“Auto Crashes marred New Year – as usual. When this car struck El pillar at 48th St. and Third Ave. driver was injured.”
“Bus crashed into doctor’s car parked in front of his office at 232 East 79th St…”
“Three were removed to Bellevue when, at Second Ave. and 39th St., this car collided with a taxi…”
“Driver of wrecked cab, John Delany, 559 Second Ave., was removed by cops, later went to hospital.”
January 2, 2016 (Photos by Ceegee)
“Auto Crashes marred New Year – as usual… 2016”
“Bus crashed into car in Columbus Circle…”
PM Daily, January 2, 1942, Auto Crashes marred New Year-as usual. When this car struck El pillar at 48th At. and Third Ave. driver was injured.
Bus crashed into doctor’s car parked in front of his office at 232 East 79th St…
Three were removed to Bellevue when, at Second Ave. and 39th St., this car collided with a taxi…
Driver of wrecked cab, John Delany, 559 Second Ave., was removed by cops, later went to hospital. PM Photos by Weegee.
Weegee Daily, January 2, 2013 Auto Crashes Not Seen This car at 48th St. and Third Ave.
Cars in front of 240 East 79th St… There is no 232 East 79th St. anymore…
This car was resting comfortably at Second Ave. and 39th St… Weegee Daily Photos by Ceegee.
“End of a Bandit Chase
Two policemen were critically injured early yesterday when their radio car cracked into a truck at 55th St. and Eleventh Ave. They were chasing two men who were fleeing in a stolen car after holding up a tailor shop at 446 W. 57th St. One suspect was later seized by other policemen. Photo by Weegee, PM”
“Proving the Cops Are Human
A look of grave concern crosses the face of this policeman as he watches an injured woman being removed from the Western Electric plant at 395 Hudson St. following explosion that killed two early yesterday. Photo by Weegee, PM”
(Perhaps a small discovery… “The Human Cop” in PM, December 1, 1943, p. 16.)
NY Daily News, April 17, 1942 (All NEWS fotos by Engels and Amy)
1. Stanely Sandler, 23, and Francis Whelan, 32, both of Astoria, lie on pavement of Third Ave., near 42d St., after car driven by Whelan crashed into El pillar. Sandler is dead.
2. After recovering from first shock of accident, Whelan went berserk, battled with police. Bystander fans him with newspaper as police hold the struggling driver
3. Clothes torn and his face covered with blood, Whelan gains his feet, continues his struggles with cops, who hold him firmly.
4. His face covered with newspapers, the dead Sandler receives last rites from Father Thomas McNulty. Sandler was riding in rear seat. Another passenger, Joseph Mahoney, was injured.
5. Whelan lies on floor of ambulance, still held by police. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
6. After caroming off two El pillars the car came to a stop and burst into flames. Driver of car escaped death miraculously in accident, which occurred at 5 o’clock yesterday morning.
7. The fire’s been put out and here’s all that remains of the car. It hit pillars between 41st and 42d Sts. while making U-turn.
8. Carmine DeNote and Pvt. Arthur Hayden examine axle and wheel which landed 40 feet from where car hit. Technical charge of homicide was lodged against Whelan.
NY Herald Tribune, April 17, 1942 (Herald Tribune – Acme)
PM, April 17, 1942 (No photo credit)
1. Few minutes before photo, this car was going north on Third Ave., near 42d St. It smashed into L pillar, burned to this wreck.
2. Wheel of car rammed curb 40 feet from car body. Stanley Stanley, Astoria, died in wreck. Car was driven by Frank Whalen, Astoria.
3. Whalen, injured, battled with cops after recovering from shock of crash. He was handcuffed, forced into ambulance by officers.
4. Under double-bill movie marquee, body of Stanley was covered with newspapers and coats by policeman. Technical charge of homicide was lodged against Whalen, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation. Another passenger, Joseph Mahoney, also was hurt.
We found coverage of the “Joy of Living” accident only in The Daily News, New York Herald Tribune, and of course, PM. DN and PM published foto stories, little photo essays, and PM’s story featured one of the greatest photos of the 20th century. There are (at least) three variations, versions, or varieties or Joy of Livings….
The car caromed at around 5 AM while making a U-turn; newspapers were used by bystanders to fan distraught driver, Francis Whelan; newspapers covered the body of the dead passenger, Stanley Sandler (Stanley Stanley was too good to be true); The Tudor added a th to ’em…
A scene from “Joy of Living,” released May 6, 1938, Irene Dunne singing “You Couldn’t be Cuter,” can be seen here… And here too…
PM Daily, January 25, 1942, Vol. 2, No. 32, p. 11 Two Passengers Are Killed As Auto Dives Into Hudson Police Raise Connecticut Auto that plunged into the Hudson at 29th St. Saturday. Two people (one in car window) were killed…
A Street Cleaner, Charles Sharkey, heard screams, helped rescue driver (third person in car) who had managed to get out…
The Driver, Burton Chapin, was taken to a waterfront shack to get over the shock. He still grasps driver’s license. PM Photos by Weegee
Weegee Daily, January 25, 2013 No Pedestrians Are Killed… Looking into the Hudson at 29th St. Thursday. No people were killed…
It was too cold for this, 17 degrees and very, very windy…
The piers are no longer present… below a small heliport; across the street from something like a sanitation parking/working area… My right hand is frozen… He still grasps a camera… Weegee Daily Photos by Ceegee
PM Daily, January 25, 1942, Vol. 2, No. 32, p. 11 Two Passengers Are Killed As Auto Dives Into Hudson Police Raise Connecticut Auto that plunged into the Hudson at 29th St. Saturday. Two people (one in car window) were killed…
A Street Cleaner, Charles Sharkey, heard screams, helped rescue driver (third person in car) who had managed to get out…
The Driver, Burton Chapin, was taken to a waterfront shack to get over the shock. He still grasps driver’s license. PM Photos by Weegee
Weegee Daily, January 25, 2013 No Pedestrians Are Killed… Looking into the Hudson at 29th St. Thursday. No people were killed…
It was too cold for this, 17 degrees and very, very windy…
The piers are no longer present… below a small heliport; across the street from something like a sanitation parking/working area… My right hand is frozen… He still grasps a camera… Weegee Daily Photos by Ceegee
PM Daily, January 2, 1942, Auto Crashes marred New Year-as usual. When this car struck El pillar at 48th At. and Third Ave. driver was injured.
Bus crashed into doctor’s car parked in front of his office at 232 East 79th St…
Three were removed to Bellevue when, at Second Ave. and 39th St., this car collided with a taxi…
Driver of wrecked cab, John Delany, 559 Second Ave., was removed by cops, later went to hospital. PM Photos by Weegee.
Weegee Daily, January 2, 2013 Auto Crashes Not Seen This car at 48th St. and Third Ave.
Cars in front of 240 East 79th St… There is no 232 East 79th St. anymore…
This car was resting comfortably at Second Ave. and 39th St… Weegee Daily Photos by Ceegee.
SUNDAY TRAFFIC: Frank Woods, 24, of 601 W. 173d St. drove down the West Side highway and didn’t make the sharp turn at 23d St. The only commentary is the sign above the sprung door. Woods got a cut lip. PM Photo by Weegee
Weegee Daily, December 2, 2012, p. 1
SUNDAY TRAFFIC… West Side highway at 23d St… WD Photo by Ceegee
2 Die in Wrecked Car
Dr. Albion O. Bernstein, 28, interne, and Miss. Helen Ayers, nurse at Beth Israel Hospital, were drowned early yesterday when his car plunged over the string piece and into the East River at Pier 60, East 21st St. Picture shows emergency squad men lifting Miss Ayers from the car. Photo by Weegee
Ceegee, Weegee Daily, November 24, 2012 – approximate location…
0 Die in Wrecked Car…Picture shows the remnants of what was perhaps, Pier 60, East 21st St. and the East River… Photo by Ceegee
Footnote, or, after a few minutes of Googling:
“The Bernstein Award
This national award, endowed by the late Morris J. Bernstein in memory of his son, a physician who died in an accident while answering a hospital call in 1940, is given to a physician or scientist who has made a significant contribution in medicine, surgery, or disease prevention during the previous calendar year.
The award consists of a check for $2000.00 and a citation. Information on the MSSNY Continuing Medical Education Program can be obtained here…”
(from the Internet… Albion O. Bernstein memorial Volume, 1943)
Ceegee, Weegee Daily, November 24, 2012 – approximate location…
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