From the July 15, 1912 New York Times:

“Ludwig Wozny, a machinist, of Jackson and Beebe Avenues, Long Island City, had his nose almost cut off last evening by the automobile of Alexander C. Walker of 414 Riverside Drive. The prompt and skillful work of Dr. Brown of St. John’s Hospital, it was said last night, would save Wozny from having to go through life without a nose.”