Arizona republican., 1910-06-21
PURSUED
 BY FATE TeeteP Automobile in Series
 of Disasters FROM DAYLIGHT ID DARK
Streak of Bad Luck Follow ed the Machine, Breaking Springs and Wheels and Finally Putting the Gar Out of Commission

A streak of hard luck pursued the Teeter Bros automobile all day Sun l day. commencing early in the forenoon
 and continuing until a late hour at
 night. The spell didn't break during
 the entire day but nearly everything else about the machine did.
 Sunday forGnnnri a party consisting
 of James Teeter, C. NJ. Zander. C. A. SaylOr. B. H. Scudder and Harry Felt | left for Buckeye with the expectation
 of taking in the sights of that end of
 the valley and returning to Tempe the same evening. The start was made in
 good shape and nothing of any mOm-
 ent happened until the party reached Phoenix. On West Washington street, while travelling on a fairly good piece
 of road and going at only an ordinary rate of speed, one of the front springs. l without a moments warning and With no apparent cause, snapped into | pieces. The machine was run back
 to town and Mir. Spain was called up
 on the phone He was instructed to
 make up a new spring and send it to Phoenix as soon as possible. It was then hoped that the repairs might be completed early enough in the day to permit of the run to Buckeye. It was not until five o'clock in the evening, though that the spring arrived. It was obviously impossible to go to Buckeye and return without taking part of the night for the trip. so the return run to Tempe was started. Fate still pur-
 sued the machine, however. for before reaching the river, the same spring 1e in, Tnt had as on the former occasion and the
 run to town was completed Here a
 few repairs were made to the broken
 spring and during the evening NIT. Teeter took a party of friends for a
 ride to the end of Mill avenue. Right there d fatal mistake was made and fate was tempted a little too strong
 The ride to the end of the avenue and
 back was made without incident and
 the guests were deposited at their
 homes near the normal MT Felt had
 been at the wheel during the day but at that point Mir. Teeter took the helm
 and started for town. coming north on Normal street In the moonlight he
 miscalculated the length of the bridge across the ditch in front of the nor
 maj and the right front wheel slipped
 off it when the car was about half over. Considering the fact that the machine was not going over five miles an hour. the damage that resulted was appalling One front wheel was total
 ly demolished while the other was put out of commission. The damaged spring was totally wrecked and there were a few minor injuries sustained
 by the car. What the results would have been had the machine been nov ing at any thing like it's usual speed, for the Teeter car is a fast one, is awful to contemplate. The occupants of the car were in no wise injured and considering what might have hap pened, the party escaped fortunately.
 The accident necessitates at least one new wheel and that was ordered by wire from Chicago yesterday. It will probably arrive within the coming four or five days and the machine will shortly be in cOmission again.
 To make the daily run yesterday morning. the Poll Ford car was pressed into service and even the shadow of fate followed that About ten o'clock yesterday a teelphone mes sage from Dave Teeter who was with the car announced that he was stuck on the desert south of town with a flat tire and no water. ....