The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-24
MISS ELLISON HAS
/ CHANCE TO LIVE
Terribly Injured in Auto
mobile Wreck in Raleigh
MACHINE JUMPS Off BANK

Taken Crushed From Under the
Wheels of 5000 Pound Car At En-
trance of State Hospital, Having
Been On a Ride With Messrs. HUI
bert Wyatt, Carl Belts and Harri-
son Hoffman, When Tire Exploded,
Driver Wyatt Losing Control of
Machine Which Somersaulted
Taken unconscious from beneath
the body of a wrecked automobile,
wedged in between the wheel, badly
injured but with a lighting chance
for her recovery, Miss Musa Ellison.
the attractive young daughter of Mr..
l.. S. Ellison, is under the care of ply
sicians at her home. AIS North Sails
bury street. having been taken there
yesterday afternoon from Rex Hos
pita1. to which she was hurried after
being thrown from an automobile as
it ~somersaulted down the fourteen
foo embankment of the curved
driveway Of the State Hospital, the
accident resulting from an exploded
tire.
Miss Ellison was one of a party of
young people who about eleven
O'Clock yesterday morning were tax
ing a spin about the city and were
leaving the grounds of the State Hos
pital when the disastrous accident Oc-
Cured about 11:30. The party were
in the 80 horse power White Steamer
of Mr.. L. r. Wyatt of this city, which
was being driven by his son. Mr..
Hubert Wyatt, nineteen years old.
Mr.. Wyatt had started on a ride with
a young friend, Mr.. Carl Belts, and
while on the i saw IN Fayetteville
street Miss Musa Ellison and Mr.. Har-
ricnn IJnffr1 n n nf pannS Iva MA tho
left fielder OF the Raleigh ball team
the Red Birds-of the Eastern North
Carolina League. Miss Ellison n
Mr.. Hoffman were invited to join the
party and too the back seat Of the
fVe-paSsenger steamer.
Wreck of the Automobile.
The ride was a merry one, and all
had gone we'll until the big automo-
bile, which weighs o 5000 pounds,
was coming down the inclined road
way from the State Hospital. Mr..
WYATT was driving the car when sud
denly there came a loud explosion
from one of the tires, hat on the left
hand front wheel. which blew out.
The machine was at this time making
the curve on the built-up roadway,
this being wide enough for vehicles.
The report n the swaying of/the
machine as the tire blew out caused
MIR. Wyatt to act quickly, for he found
IL 1IdtIIaIl6 q lCo tffS
edge Of h embankment, the bottom
at this point, near the spring house
at the entrance to h grounds, being
from twelve to fourteen feet
Mr.. Wyatt worked at his steering
gear. but the machine got beyond his
control and balancing a moment on
the side Oft the sloping embankment,
went on over it and down towards he
bottom. Some small boys who saw
it say the machine Just seemed to
Jump eff" AS it went it turned COM
pletely over, and then over again,
finally landing at the foot of the en-
bankment with its nose pushed up
the bank as if it had of its own ac-
cord started to climb to the top again.
It was a badly damaged machine. but
its running gear was in such shape
that when finally gotten out 1t could
use its own power.
The -Four Are Thrown Out.
There are conflicting reports as to
how fast the machine was coming
down the incline, some saying it was
at a moderate speed, others that it
was going from fifteen to twenty miles
an hour. The incline is such that
~automobilists in coming down it fire.
Uuently shut off power. AS
the machine started over all
thrown out, Mr.. Hoffman reaching
for Miss Ellison out being unable to
catch her. The three young men
were thrown clear of the machine,
but Miss Ellison was tangled up in it
as it went over and over being finally
pulled from beneath the body Of the
machine, between the wheels, which
had evidently passed owe her. She
was unconscious when she was taken
out. Mr.. Belts at once ran to the
State Hospital for aid and soon had at
the scene Q fthe accident Drs. L. J.
PicOt and G. L. Jenkins, of the STATE
Hospital. who rendered all possible
assistance to the dangerously injured
young woman, who was suffering from
bruises and the ervou shock. A
hurry cali brought an ambulance and
Miss Ellison was at once taken to Rex