MABEL CLARK OF FREEPORT DIES IN AMBULANCE;
HIT NEAR HOME
Mabel Clark, three and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William clark, is dead today of injuries suffered when she was
struck by an automobile on the street in front of her home at 306
North main street, Freeport, at 5:30 o'clock, last night. She died
in Fulton's ambulance en route to Meadowbrook hospital and was
pronounced dead by Dr. Agnes Harmatuck on her arrival there.
The child had been playing on the sidewalk in front of her home
with her sisters, Geraldine, 10, and Louise eight years old, ac-
cording to police, when she looked up and saw her mother, Marion
coming up the street on the other side after shopping at a neigh-
borhood store. Darting out in front of a parked car to meet her
mother, the child was struck by a car operated by Mrs. Delia
Grant, 57, of 38 Pleasant avenue, Roosevelt, who was on her way
to the Freeport railroad station to meet her husband, William,
coming home from work in the city.
Mrs. Grant carried the youngster to the office of Dr. Charles
J. Basile at 304 North main street, who was not in. Dr. Benjamin
Berman, sent to the scene by police, treated her there for a frac-
ture of the skull, a fracture of the right leg and internal injuries. Mrs.
Clark became hysterical and she and her two remaining daughters
were taken in by neighbors. Mr. Clark, police said left several days
ago to take a defence job in Virginia. He was notified of the trag-
edy last night and is returning home today.
Sergeant Herbert Pearsall and Patrolman Edward Smith took
charge of the heavy commuting traffic at the scene and County
Detectives Andrew O'Connor of the first squad, Merrick, and Jo-
seph Hizinski of the homicide squad investigated. Dr. A. W.
Freireich, ordered an autopsy to be preformed today.
Detectives released Mrs. Grant after questioning. They said she
apparantly had no chance to avoid hitting the child.
HIT NEAR HOME
Mabel Clark, three and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William clark, is dead today of injuries suffered when she was
struck by an automobile on the street in front of her home at 306
North main street, Freeport, at 5:30 o'clock, last night. She died
in Fulton's ambulance en route to Meadowbrook hospital and was
pronounced dead by Dr. Agnes Harmatuck on her arrival there.
The child had been playing on the sidewalk in front of her home
with her sisters, Geraldine, 10, and Louise eight years old, ac-
cording to police, when she looked up and saw her mother, Marion
coming up the street on the other side after shopping at a neigh-
borhood store. Darting out in front of a parked car to meet her
mother, the child was struck by a car operated by Mrs. Delia
Grant, 57, of 38 Pleasant avenue, Roosevelt, who was on her way
to the Freeport railroad station to meet her husband, William,
coming home from work in the city.
Mrs. Grant carried the youngster to the office of Dr. Charles
J. Basile at 304 North main street, who was not in. Dr. Benjamin
Berman, sent to the scene by police, treated her there for a frac-
ture of the skull, a fracture of the right leg and internal injuries. Mrs.
Clark became hysterical and she and her two remaining daughters
were taken in by neighbors. Mr. Clark, police said left several days
ago to take a defence job in Virginia. He was notified of the trag-
edy last night and is returning home today.
Sergeant Herbert Pearsall and Patrolman Edward Smith took
charge of the heavy commuting traffic at the scene and County
Detectives Andrew O'Connor of the first squad, Merrick, and Jo-
seph Hizinski of the homicide squad investigated. Dr. A. W.
Freireich, ordered an autopsy to be preformed today.
Detectives released Mrs. Grant after questioning. They said she
apparantly had no chance to avoid hitting the child.
MABEL CLARK OF FREEPORT DIES IN AMBULANCE;
HIT NEAR HOME
Mabel Clark, three and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William clark, is dead today of injuries suffered when she was
struck by an automobile on the street in front of her home at 306
North main street, Freeport, at 5:30 o'clock, last night. She died
in Fulton's ambulance en route to Meadowbrook hospital and was
pronounced dead by Dr. Agnes Harmatuck on her arrival there.
The child had been playing on the sidewalk in front of her home
with her sisters, Geraldine, 10, and Louise eight years old, ac-
cording to police, when she looked up and saw her mother, Marion
coming up the street on the other side after shopping at a neigh-
borhood store. Darting out in front of a parked car to meet her
mother, the child was struck by a car operated by Mrs. Delia
Grant, 57, of 38 Pleasant avenue, Roosevelt, who was on her way
to the Freeport railroad station to meet her husband, William,
coming home from work in the city.
Mrs. Grant carried the youngster to the office of Dr. Charles
J. Basile at 304 North main street, who was not in. Dr. Benjamin
Berman, sent to the scene by police, treated her there for a frac-
ture of the skull, a fracture of the right leg and internal injuries. Mrs.
Clark became hysterical and she and her two remaining daughters
were taken in by neighbors. Mr. Clark, police said left several days
ago to take a defence job in Virginia. He was notified of the trag-
edy last night and is returning home today.
Sergeant Herbert Pearsall and Patrolman Edward Smith took
charge of the heavy commuting traffic at the scene and County
Detectives Andrew O'Connor of the first squad, Merrick, and Jo-
seph Hizinski of the homicide squad investigated. Dr. A. W.
Freireich, ordered an autopsy to be preformed today.
Detectives released Mrs. Grant after questioning. They said she
apparantly had no chance to avoid hitting the child.
HIT NEAR HOME
Mabel Clark, three and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William clark, is dead today of injuries suffered when she was
struck by an automobile on the street in front of her home at 306
North main street, Freeport, at 5:30 o'clock, last night. She died
in Fulton's ambulance en route to Meadowbrook hospital and was
pronounced dead by Dr. Agnes Harmatuck on her arrival there.
The child had been playing on the sidewalk in front of her home
with her sisters, Geraldine, 10, and Louise eight years old, ac-
cording to police, when she looked up and saw her mother, Marion
coming up the street on the other side after shopping at a neigh-
borhood store. Darting out in front of a parked car to meet her
mother, the child was struck by a car operated by Mrs. Delia
Grant, 57, of 38 Pleasant avenue, Roosevelt, who was on her way
to the Freeport railroad station to meet her husband, William,
coming home from work in the city.
Mrs. Grant carried the youngster to the office of Dr. Charles
J. Basile at 304 North main street, who was not in. Dr. Benjamin
Berman, sent to the scene by police, treated her there for a frac-
ture of the skull, a fracture of the right leg and internal injuries. Mrs.
Clark became hysterical and she and her two remaining daughters
were taken in by neighbors. Mr. Clark, police said left several days
ago to take a defence job in Virginia. He was notified of the trag-
edy last night and is returning home today.
Sergeant Herbert Pearsall and Patrolman Edward Smith took
charge of the heavy commuting traffic at the scene and County
Detectives Andrew O'Connor of the first squad, Merrick, and Jo-
seph Hizinski of the homicide squad investigated. Dr. A. W.
Freireich, ordered an autopsy to be preformed today.
Detectives released Mrs. Grant after questioning. They said she
apparantly had no chance to avoid hitting the child.
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