The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
THREE NEW WORKERS ARRIVE
HERE AFTER EXPERIENCING
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
TRIO ESCAPED DEATH BY A MIRACLE
Big Machine Dashed Down Hill ut
Rate of 45 Miles an Hour
and Turned Turtle.

and F. w. York arrived on last even.
ings train from Cherry Creek ito gel
a square meal as they expressed it
The three gentlemen happen to have
come from very much greater dis.
tance than Cherry Creek, as they are
residents of New York City. Fur
thermore, they didn't travel by train
but made the trip by auto.
The party left New York on June
goth in Mr.. Works big forty-five
horsepower gentleman's roadster
Oldsmobile. The three gentlemen
did not start with the intention OF
breaking any records, but merely for
an outing, stopping at the various
cities they cared to spend a few days
at, taking in the sights.
The trip was without accident of
any kind until the big machine reach
ed Shelborne, a point about II miles
above Cherry Creek. They arrived
there last Friday afternoon and an
accident befell them that nearly re-
suited in killing the entire party
How they escaped serious injury is
almost miraculous.
A News representative met Mr..
Falberth at the Northern hotel last
evening and to him he narrated his
terrible experience. He is still suf-
fering from the bodily injuries he re-
ceived in the accident and was en-
deavoring to take it easy in one of
the big cushioned chairs.
Imagine travelling in mammoth
automobile at speed of 45 miles
n oi,
down one of the numerous precipi-
tous hills that are to be found in this
section of the country and one can
get but faint idea of the position
these New Workers were placed in.
1t would be impossible to appreciate
their situation, as they glanced down
to their left and saw a precipice fully
200 feet in depth, and as the driver
turned the machine to the right to
avoid going over the cliff, which
would have meant certain death to all
three, he saw huge boulder in the
center of the roadway. There was
no other way to go, however, and
crash, the great machine struck the
boulder. 1t tottered for second,
then over it fell upon one side, bal
ancing on the sides of two of the
wheels.
1--WE were travelling very fast"
said Mr.. Falberth to the News repre-
sentative, "and were gaining speed
like lightning. | feared something
would happen and was ready for the
crash. Mr.. Work happened to be
driving at the time. You see we took
turns at running the machine, each
Of nc dpiuip turo hn1 of CTR FOL
We had not had single accident
during the entire trip and everything
had gone very nicely until we struck
that terrible hill. Mr.. Work realized
that the auto was rapidly gaining
speed and endeavored to turn to the
left so as to strike uphill. He saw
the steep precipice, however, and
turned to the right. Just then / saw
the rock and jumped. This gave the
others more room and they were bet
ter able to protect themselves when
the crash came. I fell in a heap. Mr..
Work fell directly under the machine.
There happened to be ditch where
the automobile turned over, which
saved him from being killed.
I'VE finally picked ourselves up.
appeared to be the least injured OF
the three of us, but now I'm feeling
the effects more than then. We
camped there and for a couple of days
the boys had to hang close to their
beds.
Mr.. Falberth obtained some arti-
cles from Cherry Creek and in a cou-
pie of days the party managed to
reach that point with their machine
Fortunately, the automobile was only
slightly damaged, the front axle be-
ing bent and some minor appliances
being broken. They had to send for
the latter and as soon as they arrive
can proceed on their way to San
Francisco, the California metropolis
being their destination.
Mr.. Falberth stated that the party
remained two days in Chicago, three
days in Denver and three days in Salt
Lake. They will spend several days
in San Francisco, and then if they are
entirely over the disastrous effects OF
their perilous ride down the hillside
may attempt to break the transconti-
mental record, which is Is days.
1--WE may come this way" said Mr.
Falberth, "as we prefer to go 80
miles or so out of our way in order
to strike good roads. We will feel
our way very carefully from here to
Reno and also across the Sierras. At
ter we reach Sacramento we will not
have any trouble. / must confess
that it was a terrible experience, and
| hate to think of the affair"
If the parts of the machine arrive
in time the three gentlemen will re-
sumo their journey in few days
They are cooking their own meals al
Cherry Creek and have purchased q
stove and some provisions there. The
first thing they did upon arriving
here was to hunt up restaurant ant
"get a square meal as they eX'
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