ON COAL SITUATION Washington, July 16 - Secretary of Labor DAVIS will leave here tonight for SWAM?SCOTT to confer with President COOLIDGE tomorrow on the threatening anthracite and bituminous coal strikes. DAVIS returned from his vacation today and obtained from his department experts data concerning the coal situation which will be laid before Mr. COOLIDGE. **** CONVICTED MURDERERS MUST GO TO CHAIR Albany, July 16 - Three convicted murderers in Sing Sing prison must pay the death penalty the Court of Appeals ruled. They are: Ambrose ROSE who killed Ernest L. WHITMAN, a bond salesman, during the hold-up of the Bellmore bank at Hempstead; Julius MILLER. (Yellow Charleston), who killed Baron WILKINS, prominent New York negro, and John DURKIN, who killed Policeman Timothy CONNELL during the hold-up of a saloon in the Bronx. **** FEARS EXPRESSED FOR SAFETY OF EXPLORERS Cordova, Alaska, July 16 - Fear was expressed here today for the safety of Captain A. H. McCARTHY of New York city and two men, members of a group of nine explorers who, on June 22, reached the summit of Mount Logan, hitherto unscaled. McCARTHY and the two men F?STER and CARPE, took a raft at the bottom of the mountain for the descent of the perilous Chitina river to Cordova. They have not yet arrived. Four others of the party who left on another raft at the same time arrived safely and two of them left Tuesday aboard the steamship Alaska for Seattle. H. A. LAMBERT of Ottawa, Canada, a member of the party, suffered frozen feet and is now in a hospital of Chitina. **** PETTERS RIGHTS SUSTAINED Brooklyn, July 16 - Petters have some rights, it developed when Ernest BALLARD, 42-year-old janitor, was held in $500 bail on a disorderly conduct charge. Ernest was accused of prying on spooning couples with a pair of marine gasses. He became such a nuisance that automobile petters complained to the police. **** AWARDS ARE MADE FOR LAND TAKEN TO OPEN STREET Commissioners appointed to make awards of compensation for land taken by the city to open Cherry street, off Lake avenue, have announced the following finding; Elmer J. STREEBING, $14; Claud and Susie SHUTTS, $104; John F. and Eleanor LOCHNER, $94; James H. and Pearl HEAVEN, $14; Mary E. McDOWALL, $156; William H. and Kate E. UNDERWOOD, $146; Frank G. and Pearl A. TISCHLER, $152.30; Edward KAUFMAN, $104; Louise G. ANDERSON, 4597. 20; Naomi FISHLER, $208; Harold E. SMEED, $87.20; F. c. RUSH, $40; William H. FUHRMAN, $32 and $29.60 and $92; Mr. TAFT, $27.20; Buy-a-Home Corporation, $631.10 and $2,001. Commissioners of appraisal were Benjamin B. CHASE, Henry LEMPERT and Clarence C. CULVER. **** SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGED TO TWO WOMEN Mary DeSTEFANO, 45, 15 White street, and Mary RUSSITTI, 18, same address, pleaded not guilty in City Court today to a charge of assault, second degree, on Angeline VALLINE, 152 Wilder street. The cases were adjourned until July 29. According to police the defendants visited Mrs. VALLINE to purchase a bed spread. An argument ensued and the complainant was hit over the head with the butt end of a revolver, carried by one of the defendants. **** CHAMBERS LOW BIDDER ON WAYNE COUNTY HIGHWAY George W. CHAMBERS of Rochester submitted to the State Highway Department at Albany yesterday the lowest bid for the construction of the Palmyra-Marion highway, Wayne county. The amount of the bid was $264,052.55 as against the estimate of the highway department engineers estimate of #314,802.80. The highway is 5.9 miles in length. Other Rochester contractors who submitted bids were Rochester Vulcanite Pavement Company, $269, 462.80 and P. H. MURRAY, $278,968.30. **** PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULT CHARGE Martino FERRANTO, 39, 61 Crombie street, pleaded not guilty in City Court today to a charge of assault, second degree, accused of stabbing his brother-in-law, Joseph PAVONE, 56 Harvest street. The case was adjourned until July 24. The alleged slashing was the outcome of a children's quarrel, it was said by the police. The stabbing took place a few days ago FERRANTO went to headquarters yesterday and gave himself up. **** SHOOTS PET CAT, IS CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO ANIMALS The neighborhood in the vicinity of Alexander street and Park avenue is up in arms over the shooting of cats in that vicinity, according to Humane Society Agent BOYINK, Nathaniel R. POTTER, 254 Alexander street, was arraigned in City Court this morning on a charge of cruelty to animals, accused of shooting a pet cat belonging to Mrs. Dorothy O'BRIEN, 31 Park avenue. Mr. POTTER pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned until July 29. He was represented by Ray FOWLER, attorney. According to Mr. BOYINK the cat was shot through the jaw. It crawled home. Mrs. O'BRIEN called the Humane Society to have the cat put out of its misery. **** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS