The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-02
FIR. SAVAGE
 IS INJURED Catholic Priest Thrown
 From Buggy. SEVERAL RIBS BROKEN
He is Unconscious at St.
 Margaret'S Hospital.
Vehicles in Collision on Bainbridge Street and John Thompson Was Also Hurt-Injuries May
 Not Be Fatal.

Rev. Father Dennis Savage, D. D., Rec tor of St. Peters Roman Catholic Church. was seriously injured in a runaway ac- cident yesterday evening shortly before ' O o'clock, while driving out to visit sick member of his congregation. John Thompson, sexton of the church. who was with Father Savage. was painfully in- jured. The accident occurred at the cor ner of Bainbridge and Adams Street.
 Surgeons attending Father Savage last night were unable to state his exact con dition, but said that although the wounds were not necessarily dangerous, they were serious. Several of the ribs on the right side of Father Savages body are broken. How many ribs are affected could not be told last night, but surgeons are of the oy T n that three or four of the ribs are cru l.e right shoulder of Fath- CT Savage Is ,-..J strained. The surgeons fear that his head Is also affected, but were unable to state positively the extent of his injuries. At last report Father Savage was unconscious.
 The injuries of John Thompson are not serious. His body Is considerably bruised and his nervous system suffered a severe shock
 Father Savage. accompanied by Mir Thompson, who is g. young man. in his twenties, left his home on Adams Street. just in the rear of St. Peters Church. ADOuL O.oU O ClOGht tO AidhC a NtSAt tO n parishioner. He drove the horse of Rev. Father Hugh A. O'Brien. assistant rec tor, to a low buggy, with the top thrown back. He drove up Adams Street. The horse, a young animal, was in a nervous mood and was handled with some diffi- culty by Father Savage. who was driv- ing.
 The Buggies Collided.
 As the buggy neared the corner of Bain- bridge Street, Mrs. T. H. Moore and Mrs A. St. Clair Tennilie, driving a gen. tie family horse to top buggy, turned into Adams Street from Bainbridge Street. Both buggies were on the south side of the street, Mrs. Moore's vehicle being nearest the sidewalk.
 Mrs. Moore saw the buggy driven by Father Savage and pulled nearer the side walk. Whether Father Savage did not see the vehicle of Mrs. Moore. or whether the horse was unmanageable at the time, having become frightened at seeing the vehicle of Mrs. Moore. is not known. The two buggies were about ten feet from the corner of Bainbrfdge Street, when the right wheel of the buggy of Father Savage struck the shaft of Mrs. Moore's conveyance. The horse of Father Saw age shied and bolted, turning the corner of Bainbridge going toward the Capital. As the animal rounded the corner. the
 
 age was thrown into the street on the east side of the car track. Mfr. Thompson made an effort to catch Father Savage, but losing his balance also fell to the pavement.
 The horse, thoroughly frightened, sped down the street at a rapid pace. drawing the buggy after him. At the corner of Washington and Bainbrfdge streets, the horse slipped on the pavement, fell, and WAS caught hV lYwzfan<iA
 Unconscious When Picked Up.
 In the meantime. Father Savage lay in the street near the cuFbing. in an un- conscious condition. Mir. Thompson was also prostrate for few minutes but with great effort arose and dragged himself to Father Savage. A few seconds after ward he tainted
 Persons living in the neighborhood hur- rted Go the assistance of Father Sav- age and Mir. Thompson. A mattress was brought from a house, on which Father Savage was placed. An ambulance and surgeons were hastily summoned Fath- CT Savage suffered greatly His face was bloody and bruised but every attention that could be given him was administered by the bystanders.
 When the ambulance arrived he was taken to St. Margarets Hospital. where last night he rested in a seni-uncon- SefnuS state.
 Father Savage is greatly beloved by the people of Montgomery Solicitious and sympathetic enquiries as to his condition were constant at St. Margaret's. A num- Der of persons visited the hospital.
 Mrs. Moore narrowly escaped serious injury. When the buggies collided. she was thrown on the right wheel of the vehicle Her horse, a remarkably gentle animal. stopped and prevented a serious accident. The shafts of her buggy were broken and the horse was lamed.
 The horse of Father O'Brien was un- hurt. One of the wheels of the buggy was broken.
 Father Savage Greatly Beloved.
 Father Savage is a native of Ireland and is as years old. He has been in Montgomery as rector of St. Peters Church since 1873. 1t being his only charge. with the exception of the church at Eufaula. of which he was in charge for eighteen months before coming to Montgomery. Father Savage completed his education at Spring Hill College, near Mobile. At the last commencement of that college the degree Of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by the faculty.
 As pastor of St. Peters Church. Fath- CT Savage is beloved by every member of his congregation and as a man by all