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Show AUTO FALLS OFF EMBANKMENT Drops od Railroad Tracks, Struck by a Fast Train, Two Occupants Killed. Seven Other Persons Were Injured, Four' of "Whom Are Seriously Seri-ously Hurt. NEW YORK. Oct. 7. While speeding along In tho Bronx early this morning, an automobile containing nlno persons went off nn cmbankmont at Ono Hundred and Sixty-first street and Joromo avenuo and two persons, a man and a woman, wero killed. The, machine foil on to tho Now York Central tracks and tho wreckage wreck-age was struck by a southbound train. In tho automobile when tho accident occurred oc-curred wero flvo women and four men. Drops on Tracks. At Jeromo avonuo and Ono Hundred and Sixty-first street tho roadway Is between be-tween thirty and forty feet nbovo thc railroad tracks. When thc big machine plunged downward It struck near the southbound tracks and tho nlno persons and tho automobllo woro caught by an Incoming train. Two Were Killed. ' Besides tho two killed all tho others ln tho automobllo woro Injured. Thoy wero taken to the Fordham hospital, whero It was reported at 1:30 this morning that at least four of those hurt wero ln a serious condition. Names of thoso killed could not bo learned. Among tho Injured In-jured aro: Injured. EMMA PEREZ, Now York. JE ANNETTE DAVIS, -address' not known. MOSES SPIES, Now York. CILVRLES DOR AN, Now York. Engineer Arrested. When tho train reached tho Grand Central Cen-tral station shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, Engineer Livingstone was placed under arrest Ono of the passengers passen-gers on tho train said that the train was running at about thlrtj-flvo miles an hour when It struck the machlno Tho machlno was a heavy touring car, and It is said was running dowji Jeromo avenue av-enue at a rapid rato of speed. Chauffeur Horribly Mangled. Tha body of Albert Noycs, chauffeur of this wrecked machine, was found underneath under-neath tho pilot of tho onglno .horribly manjrled. At 3 o'clock tills morning ono of tho injured in-jured women was Identified ns Anna Smith, aged 17 years. This made a total of threo dead, ono of whom, a woman, was still unidentified. Wreckage Scattered Two Blocks. Wreckago of tho machlno wns found scattered alone thc track for a dlstanco of two blocks. Tho car had been ro-duccd ro-duccd literally to bits. It Is said to have been running at thc rate of twenty-flvo miles an hour. County School Attendance. Tho attendance repoct of tho schools of Salt Loko county for the week ending September 30 Is as follows: Ave race Enroll- Atten- mcnt dance West Jordan 215 COD Murray 227 205 Murray i 590 55S Murray 123 305 East Jordan 2SG 270 Big Cottonwood No report Sugar 4SS 457 Mill Creek , 124 116 Mill Creek 201 1S3 Brighton II 39 East Mill Creek . 105 9S Hcrriman No report South Jordan 135 120 Mill Creek 23 216 Big Cottonwood 7C 73 Taylorsvlllo 173 160 Mill Creek 99 Farmers' 6SI 619 Sandv 100 375 Granite 52 AS Bingham 2S9 250 RIverton Ill 100 Granger C7 65 Pleasant Greon 85 SO North Point 22 17 Huntor No report Brighton 10 9 Mountain Dell 12 10 Granger SS S3 Bluff Dale CS C2 South Taylorsvlllo ..110 99 Bingham 10) 93 Crescent 101 S3 Tho Draper and Union schools havo not opened on account of dlphthorlu. |