who was the first person killed in a car accident
Bridget Driscoll
title: Death of Henry H. Bliss text: Death of Henry H. Bliss The death of Henry H. Bliss (June 13, 1830 – September 14, 1899) was the first recorded case of a person being killed by a motor vehicle accident in America. On September 13, 1899, Henry Hale Bliss was disembarking from a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City, when an electric-powered taxicab (Automobile No. 43) struck him and crushed his head and chest. He died from his injuries the next morning. Arthur Smith, the driver of the taxicab, was arrested and charged with manslaughter but was acquitted on the title: Linda Lee Thomas text: Linda Lee Thomas Linda Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 – May 20, 1954) was an American socialite and the wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter. She was born Linda Belle Lee to the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Her father was Louisville banker William Paca Lee and her mother Lily Lee (née Hill). Friends introduced her to Edward Russell Thomas, a son of Union Army general Samuel Thomas and owner of the "New York Morning Telegraph" (and who later became the first American to kill someone in a car accident). They married on June 29, 1901, at Newport, Rhode title: Death of Bridget Driscoll text: Death of Bridget Driscoll The death of Bridget Driscoll (17 August 1896) was the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom. As 44-year-old Driscoll, with her teenage daughter May and her friend Elizabeth Murphy, crossed Dolphin Terrace in the grounds of the Crystal Palace in London, Driscoll was struck by a car belonging to the Anglo-French Motor Carriage Company that was being used to give demonstration rides. One witness described the car as travelling at "a reckless pace, in fact, like a fire engine". Although the car's maximum speed title: Mary Ward (scientist) text: Mary Ward (scientist) Mary Ward ("née" King; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869, age ) was an Anglo-Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred in 1869, she is the first person known to have been killed by a motor vehicle. She was born Mary King in present-day Ferbane, County Offaly, on 27 April 1827, the youngest child of Henry and Harriett King. She and her sisters were educated at home, as were most girls at the time. title: Edward Russell Thomas text: George B. Hays, all who were selected by E.R. Thomas. E.R. Thomas sold his interest in the Consolidated National Bank in October 1907, also resigning from his positions. He was a member of the Union Club of the City of New York. He was the first American to kill someone in a car accident. From 1901 to 1912, he was married to Linda Lee Thomas. She was introduced by friends to Thomas, and married him on June 29, 1901 at Newport, Rhode Island, when she was 17. They lived a life of luxury, with houses in Palm Beach, Manhattan, and