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This is the First or Early Edition of the Youngstown
Vindicator for August 25th, 1919.  The story of the accident
made front page on the Noon Edition.
Both articles are exactly the same just the headlines are different.

TRAGEDY STALKS IN 
WAKE OF BIG STORM
Family is Nearly Wiped Out When Automobile Skids
      into New Castle Car



    Slippery pavements, the result of the heavy downpour of 
rain Sunday afternoon, caused two automobile accidents, one of
which resulted in death to three people and injury to four others,
three of them being seriously hurt.
                    THE DEAD
ANDREW BEJANY, SR., aged 49 years, 1638 Ridgewood Avenue,
    Cleveland.
MARY BEJANY, aged 8, same address.
ANDREW BEJANY, JR., aged 6, same address
                 SEROUSLY INJURED
MRS. MARY BEJANY, 1638 Ridgewood Avenue, Cleveland, at
    City hospital.
JOHN BEJANY, same address, at hospital.
ROY BEJANY, same address, at hospital.
                  SLIGHTLY HURT
ADAM HREMAK, Cleveland, went home.
    The accident in which the Bejany family and Hremak were
The victims occurred at 4 o'clock in Wilson avenue at Hine street,
when their auto skidded into a street car.
    According to eye witnesses of the 
Wilson avenue tradgedy the Bejany 
family in a Studebaker auto driven 
by Adam Hremak was travelling at 
a high rate of speed, coming west on
Wilson avenue, on the wrong side of 
the street.  When near the corner 
of Hine street they attempted to turn
out for an east bound New Castle
limited car, and on account of the 
rain and wet pavement the car skid-
ded broadside into the street car, re-
ducing the auto to scrap.
    Citizens in the neightborhood aided 
by the crew and passengers on the 
car extricated the unfortunate vic-
tims from the wreckage and carried
them onto a nearby porch.  Ambu-
lances were called from all sources.
All were taken to the City hospital,
but Andrew Bejany, Sr., was dead
upon arrival at the institution and 
the body taken to Shriver's mourgue.
Mary Bejany, Jr., died soon after be-
ing admitted and Andrew Bejany, 
Jr., died shortly after midnight. Mrs.
Mary Bejany and two sons, John and 
Roy, are still in the hospital and 
while their condition is serious, hopes 
are entertained for their recovery.
Adam Hremak, the driver of the 
auto , was badly cut across the hands
and legs, but was able to leave the 
hospital after receiving surgical care.
He returned to his home at Cleve-
land on a night train.
    The bodies of the dead children 
were taken to Gillen & McVean's 
morgue.  No funeral arrangements
have been made as relatives from 
Cleveland are expected to arrive to-
day.
    Coroner E. Henry Jones was noti-
fied and will probably hold an in-
quest today.  The accident happened 
about 4 p.m. 

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