Arizona republican., 1910-06-01
ESCAPE WAS
 MIRACULOUS Rev. 4. 1. HaW|eg Was Never
 Nearer Death 
 HIS AUTO WAS RUINED.
After Turning a Somer sault and Starting in Op- posite Direction. Some thing Went Wrong While In Tow For Repairs

NIAdt was COnSlueTeu d very ndIIOW
 escape from serious injury if not death by those in possession of the ! facts as that of yesterday morning
 when the car being guided by Rev. A.
 L. Hawley, which was being lowed to town behind the C. E.. Hemperly car,
 suddenly skidded to the side of the road and turned a complete somer- sault. finally landing on its back and
 headed in the opposite direction from
 that in which 1t was going Rev
 jIawley was uninjured with the ex-
 cepticn of a slight abrasion of the
 forearm.
 Mir. Hawleys Rec. which is used by
 him in going back and forth to his de-
 seTt clam. has been in nesd of some
 repairs and it was decided yesterday
 morning to bring it to the Mesa garage
 behind the c, F.. Hemperly car. Mir.
 Henperly,-as idle from having an ad-
 joining hofae stead. is alsI proprietor
 of the garage The trHp- was made
 without incident until point on the
 Roosevelt road, about fivr miles east
 of town, was reached when MT Hem
 rerly. who vas driving the head car,
 increased the speed to between fifteen
 and twenty miles an hour. This speed
 had been maintained for some little
 distance when James Anderson, wku
 was sitting in the seat with Mir Hem
 perly, cried out to the driver that
 something had happened Mir. Hem
 perly instantly applied the emergency
 brakes and at the same instant looked
 around and saw Mir. Hawlcy three or four feet in .he air, entirely clear of the car in which he was riding. and apparently looking for the most con venient place in which to come down.
 The Hemperly car was stopped i'm mediately and as soon as it was de termined that. Mir. Hawley- was unin- jured the men viewed the ruins of the upturned car It is the opinion of the gentlemen that the rope. which was used as a tow line, had broken and that the end flew back wrapping around the front wheel not allowing it to revolve and causing the skidding. The whole { affair was instantaneous or practically | so and the only version of just how | the matter happened must be more or | less speculative. At any rate the front | axle. around which it is supposed that 1 the rope twisted was turned into an almost unrecognizable object. the | gear and wheel were damaged | almost beyond repair and both seats ] broken off.
 MT. Hawley. realizing the narrow ness of his escape. is apparently satis- fled with the result and is genuinely { thankful that the accident did. not prove more serious than it might have been When the fact is taken into that he was behind the steering wheel and that without warn ing the machine instantly became be yond his control and began perform ing it's midaIr gyriations the wonder is that he was able to extricate himself and steal little of the momentum attained by the car for his own per sonal use in getting out of the imme 1iate vicinity
 The front axle was brought on to own and strengthened and another rip was made out to get the machine ater in the day.
 The real problem or the accident ap- pears to be to determine just how far Mr Hawley crawled on his hands and lnees According to his own version If the affair he began getting out of he immediate community as soon as le could get a portion of his body on he earth, it happened that his hands md knees were the first to light and le used them for the very simple req 'on that he did not take the time to ret to his feet He continued travel 1 ng in this rather primitive manner l Intil he heard the crash of the car as he seats were torn loose and then he egan to realize that the real danger ' would soon be over. However, he rished to give the tumbling auto lenty of time and plenty of room to '