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    1. [NY-Old-News] >> Monroe Co., NY June 15, 1925
    2. Rochester, Monroe, NY Times Union June 15, 1925 HOSPITALS HAVE 10 WEEK-END PATIENTS Seven-Year-Old Girl Killed in Street by Automobile - Driver Fails To Make Curve, Dies of Injuries - Trolley Runs Man Down, Fractures Skull - Girl Falls From Horse at Armory A man and a small girl are dead, another man is at the General Hospital in serious condition, and 10 are recovering from minor injuries due to automobile, streetcar and other accidents in and about Rochester over the week end. The dead are Edith BUTLER, 7, of 29 Wooden street, who was run down by an automobile Saturday afternoon, and William SNOOK, 33, of 1523 Lake avenue, who received the injuries from which he died early Saturday morning, near Retsof. The BUTLER child met her death when she ran into the street while playing with friends in Swan street. The child is said to have dashed directly into the path of a truck driven by Alvin ZILLER of 102 Quincy street. She was knocked to the street and her skull crushed. She died late in the afternoon at the Highland Hospital. FAILED TO MAKE CURVE SNOOK was killed when he failed to make a curve in the road while on his way from Retsof to York early Saturday morning. His automobile left the road, ran several hundred feet in a ditch and crashed into a telephone pole. SNOOK and a companion were both thrown from the car. The dead man received a fractured skull, his left arm was broken in five places and he received internal injuries. He died Saturday evening at the General Hospital. His companion was uninjured. Dr. Charles CROMWELL gave first aid to the victims of the crash and brought SNOOK to the hospital here. SKULL FRACTURED Frank LEONARD, 33, of 316 Emerson street, lies at the General Hospital in a critical condition, his skull fractured, as the result of being run down by a trolley car early Saturday morning within a block of his home. HURT IN COLLISION Joseph WEBB, 44, of East Rochester, suffered severe cuts and bruises yesterday morning when the machine he was driving in East avenue at Culver road, collided with another car driven by Richard AMBROSE of 196 Brown street, WEBB was thrown from his machine to the pavement. He was taken to the Highland Hospital and later went home. HIT BY TROLLEY Mrs. Edgerton HUGHES, 21, of Riverside Gardens, Brighton, received cuts and bruises last night when she stepped from her husband's automobile and was struck by a trolley car in front of 4434 Lake avenue. An ambulance was summoned but the injured woman had been taken home in her husband's car before it arrived. FELL IN CELLARWAY Thomas JENMAN, 55, of 171 South Fitzhugh street, fell 12 feet from a porch railing into a stone cellarway yesterday afternoon. He suffered a severe scalp wound and a fractured ankle, and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in the ambulance. FELL FROM HORSE Viola ROGERS, 28, of 136 Plymouth avenue south, was badly cut and bruised yesterday morning when she fell from a horse she was riding at the Troop F. Armory in Culver road. She was taken to the Highland Hospital and later went home. FOOT CRUSHED John BONACER, 30, of 41 Orange street, an employe of the New York State Railways, suffered a crushed foot late Saturday afternoon while at work on the tracks at Clinton avenue and franklin street. He was run down by one of the company's trucks and was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING Stanley HOLLAND, of 1035 Park avenue, was arraigned this morning in City Court Criminal branch, on a charge of reckless driving. He pleaded guilty and was fined $50. HOLLAND was arrested Saturday afternoon by Charles ZIMMERIL of South avenue after the motorcycle he was riding ran down Mrs. Verdi CHATLAIH, 22, of 454 Park avenue. The woman was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital for treatment of bad cuts and bruises. Witnesses stated that the motorcycle was going at a high rate of speed. TRUCK AND AUTO COLLIDE Albert METCHIAL of 32 Galusha street narrowly escaped serious injury Saturday afternoon when the Rapp delivery truck he was driving collided with an automobile driven by Andrew CANTEN of 32 George street, at East avenue and Culver road. METCHIAL'S machine was tipped over. He suffered injuries to his right foot and was taken to the Park Avenue Hospital. KNOCKED TO STREET Jimmie TAURIA, 9, of 17 Philander street, suffered minor injuries to his head Saturday night when knocked to the street in Bay street by an automobile driven by Conrad BROWN of 89 Lincoln street. He was treated at a physician's office and taken home. KNOCKED FROM BICYCLE Franklin EVERITT, 14, of 99 Eiffel place, received bruises and an injuries to his right leg when knocked from his bicycle by an automobile in Baden street, near Chatham street, Saturday night. He was treated at a physician's office and taken home. The machine was driven by John D. STERLING of 104 Harris street. Clarence BAKER of Pittsford is at St. Mary's Hospital with a fractured left hip received early yesterday morning when the automobile he was driving left the road, crashed through a concrete fence and rolled down an embankment on Town Line road Henrietta. Deputy Sheriffs OVENBURG and GARDON, who investigated, reported that BAKER had no operators' license. The machine was held pending investigation. COLLISION IN TITUS AVENUE Mrs. Florence CALLIGAN, of 209 East avenue, reported to the sheriff's office this morning that her automobile collided with a machine driven by an unidentified man at Cooper road and Titus avenue early this morning. The license number of the car was reported as 7-M-92-15, listed according to Motor Vehicle license records, as having been issued to Charles F. CHEESEBROUGH and Luella G. YORKER, of Auburn. A passenger in the CHEESEBROUGH-YORKER car is said to have been slightly injured. ** DAILY DEATH ROLL DR. WILLIAM WALLACE WALKER Dr. William Wallace WALKER, dentist, with offices at 58 West 50th street, New York city, and prominent in his profession for 25 years, died yesterday at the New Warden Hotel, Saratoga Springs. Dr. WALKER went to Saratoga about two weeks ago to make arrangements for a summer home. He died of catarrhal pneumonia. He was here in Rochester and, after graduating from the Baltimore Dental College, married Ethel HORNICK of Rochester. His wife survives him. Dr. WALKER has been president of the New York State Dental Society and the First District Dental Society of New York. He held the honorary degree of M. D. S., from the University of the State of New York, an honor no longer conferred by the university and was a fellow of the New Jersey Institute of Dental Science. He was past district deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Order and a member of the Racquet and Tennis Club, New York Yacht Club, New York Athletic Club and Hudson River Country Club. Burial will be at Sioux City. * Zetta KANE, widow of John KANE, died yesterday at her home, 49 Hobart street. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sarah CARTER of Brooklyn and Mrs. Ralph MALTBY of this city, and two sons, Fred and Charles KANE, both of this city. Mrs. Cornelia SEARCHFIELD died yesterday at the home of her son, Joseph SEARCHFIELD. She is survived by three sons, Joseph and Thomas SEARCHFIELD of this city, and Walter SEARCHFIELD of South COVENTRY, Conn.; a sister, Mrs. Sarah SPRAGUE, and two brothers, Joseph and William WINNEUR(?); 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Antoniella CATONE died yesterday in Rochester General Hospital, aged 49 years. She is survived by her husband, Pietro CATONE; seven sons, Patsy, Louis, Anthony, Pietro, Jr., James, Sam and Carlo CATONE; two daughters, Mrs. Bonaventura FORMICOLA and Miss Filemena CATONE, all of this city, and a brother in Italy. She was a member of St. Giorgio Society of St. Anthony of Padua Church. Mrs. Fiorella MULE died Saturday at Monroe County Sanitarium, aged 31 years. She is survived by her husband, Dante FIORELLA. The body was removed to the home at 435 Clinton avenue North. Mrs. Adelaide M. BENNETT died Saturday at her home, 20 Rauber street. She is survived by her husband, Edward A. BENNETT, and one son, Harvey E. BENNETT. Albert WAMP died Saturday, aged 76 years. He is survived by three sons, William and George of Rochester, and Charles of New York city; four daughters, Mrs. William LEUSCH, Mrs. Max LEISKE, Mrs. Don BEECHER and Mrs. Fred ELAM, and eight grandchildren. Isaac A. HAYS died yesterday at the home, 326 Field street. He is survived by his wife, Hannah; one daughter, Mrs. A. DOBBERTIN; one son, Robert, and one brother, M. A. HAYS. Mrs. Sarah NORTHEM died last evening at the home, 33 Oakman street, aged 42 years. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Ruth NORTHEM; two sons, Arthur and Donald NORTHEM; one brother, Walter S. BEILB? ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS

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