Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-23
ESCAPED BY A
NARROW MARGIN
MALCOLM MACDONALD PARTY
HAD A VERY CLOSE
CALL.

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Malcolm Macdonald is indeed a
fortunate a The gentlemen who
were with him on the memorable
ride from Chloride to Hot Creek are
also fortunate men. Mr.. Macdonald
was brought in yesterday afternoon
in the relief automobile which took
out. Congressman. Bartlett, Major
Monteath and DR.. j. D. Grissim on
Monday night.
The relief machine covered the dis
lance between here and Hot Creek in
three hours. 1t is seventy miles from
Tonopah to the Williams ranch at
Hot Creek. The relief machine,
which was another Simplex, made
the trip in three hours. The party
left here at 8 O'Clock. 1t was a rock
that spilled the machine in which
were riding Messrs. Macdonald,
Bradford and Russell, and there
were rocks on the way between here
and Hot Creek. But the friends of
those in the relief machine were at
Hot Creek, and suffering they knew
not what. Their anxiety to reach
him was going at a faster rate than
was the machine. and they cried to
the chauffeur to so faster and faster.
er.
The party little imagined at what a
pace they we're being driven, but
they knew that they were going at
a pretty good clip. The Simplex
spread out the sagebrush and stirred
up the dust; it rounded II like
a sharp knife cutting through cheese.
1t went down into the hollows and
scared up the hills like a duck, and
along the level stretches the machine
fairly flew. On and on she went,
and the party We're at the ranch be-
fore they realized it.
Mi. Macdonald was resting as cas-
lily as possible, but he did not con
ceal his pleasure at the sight Of his
friends. Dr.. Grissim got to work
Immediately, and as far as a super.
fetal examination could determine
there were no bones broken. The
doctor diagnosed the case as a dislo
Gated elbow, and a further examinat
tion showed the diagnosis was cor
rect.
The Macdonald party had a yer,
narrow escape for their lives, ant
Shorty Kutchnau proved himself tn,
hero of the occasion. The rock tina
was encountered vas in the middle
of the road, and the gear of the Sim
pick failed to clear It. The result
was a broken spring, a sudden stop
page, and the entire party went on
Of the machine. Mr.. Macdonald ha,
his hands III his pockets, and whe'
he fell his entire weight was on to.
of the elbow. Shorty was thrown
but with his mind ever on his ma
chine, he saw that it was coming owe
on top of them all. Quick as a ca
his feet shot as he lay on his bach
and they met the side of the ma
chine. He held the machine in thi
position until Bradford and Russo
jumped to their feet. and held it III
while he got from under and drae
ged Macdonald away. Then the
gently let the machine come over.
Had it not been for the quick wor
of the chauffeur, the big machin
would have crashed on the entii
party, and If it had not killed thel
outright, they might have laid thei
for two days until some machir
happened that way.
Two of the party walked ten mil,
TO the Williams ranch, and Macdol
aid lay there in the cold nursing h
hurt, until / o'clock Monday NOR
ing 1t took three hours to reaC
the ranch on the wagon, and II
pain all the while was intense.
When the party arrived here We
terday there were scores of Telegram
for Mr.. Macdonald, which had bee
sent from nearly all parts of Il
United States. The story of the a
cident had been carried by the A
ISOLATED Press. and while the su
ferer lay on his back at Hot Cree
miles and miles away from nowher
his friends We're reading Of his a
cident in all parts Of the Unit.
States.