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Show INJURED A COLLISION. ' 'I "Wives of Well-ISInown New Yorkers-Dangerously Yorkers-Dangerously Hurt. j OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 2. Whllo C. E. Perkins, chairman of the board of dlrec- I tors of tho Burlington railroad, and J. D. I Robinson, a capitalist, iJbth of Now York,, and their wives were riding In an automobile auto-mobile near Miller park pielr machine collided with 'a suburban car, Mrs, Perkins Per-kins wns dangerously Injured and Mrs. Robinson seriously hurt. Their husbands received minor injuries. Mrs. Perkins remained In nn unconscious uncon-scious condition for four hours, and It was feared for some tlmo that she was fatally injured. Later, however, she regained re-gained consciousness, and phvaiclaiis say she will rceover. Mrs. Robinson was severely se-verely cut and bruised, but her Injuries ate not considered dangerous, Tho street-car was thrown from 'the track and the automobile demolished, but none of the other occupants of either .;os fivriously hurt. Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Robinson were burled beneath the wreckage of the- automobile and wero i-e-moved with dlfllcully. Thev wore placed on another car and taken to the Central hospital. , The roadway parallpJs the car lino for some distance noar Miller park, the road crossing the car line obliquely. The mo-torman mo-torman of the car says he saw the automobile auto-mobile coming some distance away but supposed tho chaueffeiir would not m tempt to crosH ahead of hlra. Tho driver however, cither failed to see the car coming com-ing or believed he could clear the track ahead of It because he did not sin" en speed until it was too late for cither ' to |