One Dead, 6 Injured In Week-End Toll of Automobile Crashes W. T. Burns, Jr., 44, of 311 Auburn Street, Victim of Accident at Jacksonville Brother Died Similarly Last Fall
One Ithacan was fatally injured and six other persons were seriously hurt In a series of automobile accidents which occurred in Ithaca and vicinity late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
...William T. Burns, Jr., 44, of 311 Auburn Street, brother of Charles Burns who was killed last October in an automobile accident while en route to the Princeton-Cornell football game at Princeton, N. J., died at the Ithaca Memorial Hospital about 2 o'clock Sunday morning of injuries suffered in an accident at Jacksonville shortly after midnight, Saturday.
Freeman McDougal, 40, of the Coddington Road, is in the hospital with probably a fractured skull; Clayton Lanning of 410 Linn Street suffered severe lacerations about his hands and arm, and Lawrence, B. Johnson of 111 Auburn Street, driver of the car, suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured arm, in the same accident.
Mr. Burns, who was a well-known bricklayer and mason was fatally injured when the car in which he was riding with Lawrence Johnson and two other companions, skidded off the high the front seat with him. They escaped serious injury. Mr. Burns was in the rear seat of the sedan with Freeman Me Dougal. They were injured when the car hit the tree, bending the frame almost double. Residents of Jacksonville, awakened by the crash, assisted in placing the men in automobiles which brought them to the hospital. Messrs Burns and McDougal were unconscious. Although McDougal's condition is serious, slight improvement was reported today and it is expected that he will recover.
According to a report of the accident which was made to Sheriff Frank C. Ellis who was notified by residents of Jacksonville and went to the scene, the four men started out from the city in Johnson's car to visit friends on a farm near Taughannock Falls. Johnson reported that he ran [?] past the turn to Taughannock Jacksonville and when he applied the brakes, the machine got out of his control, left the highway and went about 100 feet before striking the church steps, the impact of which threw the rear of the car around and into a large tree. A fractured neck and fractured skull caused Mr. Burns death. At first little hope was held out for McDougal, whose head was badly lacerated, but his condition has shown improvement.
Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Funeral services for Mr. Burns will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 7, at the J. E. Shea Undertaking Parlors on West Seneca Street. Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Burns, and two brothers, George and John Burns, of this city. Mr. Burns was a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 6 66, Loyal Order of Moose, members of which will conduct a special service at 8 o'clock tonight at Shea's Undertaking Parlors. Members of the lodge will meet at the Moose rooms at 7:30 o'clock. He was also a member of Ithaca Local, No. 17, Plasterers and Masons Union.
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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Driver Exonerated
Completing his investigation in the automobile accident at Jacksonville Sunday morning in which William T. Burns, Jr., was fatally injured, Coroner William A. Smith of Newfield today issued a verdict of accidental death, exonerating L. B. Johnson, driver of the car, from blame. Coroner Smith stated that the accident occurred during a heavy rainstorm and that when the front wheel of the car struck the soft shoulder of ]the highway it threw the car out of control. When the car landed on the grass in front of the church, the wheels skidded, making it impossible for Johnson [to stop]
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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One Ithacan was fatally injured and six other persons were seriously hurt In a series of automobile accidents which occurred in Ithaca and vicinity late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
...William T. Burns, Jr., 44, of 311 Auburn Street, brother of Charles Burns who was killed last October in an automobile accident while en route to the Princeton-Cornell football game at Princeton, N. J., died at the Ithaca Memorial Hospital about 2 o'clock Sunday morning of injuries suffered in an accident at Jacksonville shortly after midnight, Saturday.
Freeman McDougal, 40, of the Coddington Road, is in the hospital with probably a fractured skull; Clayton Lanning of 410 Linn Street suffered severe lacerations about his hands and arm, and Lawrence, B. Johnson of 111 Auburn Street, driver of the car, suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured arm, in the same accident.
Mr. Burns, who was a well-known bricklayer and mason was fatally injured when the car in which he was riding with Lawrence Johnson and two other companions, skidded off the high the front seat with him. They escaped serious injury. Mr. Burns was in the rear seat of the sedan with Freeman Me Dougal. They were injured when the car hit the tree, bending the frame almost double. Residents of Jacksonville, awakened by the crash, assisted in placing the men in automobiles which brought them to the hospital. Messrs Burns and McDougal were unconscious. Although McDougal's condition is serious, slight improvement was reported today and it is expected that he will recover.
According to a report of the accident which was made to Sheriff Frank C. Ellis who was notified by residents of Jacksonville and went to the scene, the four men started out from the city in Johnson's car to visit friends on a farm near Taughannock Falls. Johnson reported that he ran [?] past the turn to Taughannock Jacksonville and when he applied the brakes, the machine got out of his control, left the highway and went about 100 feet before striking the church steps, the impact of which threw the rear of the car around and into a large tree. A fractured neck and fractured skull caused Mr. Burns death. At first little hope was held out for McDougal, whose head was badly lacerated, but his condition has shown improvement.
Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Funeral services for Mr. Burns will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 7, at the J. E. Shea Undertaking Parlors on West Seneca Street. Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Burns, and two brothers, George and John Burns, of this city. Mr. Burns was a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 6 66, Loyal Order of Moose, members of which will conduct a special service at 8 o'clock tonight at Shea's Undertaking Parlors. Members of the lodge will meet at the Moose rooms at 7:30 o'clock. He was also a member of Ithaca Local, No. 17, Plasterers and Masons Union.
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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Driver Exonerated
Completing his investigation in the automobile accident at Jacksonville Sunday morning in which William T. Burns, Jr., was fatally injured, Coroner William A. Smith of Newfield today issued a verdict of accidental death, exonerating L. B. Johnson, driver of the car, from blame. Coroner Smith stated that the accident occurred during a heavy rainstorm and that when the front wheel of the car struck the soft shoulder of ]the highway it threw the car out of control. When the car landed on the grass in front of the church, the wheels skidded, making it impossible for Johnson [to stop]
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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One Dead, 6 Injured In Week-End Toll of Automobile Crashes W. T. Burns, Jr., 44, of 311 Auburn Street, Victim of Accident at Jacksonville Brother Died Similarly Last Fall
One Ithacan was fatally injured and six other persons were seriously hurt In a series of automobile accidents which occurred in Ithaca and vicinity late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
...William T. Burns, Jr., 44, of 311 Auburn Street, brother of Charles Burns who was killed last October in an automobile accident while en route to the Princeton-Cornell football game at Princeton, N. J., died at the Ithaca Memorial Hospital about 2 o'clock Sunday morning of injuries suffered in an accident at Jacksonville shortly after midnight, Saturday.
Freeman McDougal, 40, of the Coddington Road, is in the hospital with probably a fractured skull; Clayton Lanning of 410 Linn Street suffered severe lacerations about his hands and arm, and Lawrence, B. Johnson of 111 Auburn Street, driver of the car, suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured arm, in the same accident.
Mr. Burns, who was a well-known bricklayer and mason was fatally injured when the car in which he was riding with Lawrence Johnson and two other companions, skidded off the high the front seat with him. They escaped serious injury. Mr. Burns was in the rear seat of the sedan with Freeman Me Dougal. They were injured when the car hit the tree, bending the frame almost double. Residents of Jacksonville, awakened by the crash, assisted in placing the men in automobiles which brought them to the hospital. Messrs Burns and McDougal were unconscious. Although McDougal's condition is serious, slight improvement was reported today and it is expected that he will recover.
According to a report of the accident which was made to Sheriff Frank C. Ellis who was notified by residents of Jacksonville and went to the scene, the four men started out from the city in Johnson's car to visit friends on a farm near Taughannock Falls. Johnson reported that he ran [?] past the turn to Taughannock Jacksonville and when he applied the brakes, the machine got out of his control, left the highway and went about 100 feet before striking the church steps, the impact of which threw the rear of the car around and into a large tree. A fractured neck and fractured skull caused Mr. Burns death. At first little hope was held out for McDougal, whose head was badly lacerated, but his condition has shown improvement.
Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Funeral services for Mr. Burns will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 7, at the J. E. Shea Undertaking Parlors on West Seneca Street. Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Burns, and two brothers, George and John Burns, of this city. Mr. Burns was a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 6 66, Loyal Order of Moose, members of which will conduct a special service at 8 o'clock tonight at Shea's Undertaking Parlors. Members of the lodge will meet at the Moose rooms at 7:30 o'clock. He was also a member of Ithaca Local, No. 17, Plasterers and Masons Union.
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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Driver Exonerated
Completing his investigation in the automobile accident at Jacksonville Sunday morning in which William T. Burns, Jr., was fatally injured, Coroner William A. Smith of Newfield today issued a verdict of accidental death, exonerating L. B. Johnson, driver of the car, from blame. Coroner Smith stated that the accident occurred during a heavy rainstorm and that when the front wheel of the car struck the soft shoulder of ]the highway it threw the car out of control. When the car landed on the grass in front of the church, the wheels skidded, making it impossible for Johnson [to stop]
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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One Ithacan was fatally injured and six other persons were seriously hurt In a series of automobile accidents which occurred in Ithaca and vicinity late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
...William T. Burns, Jr., 44, of 311 Auburn Street, brother of Charles Burns who was killed last October in an automobile accident while en route to the Princeton-Cornell football game at Princeton, N. J., died at the Ithaca Memorial Hospital about 2 o'clock Sunday morning of injuries suffered in an accident at Jacksonville shortly after midnight, Saturday.
Freeman McDougal, 40, of the Coddington Road, is in the hospital with probably a fractured skull; Clayton Lanning of 410 Linn Street suffered severe lacerations about his hands and arm, and Lawrence, B. Johnson of 111 Auburn Street, driver of the car, suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured arm, in the same accident.
Mr. Burns, who was a well-known bricklayer and mason was fatally injured when the car in which he was riding with Lawrence Johnson and two other companions, skidded off the high the front seat with him. They escaped serious injury. Mr. Burns was in the rear seat of the sedan with Freeman Me Dougal. They were injured when the car hit the tree, bending the frame almost double. Residents of Jacksonville, awakened by the crash, assisted in placing the men in automobiles which brought them to the hospital. Messrs Burns and McDougal were unconscious. Although McDougal's condition is serious, slight improvement was reported today and it is expected that he will recover.
According to a report of the accident which was made to Sheriff Frank C. Ellis who was notified by residents of Jacksonville and went to the scene, the four men started out from the city in Johnson's car to visit friends on a farm near Taughannock Falls. Johnson reported that he ran [?] past the turn to Taughannock Jacksonville and when he applied the brakes, the machine got out of his control, left the highway and went about 100 feet before striking the church steps, the impact of which threw the rear of the car around and into a large tree. A fractured neck and fractured skull caused Mr. Burns death. At first little hope was held out for McDougal, whose head was badly lacerated, but his condition has shown improvement.
Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Funeral services for Mr. Burns will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 7, at the J. E. Shea Undertaking Parlors on West Seneca Street. Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Burns, and two brothers, George and John Burns, of this city. Mr. Burns was a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 6 66, Loyal Order of Moose, members of which will conduct a special service at 8 o'clock tonight at Shea's Undertaking Parlors. Members of the lodge will meet at the Moose rooms at 7:30 o'clock. He was also a member of Ithaca Local, No. 17, Plasterers and Masons Union.
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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Driver Exonerated
Completing his investigation in the automobile accident at Jacksonville Sunday morning in which William T. Burns, Jr., was fatally injured, Coroner William A. Smith of Newfield today issued a verdict of accidental death, exonerating L. B. Johnson, driver of the car, from blame. Coroner Smith stated that the accident occurred during a heavy rainstorm and that when the front wheel of the car struck the soft shoulder of ]the highway it threw the car out of control. When the car landed on the grass in front of the church, the wheels skidded, making it impossible for Johnson [to stop]
Published in the Ithaca Journal-News on Monday, May 6, 1929
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