Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1908 — MOTOR CAR RUNS INTO RIVER. [ARTICLE]

MOTOR CAR RUNS INTO RIVER.

Four Persons Drowned in Accident at New York. New York, June 16.—Four persons were drowned Monday night when an automobile carrying a pleasure party of six became unmanageable, shot at wild speed down West Fifty-sixth street and Mounded from an open pier into the North river. The machine turned over in its plunge from the pier, holding the four victims fast in their seats. The dead are: Adeline Berdon, aged 19 years; Mrs. Rose Coleman, aged 23 years; John Coleman. aged 27 years, and Virginia Knight, aged eight years. John Bauer, the chauffeur; was carried into the river with the machine but managed to free himself and swim to safety. John Nolan, one of the party, jumped from the runaway machine as it neared the end of the dock. Bauer was taken into custody by the police. *