Harry Hamlin

Published in "The Post-Standard" in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday Morning, June 4, 1907

Clubman Slain in Auto Crash – Machine Dashes Head on Into a Light Wagon. – Boy Receives Fatal Injuries – Wreckage Is Carried 200 feet by Force of Impact – Dust Clouds Cause Accident – Harry Hamlin of Buffalo Tossed to Trolley Tracks and His Neck Broken – Another Man Seriously Hurt. – Buffalo, June 2 – Harry Hamlin one of Buffalo's best known and wealthiest citizens, was killed in an automobile accident on the Williamsville road, a mile north of the city line late this afternoon.

Mr. Hamlin's automobile collided with a light wagon driven by Jacob Schaller, a retired butcher of Buffalo. Hamlin was hurled to the roadside and instantly killed. Schaller was badly hurt but will recover. John Heckel, a 12-year-old boy who was in Schaller's rig was faintly injured. Both his legs were broken and his skull fractured.

Tour in the Automobile. In the automobile with Mr. Hamlin were Anthony Gavin, a member of the Buffalo police force, and two of Hamlin's employees, one of them acting as chauffer. Opposite the Country Club two automobiles going in the same direction passed the Hamlin party. The road was covered with a heavy coating of dust and the two rapidly moving machines left a dense cloud of dust in over trall.

Schaller was peering ahead through the dust when Hamlin's machine crashed directly in front of him. There was no time to turn out. The automobile struck the horse tearing off its front legs and carrying the wreckage of the wagon 200 feet down the road.

Schaller was tossed to one side, but the boy was jammed into the wreckage of the rig and the front of the automobile. The left front wheel of the automobile came off, tilting the machine to the left.

Hurled to Trolley Tracks. Mr. Hamlin who was on the front seat with the chauffer, was thrown over the ditch and onto the trolley tracks which paralled the roadway. The chauffeur and Gavin escaped with light injuries.

Mr. Hamlin was 60(?) years old and lived at No. 1914(?) Delaware Ave. He was aa son of the late Ciero J. Hamlin, famous as a breeder of trotting horses. He is survived by a widow and one son. Chauncey J. Hamlin, who is an attorney.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 23 2019, 15:48:02 UTC