The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-31
AUTOMOBILES
in COLLISION
George w. Kings Machine
Badly Damaged.
"A PICNlCKING PARTY
Has Some Very Unpleasant
Experiences.
Trip Was Quite an Eventful One
and the Yopng People were Late
In Getting Home.


with a party OF Marions younger so.
ciety folks Thursday night when they
journeyed to Delaware to enjoy a
picnic at Greenwood lake. The .trlI
was taken In automobiles and II
proved an eventful one in many re.
spects.
The party left the city shortly after
A o'clock Thursday afternoon, arriv-
ing at Delaware about o'clock. Ev-
erything went lovely and the picnic
and outing proved most delightful
affair. But the complexion of things
changed somewhat when the trip
home was in progress. The merry
crowd left Delaware about 10 O'Clock
and arrived in Marion about o'clock.
And the results OF the untimely jour-
ney home were as follows
The magnificene new touring car
recently purchased by George w.
King was badly damaged in an unfor-
tunate wreck with the touring car
of John Schroeder and the auto OF
Busby p. sweeney was somewhat
damaged by overheated cylinders.
A fortunate feature OF the incidents
however, was the fact that nobody
WIS injured.
The collision of the King and
Schroeder autos was due to very pecu-
liar circumstances. When the party
left Delaware, Edward Schroeder,
who was driving his car, instructed
Ray King to lead the way, as he
claimed not to be familiar with the
roads. He also Instructed King to
stop at every sharp turn in the road
and await his arrival 30 that there
would be no chance OF getting lost :.
King was carrying out his friends in
structions when the unfortunate acci-
dent occurred. % King had driven
around a curve At the foot OF steep
hill, aad then stopped to await for
Schroeter. The iroad was very mar
row with deep like bitches on each
side King had scarcely brought his
machine to a stop when around the
curve, and down hill came young
Schroeder. Seeting that he could not
stop his machine. Schroeder darted
to one side and struck the King
machine broadside while the big car
nearly toppled OF into the deep
ditch. Schroeder displayed remark
able nerve and his skill as a driver
undoubtedly saved the members OF
the party from severe injury.
The King Cur was damaged to the
extent OF about 5000. The rear part
of the body was crushed and splint-
cred and the top was completely
torn off. The side lights and run
ming board, on one side, were demoi-
ished and one of the rear wheels was
slightly damaged. The Schroeder car
was but little damaged and the costs
of repairs will not exceed $40. The
engines on the cars were not injured
in the least and the machines were
run to the city. The blame OF the
accident does not rest particularly
upon any one and the cause can only
Do dttTlDutcu W huiu AeS"'
The sweeney touring car, driven by
Miss Cleo sweeney, was also disabled
and for nearly an hour the party was
compelled to sit by the roadside and
await the arrival Of friends. The
machine did not carry sufficient
amount OF cylinder oil and when the
car had reached point about eight
miles south OF the city, the engines
become overheated and the cylinders
closed. The machine and Its passen-
gers we're later taken in tow by MT
Emil sweeney and his Buick runabout.
The picnic party was composed oi
Misses Cleo sweeney, Rhea Munneii'
Edith Chase, Glen Mouser, Anna
Gunder, Zelda Ramer, Winona SVEN
ey, Margaret Wood, Of Dayton Nellie
Hunt and Edith Coberly OF lndianap-
oils Indiana. Messrs. Harry Gillett'
Florian Hess. John Krause, Ray King
Edward Schroeder Clifton Tidd stan
lev Strayer, Einil Sweeney, James
rya ona I,rnact Watson