Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09
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Auto and Two Cars in
Collision on South
Flower Street
Victim Hurried Away
in Carriage by
Doctor
Occupants Carried Number Plato and
Tag Number Away, as Though to
Screen ldentIty-Motorma
Quckness Averte Death

In a double collision with two cars
OF the Traction line at Eighth and
Flower streets last night an automobile,
believed to be owned by Allen =. FL
lington, we'll known real esta to man
of Los Angeles, was completely de-
molished and one of the occupants, a
young woman, was 80 severely injured
that 1t was found necessary to call a
carriage and send her to the office of a
physician In the Bradbury block
According to the statements of wit
nesses on the Traction cars the auto.
going at rapid rate, dashed suddenly
into view at Eighth and Flower streets.
A car was speeding rapidly west on
the north track and the driver of the
machine seemed to realize the trap and
he swung the machine about in the
hope of missing the car.
The rear end of the machine was
lifted partly from the ground and the
auto was fairly bounced squarely in
front of car S44, going east
Motorman Applies Brakes
Motorman Tim Follie made frantic
efforts to stop his car, but the machine
was doomed
Before the startled passengers had
time to turn their eyes from the scene
before them the front of the car caught
the rear of the auto and crash of iron
and timber resulted.
Over on its side toppled the auto and
second lunge of the car completed
the wreck. throwing the mass of broken
timber and twisted iron to the gutter.
Then there was a mad dash to the
rescue of the occupants.
That they escaped from the machine
alive is strange.
When the car men reached the over
turned machine and cut away the top
covering they found the driver still at
the wheel
The young woman with him gave a
scream as they approached and imme-
diately jumped to the ground and ran
away, going south on Flower street
and covering her face with her hands
as though to prevent Identification.
Revived on Lawn
The other girl was in the tonneau.
She groaned slightly as she was being
lifted out and bystanders assisted in
carrying her to a nearby lawn where
she was revived.
one of the men in the machine stated
that he was a physician and that he
would take care of the girl.
He instantly sent for carriage and
put the girl in it and the three drove
away.
Before they did so, however. the oc-
cupants Of the auto chiseled the num-
ber and license tag from the auto and
carried the only means of identifica-
tion away with them.
The machine was a four cylinder
Queen.
At the Ellington home last night Miss
Adele Ellington, who 1t was rumored
had been an occupant of the machine
at the time of the accident. denied she
had been out in the machine. She
stated that her brother Ellen E. had
not been at home during the evening.
Officers who investigated the case
with view of removing the wreckage
stated that Ellington owned a Queen
machine and that they had received
rumor to the effect that Ellington was
in the machine at the time of the acct
dent.
All occupants, with the exception of
the injured girl, talked among them
selves about the accident but refused
to make any statements They We're
all neatly dressed and simply remarked
that they had driven down town and
were about to return home when the
accident occurred.
Occupants of front seat on the car
which crashed into the machine claim
that the quickness of Motorman Follie
in applying the air brakes prevented
an almost inevitable fatality. Accord
ing to witnesses the east bound car
was proceeding at an extremely rapid
rate In probable effort to make up for
lost time.