The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-24
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not keep many inside. Several visited
the chautauqua grounds. where a
baseball game was scheduled between
the firemen and travelling men. In
{ the evening band concert on the ball
cony of the Great Northern hotel and
a reception at the commercial club
We're attended by the visitors.
There were various other incidents
that rendered the stay here all of ex-
IRENE pleasure. Surprises awaited
them later In the day, among the chief
OF which was the publication Of full
sized newspaper called The Daily Carr
buretor. This included hits upon each
Of the passengers and was eagerly
read. Editor Hoke Smith was rer
sponsible for the edition.
Among the pithy sayings noted were
} the followings:
Life is but fleeing moment, Honk,
! Honk, Honk. be on the way,
"As we Journey through life let us
speed by the way.
Weather report-Dry in North Da-
kota. wet in Montana"
It was also stated that the paper
was published on Hotel Speedemener,
the worlds original auto train.
Some changes In the routes were
announced for today and on account
Of the short halt today, the pilot crew
left earlier than usual. Since leav-
ing Minneapolis, this car has averaged
twenty seven miles per hour while on
the road, The duties have been
ardous and the men have not had over
an average of four hours sleep each
night until reaching here.
Only a few penalties have been in
l toll Gov a Ffysu&
run. One went to the Krit which
broke a steering arm 1t required
Driver Dougherty but twenty -one
minutes to repair It however, but six
points were involved. The Colby. Sat-
urday was penalized slightly.
Todays run viii take the tourists
over 100 miles Of North Dakota
prairie roads to Berthold. the night
stop.
First Bad Accident.
Travelling at the speed Of nifty miles
an hour, Andrew Berkey's Packard
runabout. trying to pass the Corbin
pacemaker and the Pierce-Arrow press
car late Saturday afternoon, plunged
down an ernbanknent, fifteen feet
deep, turned a complete sonersault
and landed in a gully forty feet
. from the road.
Berkey and his passenger. J. w
Henderson OF the JOY Automobile Co.
st. Paul, both jumped and escaped
death by q narrow margin. The
wheels of the heavy car were within
three inches of Henderson's head when
Berkey. who jumped first, ran to him
and helped him to his feet.
The car was badly damaged.
Raced With the Cars.
j Berkey who Is not a contestant was
: not familiar with the rule that pre-
Z vents any car on the road from passing
the pacemalxer He had raced with tho
. press car and the pacemaker, which
, were travelling close together for sew
E eral miles. but had not found a wide
g enough stretch of road to try to pass
4 Finally he decided to take chance
q on a rough place, and, turning to tins
I right OF the two other cars, skiddeo
Off a culvert. BY good driving he
2 managed 10 gain the road again, bui
{ a second later he again made an at
{ tempt, and this time ran off OF the
high grade.
Machine Turns Completely Over.
All four wheels seemed to leave the
ground. The machine balanced on two
4 wheels for second, righted itself
i bounded again, and this time went
: completely over.
: Berkey threw himself clear Of the
e steering wheel and slid down the hill tc
safety. Henderson, however, became
entangled in the baggage at his feet
and for an instant was completely un-
der the car. Its speed had been 50
great however. that it plowed forward
while half overturned.
Just Escaped Being Crushed.
This gave Henderson an opportunity
| to roll from under it and he gained {
point Of safety Just in time to escap'
being crushed under the wheels wheI
:, the car made it's complete turn and
landed in the gully on all tours.
The accident happened near Peters
!, burg, N. D., and took place within
: view Of the passengers of the pace.
F maker and press car, all Of the occu
pants of which thought Henderson hat
been killed. The two oars wert
stopped as soon as possible, and, head
ed by DIR. Dutton, the referee. the oc'
: cupants rushed to the assistance of TIL
81 AASAplNA NeAs
1'hey were surprised to And Hender'
3 son on the ground uninjured except foi
I a few slight bruises.
Lucky Accident.
The plunge OF the car is one Of til,
r most peculiar accidents that has eve
/. happened on any tour. declare Officials
: who saw 1t.
d They do not understand how tn,
9 man escaped injury. 1t happened on {
Y dangerous curve where the Hallada!
Eliot had placed danger flags.
q He refused the offer of aid by thu
q press and pacemaking cars and set Il
v work at once to get his car out of tn
h gully. The steering wheel was tori
il off and the mud guards were Stripe.
d from the car. The sides were caved II
S, but the engine was not injured an,
i after several hours work the car wa
placed on the road, and came to TIL
,e city under its own power.
ri It is probable that Berkey and Hen
h derson will not continue the tour.
valid board and also make the CLAIM