The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
 FLYING AUTO
 TAKES DITCH James HartleYis Serious
 ly Hurt. GOING FIFTY NILES AN HOUR Machine Becomes Unmanageabls on Mount Meigs Road. Four PasseAssrs Thrown Out When Huge Car Gets Beyond Control and Turns somersaaits-s1e- marty Escapes.
GOING FIFTY NILES AN HOUR

Running at the rate of fifty miles an hour, monster s2.ooo automobile was wrecked on the Mount Meigs road about midnight Monday, seriously in- turing James Hartley. manager of the Hartley Boiler Works. and painfully injuring w. N. Cannon and Charles Ingalls,, all of whom were passengers. Ed P. Moriarty, the fourth passenger. nairaculously escaped unhurt.
 The mind of. MT. Hartley was still daxed at an early hour last night, and the attending physician was awaiting developments to determine if the skull of the patient had been crushed or broken. There were no outward ap- pearances of the skull having been broken, but the failure of Mir Hartley to recover his normal senses led to the belief that his skull might nave been slightly fractured
 He conyersed irrationaIly and had not the slightest memory of the acci- dent saving he had not ridden In an Automobile in a week. MT. Hartley IS | confined to his room at the Hartley plant in North Montgomery, Appar- ently, only his eyes are bruised, ana he has sustained gash across the bridge of his nose. He Is not suHer- ing from any body bruises.
 Atheists Are Hart.
 Most seriously hurt,next to MT. Hart lev. Is Charles Ingalls,, who Is em- nIoyed as a machinist at the Capitai City Garage, 217 North Perry street. Temporarily, he also lost his memory and 1t was at first thought that he was seriously injured. He regaineo his senses yesterday morning, however, and the attending physician does not regard his injuries as alarming. He is confined to his bed. His most pain full Injury is a bruise of his right hip and ribs He also sustained a bruise on the back of his head. Mir. Ingalls formerly resided In Mobile, and before accepting position at the garage. was a conductor on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad between Mobile and Montgomery.
 W. N. Cannon, manager of the gar- age, was cut on the left leg but es- caped otherwise with a few slight bruises. He remained in his bed yes- terday. He expects to be out today.
 The wreck occurred about three miles from Montgomery midway the hill on the Mount Meigs road, and about $50 yards beyond the point where the street car tracks cross the road. turn ing into Electric Park. Mir. Hartley ss and Mir. Cannon were on the front seat, and Ingalls, and Moriarty, the garage machinists, were seated in the rear. Mir. Cannon was steering the machine and was scorching down the incline at terrific speed going in the direction of the city.
 Car Becomes Unmanngeable.
 There was a sudden jar, which set the machine vibrating. and Cannon ex- claimed that the machine was unman- ageable. In another second the automo- bile was ditched to the right of the road, turning a complete somersauIt, and tearing its way into the bank.
 "f was the first to get up after the accident" said E. P. Moriarty. the only unhurt passenger. T was a little dag ed at first. and expected to find all the others dead. Pulling myself out of the ditch. I found Ingalls near me. He didn't know anything. and walking a few paces up the road found Mr. Hart ley lying in the middle of the road He