The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-19
AUTO RAN
INTO A FENCE
LaRue Boy Is Quite Serious
ly Injured.
TO AVOID A COLLISION
Dean c. Rideway Runs
Machine Into Fence.
The Injured Lad is Very UnfOrtuu-
ate, This Being Bis Fifth Acct
dent Only Eight Years Old.

The worst automobile accident yet
to occur in Kenton happened Sunday
afternoon at 1880 near the corner OF
Main and Summit streets, when Dean
&. Ridgeway of LaRue in trying to
avoid striking another car ran his
machine into the fence bordering the
Robinson home. His little son Claire
aged s, was seriously hurt in the acct
dent suffering scalp wound over an
inch in length, penetrating to the
skull The boy was rushed to a hos
pital, put under the influence of an
atesthetic and the cash sewed up. The
accident will not result fatally. Mr.
Clark who was also in Ridgeways car
was thrown out and was badly bruis-
ed in the fall
The way the accident happened as
told by Mr.. Clark, who was in Mr..
Ridgeways car is as follows:
A Ford machine driven by Mr.. OFT
Meyers of this city was going north
on Main street. Mr.. Ridgeway was
travelling behind Mr.. Meyers, who
was on the extreme east side of Main
street intending to cross over 70 De-
troit street. At the same time Mr..
Rodgeway contemplated passing Mr..
Myers machine, not knowing that Mr..
Meyers was going TO cross to Detroit
street. Mr.. Ridgeway saw Mr.. Mey-
ers turn, too late to stop his machine.
One of two courses was open to him.
If he kept straight ahead his machine
woud have at once crashed into Mr..
Meyers automobile. The only other
course was to try and turn the corner
west at the Robinson home safely.
However Mr.. Ridgeways machine
was going at too high a speed to make
he turn so quickly and instead the
Machine crashed into the fence. Claire
he young son of Mr.. Ridgeway, was
IN the side towards the fence as was
,lr. Clark, who was in the back seat. |
These two were hurled out of the
Claire striking the fence
md Mr.. Clark falling upon the side
walk.
Mr.. Myers in making the turn had
slowed up his machine which did not
Collide with the otner automobile. |
Both machines were going the same
direction. Mr. Myers was going slow
,lr. Ridgeway was back of him and
,nly took the left side OF the road in
rider to pass the front machine
After the accident Claire Ridgeway
vas picked up unconscious by his !
ather. lie was taken to the hospital |
where physician attended him.
Those who were with the boy mar
'elled at the nerve that the little lad
From the time the lad was
brown from the machine until no
was put under the influence of an
he uttered not cry.
Claire kidgeway is a lad who al
.hough he is only eight years old has
Jcen dangerously injured five differ
,nt times. Three weeks ago Sunday
ne was in a hospital at Marion hav-
ng run a nail far into his foot Not
ong ago he was on an operating table
for two hours and a half with his
icalp badly torn from an accident.
lie has had his leg badly mashed
and has had several other accidents.
rhe last time he was in the hospital
he begged his father to never let him
De given an anaesthetic again His
'ather said that he knew if any one
was to be hurt it would be his little
boy.
In Mr., Ridgeway's car were c. Clark
and Mr., Ridgeway's older son in the
back seat; in the gront seat were Mr.
himself and Claire. The
machine was a Ford, the model on
which the steering apparatus is plac-
I'd on the left side. On most ma
chimes it is on the right side The
mar hinp Wag badIv fnnehad nm nroh