The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-19
R0NEY'S LEG BROKEN
AUTOMOBILE AND BICYCLE FIGURE
 IN AK ACCIDENT.
Dy. stevenson Was Driving Machine and YeunE Man Jumped From Wheel to Pavensent to Avoid
 q Collision.

Tn an Automobile accident with the
 the machine Of Dr. F. c. stevenson, the
 right leg of William Roney of 106
 Cramer Avenue, a young man employ
 ed in the circulation department ct
 The Advertiser. was broken apoutlo:sV
 Avenue, near the intersection of Ferry
 street
 There was doubt whether the auto
 mobile passed over Mir. Ronny's leg or
 whether the limb was broken by the
 fall on the hard vitrihed brick pave
 manf of Dexter Avenue.
 pr. Stevenson was distressed over
 the accident He said that he was driv- ing his machine at speed or SIX or
 elght, miles an hour. He felt reasona-
 bly, certain that no wheel passed over
 the young man.
 Mr. Roney was carried hurriediy to
 the ofice of a physician, where Dr
 stevenson and another surgeon tempor- arify set the broken leg. The young
 man vas then taken to his nome. os
 cranner Avenue. where the fractureo
 limb was permanently set The reg
 was broken about one third the lenetn of the limb above the ankle ana it
 will require several weeks for MT.
 Roney to completely recover. when the accident occurred pr ste. venson was riding in the direction 2. | tt2n1I0l just crossed Perry street on the. soutn side of the tharonghfare MT Roney was riding on bicycle down DexieS Avrr,ue and. when he saw the coils ,on. was inevitable. he fell from the bicycle in an effort to jump A sec ond later and the young man was prostrate on the pavement ana an sA aminatfon by Dr. Stevenson revealed that inc right limb was fractured. MT. Raney suffered a great deal im- mediateiy after the accident. hut was resting comfortably at his nome ias. night. He is Is years old.
 1T don't see how 1t Is possible that wheel ef my machine passed over the young man." said Dr stevenson. T ran over the bicycle, put l Ieit no jolt such as there would have been fl the automobile had run over MT. Roney. I certainly would have felt It | because the machfne has solid tires. The fracture. too. was not compound and I feel sure that If the machine had passed over Mir. Roney 1t would probably have severed the leg or com pletely, crushed it.
 aAnd again. rontfnued Dr. Steven son. T had just left a drug store and I took the right fender of because 1t was out of repair. This was the side on which the young man fell and
 would certainly have had a clear view l If the wheel had passed over himf If I did run over him. it was only the front wheel Mfr. Robert Arlington was standing nearby and he declares | the machine did not go over Mir. Ro- ney.
 MT Roney must not have been look 1 ing. I saw him coming down the Av- enue and turned to the right. think | ing he would do the same. But he | turned to the left ana the accident occurred between Spann's drug store and Nachman's store. The young man l jumped or fell from his wheel, throw l ing 1t from hinl and my automobile ran over the bicycle. When l stopped I saw Mir. Roney lyinr on the pave l ment, certainly thinking that he had only sustained the shock of the fall. 1 I was astonished to find his leg frac- tured can't see how 1t occurred.
 My machine was going about six or eight miles an hour
 Dr. Stevenson expressed deep regret at the accident. and offered the young man every assistance.