New-York tribune., 1910-07-22
AUTO CRASHES HEAD-ON
INTO STEAM ROLLER
Elliot C.. COWdin and Andrew
Miller Painfully Injured at
Mount KiSC0.
.CATAPULTED THROUGH AIR
Were Returning from Racetrack
When Chauffeur Turned Into
Street Closed to
Traffic.
CATAPULTED THROUGH AIR

As the result Of an automobile acCi-
dent Oh Wednesday evening at Mount
Kisco. when their machine ran head on
into a heavy steam roller. Elliot C Cow
din. OF Maplehurst, Mount kisco, and
Andrew Miller, secretary and treasurer
OF the Life Publishing Company, who
lives in Scarsdale. were both injured
painfully. The automobile was de-
nolished Mr.. Cowdin was the more
seriously injured of the two. and several
stitches had 10 be taken in his scalp
Both he and MI Miller were thrown
from the machine
The news of the accident did not leak
out until last night Il was learned tnat
Mr.. Cowdin and MIR. Miller were return
ing from the Empire City track, near
Yonkers. The automobile. in charge Of
chauffeur. was running through Mount
Kisco and the roadway at that point
was dark and poorly lighted
II was shortly after o'clock when the
automobile approached a street that Is
being repaired and is closed TO trafrlc-
In the darkness the chauffeur appar-
er-1v did not see the piece Of plank
which had been stretched across the
roadway The machine did not lessen
its speed as it rounded the corner lead
ing into the closed street.
The first the occupants OF the car
knew that something was wrong was
when the front Of the automobile
crashed into the heavy planking, smash
ing the glass wind shield Of the car and
sanding bits of broken glass into the
faces Of Cowdin and Miller
Darkness Concealed Real Danger.
The collision had been SO sudden and
u7expected that the chauffeur had no
time 10 shut of the power on his car
nd II continued to run along the torn
,,r, street at undiminished speed In the
-,oovlv lighted thoroughfare the men IN
car did not know what had hap
nered a+ first. and thought some low
hanging branch Of tree had been re-
snonsfble for the breaking of the glass
.b5ald Before the chauffeur had time
m slow up the car or steer out OF
+ba vav of other obstacles the machine
ran head on into the steam roller Whlch
was drawn up alongside the roadway
The automobile was travelling at such
znaed that when Il hit the forward sec
+ior7 Of the roller il reared up on the PACK
,,-baels then crashed down on the roller
.,str Cowdin. who was on the front
seat. beside the chauffeur was cat
sn,,lred into the air, landing with stun
,,i,o force on a mass of broken stone.
miller who was IN the rear Of the car
was likewise thrown out into the road
landing on his face. The chauffeur, oW-
ing 70 the grip he had on the steering
heel kept his seat, but was cut and
bruised when the car struck the roller,
Chauffeur Goes for Aid.
A. soon as he had shut off the power
and could jump from his seat the chaut-
fe,r ran forward and lifted Mr., Cowdin
70 his feet and carried him TO the road
side He then ran 10 Mr.. Miller's side
and dragged him from the road Both
zen were stunned for several minutes,
md as the ear was completely wrecked,
-he chauffeur hurried To the home Of one
The local physicians and reported the
accident
In a few minutes Cowdin and Miller
were placed in another car ana rushed
m the formers home, where they were
matched up by the surgeon It Is said
+ha+ Mr.. Cowdin was unconscious for
..,-eraI hours after the accident. while
Mr. Niller's injuries, though less severe,
recessftated his remaining at the Cow
di, home for the night.
Elliot c. Cowdin is well known among
,,orsemen and society people in West
cbeeter COUNT He has owned many
tlooded horses, and his son, Elliot {.
Cowdin. ir.. is a noted polo player
,-5re,r Miller, besides being part
-, - the Newcastle stable and the
importer of the famous stallion Adam is
I'd Of the Jockey Club and the
secretarv : and treasurer Of the Saratoga
Racing Association. He IS member Of
many clubs
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