The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
Prominent Citizen Has Many
Bones Broken as Result CT
Automobile Crash
TRIES TO AVOID WOMAN
AND CAR HITS THE CURB
While Il. ID. Dimmfclx and Chauffeur
Land on Pavement and Escape
Serious Injury

The X-ray examination al the Davis in
fimary of J. o. Thompson, who was seri
ously hurt yesterday morning in an au
tomobile accident at Fourth avenue ant
Twenty-fourth street, disclosed no frac
lures of the skull or any internal injuries
as 1t was at first feared. Mr.. Thompson
was resting very easily it was stated a.
the hospital, and showed marked i'm
provement.
Mr.. Thompson and F. D. Dimmick ant
chauffeur, w. E. Bibby, were in the ma
chine when the accident occurred. Mr.
DinmicS and Mr. Bibby were very slight
ly injured, but Mr.. Thompson struck g
telephone pole and was seriously hurt.
DR.. Davis said last night that if Mr.
Thompson did not develop any internal in.
jury in the next "a hours he was practical
~ out of danger. 1.-The X-ray did moi
show any internal injury" he said. but
Il could be possible for the base of the
skull to be fractured and the instrument
perfectly rational now, however, and
feel sure that he has no injury of this
nature. His chest is hurting him a little
but this think is only a bruise. In addi-
ton to the two fractures in the left leg
Mr.. Thompson's nose is fractured. | feel
much easier and am satisfied that he has
an exceptionally good chance of recov-
cry"
FUSED McQueen's Automobile
Fearing that ba would ha Io ta fo, !,
train yesterday morning. Mr.. Thompson
jumped into the automobile of his friend
J. w. Mcqueen, and asked the chauffeur
to drive him to the Terminal station. The
machine left the Woodward corner about
els o'clock and one minute later was a
total wreck with two of its occupants con-
siderably bruised and shaken up, and
Mr.. Thompson lying on the sidewalk Sc
iiously injured.
As 1t was very near train time the ma
chine was running at high rate of speed
When the party, going up Fourth ave-
nue., had started to cross Twenty fourth
street negro woman is claimed to have
stepped into the path of the machine.
1t was done so suddenly and unexpected
ly that the chauffeur, w. E. Bibby, saw In
an instant the only way to keep from
running over the woman was to run the
automobile into the sidewalk and go VI
Twenty-fourth street. With quick twist
at the steering wheel the machine made
for the curb, demolishing both wheels on
the one side and crashing into telephone
pole and wrecking the body.
Mr.. Dimmick and the chauffeur landed
on the sidewalk but jumped up and ap-
parently were not hurt. Mr.. Thompson
it is thought, hit the telephone pole, as
he was thrown from the machine. His
left leg was broken above the knee and
the left kneecap was crushed. He was
severely cut about the face, which was
covered with blood when he was first seen
after the accident Blood was running
from Mr. Thompson's ear and mouth, and
it was feared that he was internally in
jured.
Eyewitness Describes Accident
f. II. Bancroft. who has a store on the
corner where the accident happened. was
the first to reach the side of Mr.. Thomp-
sen. With the help of some other mer
Mr.. Thompson was carried into Mr.. Ban
croft's store. Mr.. Thompson said that he
wanted to be taken to the Davis inf1rmary
and Lige Logs ambulance was called
letter carrier named j. f. Jones
says that he was an eye witness tc
the accident. "The automobile was GO
ing at a high speed toward the Ter
minal staten when I first saw it,. said
Mr.. Jones. and as 1T started to cross
Twenty-fourth street a negro woman
stepped directly in front of It. She
could have gotten out of the way, but
seemed to get frightened and stood
still. The chauffeur turned his E.a-
chine sharply into Twenty-fourth street
but turned too much and struck the
cupants of the car were thrown vio-
lently to the ground and I think Mr.
Thompson struck the pole. The other
two men did not appear hurt and ]
do not think they struck the telephorc
pole as they were thrown out of the
car"
Hurrying to Train
The accident happened at 9:15 o'clock
yesterday morning. Mr.. Thompson, who
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revenue, republican national executive
commit teeman for Alabama, and close
friend and adviser of President TAFT
and Mr.. Dimmick, were trying to catch
the Birmingham Special over the
Southern railway. Mr.. Thompson, II
is stated, was on his way to Wash
ington for conference with President
Taft concerning the appointing of a
local postmaster. Mr.. Dimmick and he
were not travelling together but botf
happened to be late for the train and
devised the scheme of using thcir
friends automobile to geth there or
time. He was uninjured with the ex-
ception of slight wound on the hand
Mr.. Thompson yes at 1912 Avenue
+ and is one of the leading citizens oil
the state. The wrecked automobile re.
NAMED at the scene of the accident
during the afternoon and was witnessed
by a large number of people. Special
attention was called to the fact thai
while the wheels were torn to pieces
the Denegre demountable rims, which
were manufactured by a Birmin CHAN
firm, were intact.
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