Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
SIX PERSONS
~ ',.OF
50 ~ p'ewE4UTOS
osa .1sse
60 - y soNs .cu,uro co,,,nr At
HIGH SPEED
BOTH DEMOLISHED BY FORCE
OF IMPACT
Death Narrowly Avcrted When Los
Angeles and Salt Lake Cars
Come Together on Grand
Avenue

BY a collision between two high
powered motor cars at Ninth street
and Grand avenue last night the lives
of six people were endangered, while
both machines were practically de-
molished.
One of the machines was the property
of C. B. Jennings, Salt Lake million
aire, and was a 40 horsepower Stod-
| dard Dayton of the 1908 model. 1t was
valued at $4,000. The other machine is
the property of ]. d. Clark. cement
contractor of Los Angeles, and is a
Tourist valued at $4,000.
The Jennings machine was being
driven by Mrs Anna Crawford, wife
of Edward J. Crawford of 42S West
Ninth street In the machine with her
was Silas Christofferson, II years old,
the Jennings chauffeur. The other ma
! chine was occupied by Mrs. ]. d. Clark,
Mrs. Carlos Frank and William and
Harry Clark, with William Clark at
| the wheel.
The Jennings machine. according to
witnesses. was travelling south on
Grand avenue at a speed of from thir-
| ty-fve to forty miles an hour. The
| Clark machine was going west on
Ninth street at about twelve to four
teen IillitS ali lOul-
Cars Crash Together
| At the street intersection the big
Stoddard Dayton crashed into the for
ward end OF the Tourist. whirling 1t
around. The Clark machine described
half circle and stopped In the center
of Ninth street, fifty feet away. with
the head pointing east.
The Jennings machine, skidding on
two wheels, crashed into the sidewalk
on the east side of Grand avenue and
south of Ninth street nearly hundred
and fifty feet.
Seemingly by a miracle neither ma
chine turned over nor were any of the
occupants thrown out.
Ten minutes previous to the colli-l
sion. II is said, Mrs Crawford, then
driving the 9toddaFd Dayton north
on Grand avenue at a high rate of
speed. knocked down and injured a
little girl who was crossing the street.
but last night after the accident with
the Clark machine she denied this, and
as the mother of the girl took her inn
mediately away from the scene II was
found impossible to learn the name or
address of the alleged victim.
Car Was a New One
c. b. Jennings, who is wealthy
land owner and mining man of Salt
Lake, is in Los Angeles for the win
ter, staying at the Alexandria hotel.
The car. which is new one, was pur-
chased but a short time ago and yes
terday morning Jennings drove it to
Riverside and returned during the
afternoon.
Christofferson started with the ma
chine ostensibly for the garage, but in
stead drove to a place on East Tenth
street, where he had dinner with a
number of friends.
He then drove the machine to 42S
West Ninth street. where he picked up
Mrs. Crawford. whose husband is at
present in Portland, Ore, on business.
Mrs. Crawford took the wheel and
they went for a spin west on Wash
ington. They are said to have made
stops at several places before return
ing to the vicinity of her rooms.
They drove north on Grand avenue
at speed, it is said. of thirty miles
an hour, and at Ninth street flashed
across the street without checking
their speed.
At this time woman and her little
girl. said by witnesses to be not more
tran or years of age, were crossing
the street and it was not until the fly
ing machine was almost on top of them
that she noticed it.
Child Hit by Auto
The woman sprang back, dragging the
child with her, but the fender guard on
the machine struck the child a glaneing
blow .as the machine was slightly
swerved.
The automobile flew on up the street
without any check of speed and less
than ten minutes later came back down
the street at an equal or even greater
speed, according to witnesses, two of
whom e. j. Kimbel OF S27 South Grand
j r r ,Nfn 4,
Grand avenue, say 1t was running at
from thirty-five to forty miles an hour.
AS the machine approached Ninth
street the Clark machine came into
view, running west on Ninth. The ma
chine was in the center of the roadway
and was going at from twelve to four
teen miles an hour
Mrs. Crawford. it is said, made no
effort to check the speed of the car
which she was driving and the two
machines came together almost in the
center of the street.
The Clark machine was hurled to one
side. The front axle was buckled the
hood crushed in and the rear right
wheel torn off.
So great was the speed of the Jen-
nlngs machine that after tossing the
other car aside it ran en-. although Mrs.
Crawford applied her brake and turned
the machine to the left to avoid its
running into the sidewalk at the corner.
IT skidded on two wheels for distance
OF 150 feet and bumped into the side
walk. where she was able to stop it,
Woman Jumps and Runs
Mrs. Crawford at once jumped from
the machine and running to the back
of it unlocked the register tag and then
ran to the Morley dancing pavilion on
South Grand avenue, a half block
away where for nearly thirty minutes
she lodged about in the balcony and
the Railways trying to avoid Motor
cycle Policeman Humphrey who was
searching for her
In the meantime the occupants of the
Clark machine. after arranging for its
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