The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
THREE BOYS BADLY
|. HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Two Machines Collide at Sew
enteenth and Eighth
BOTH CARS WRECKED
Dave Castleberry, Sam Greene and
Ralph Russell Are All Badly Cut
and Bruised rs Result
the Accident

David Castleberry, Sam Greene and
Ralph Russell, Jr., were all badly hurt
in an automobile accident yesterday even
ing at 5:0S o'clock at the corner of Sew
enth avenue and Eighteenth street The
boys were taken to DR.. Tally's private
infirmary. Russell is now at his home on
Huntsville avenue. Castleberry has a
badly crushed chest and body and Greene
a broken arm and bad bruises, and Rus
sell is seriously cut about the head, his
jawbone being fractured.
The three boys are of prominent families
of the city. Sam Greene. who is only 10
or IA years old, is the son of Judge S.
E. Greene. judge of the probate court;
Ralph Russell is the son of DR.. R. Rus
SELL and David Castleberry is also the
son of a physician, Dr. D. Castleberry.
The car in which the boys were riding
driven by J. j. Scully, prominent
automobile man and considered one of the
best chauffeurs in the city The other car
was driven by Alton Thomas, iii Eighth
avenue, and was carrying a load of chill
dren at the time of the collision. No one
in the car Thomas was driving was hurt.
The two cars were going out North
Eighteenth street both in the same direc-
ton, with the car Scully was driving a
little in the lead. Scully states that he
did not know the other car was coming
behind him. and he started to turn to the
right into Seventh avenue. The other car
was being driven at a fast pace, it is
claimed. and was on the inside track, so
that when Scully turned itno Seventh
avenue the other car hit his machine
broadside, picking 1t completely up and
hurting it into telephone pole. The
occupants of the first car were thrown out
In front of the machine A lamp post
and telephone post were broken down by
the impact of the cars and both of the
machines were totally demolished.
1t is considered remarkable that some
of the persons in the two machines were
not killed outright and also that the oc-
cupants of the Thomas-driven car were
entirely uninJured. When seen last night
at the hospital. Mr.. Castleberry said: II
did not know that the accident was about
to happen until found myself in front of
the car lying in the street. | did not
see the other car before the accident
at ALL as it was coming up behind us.
We boys had just climbed in the car
down at the garage a few minutes be-
fore to take little ride We were not
going anywhere In particular and were not
running fast
Mr.. Castleberry does not now seem seri-
ously injured, but his nurse, Miss Louise
Martin, said last night that it was pos
sible for serious internal injuries to de-
velop. He is badly hurt about the chest
and left side, and it is hoped that his
condition will remain as favorable as it
was last night Mr. Russell Is suffering
the most from his injuries. He is terribly
cut, bruised and smashed about the head
and shoulders, and his jawbone being
fractured, his injuries causing him great
pain.
The car in which the boysswere riding
Is said to belong to a Mr. Moore, and was
Stanley steamer. The other was
Peerless, and is owned by Mr.. Thomas.