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AN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Prince Henry of Prussia Relates His
Experience Near Cloppenburg, Ger
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Prince Henry of Prussia, Emperor
| Williams brother. who was received
with such acclaim III the United
! States has written ii vivid description
of the accident to his automobile which
J happened on Aug. . near Gloppenburg
in Oloenburg.
| The interesting account highly in
structive to motorists, given with the
| franlSness of a sportsman and the
| clearness OF one accustomed to OBJ
serve appears in this issue of the
! principal German automobile publica-
ton, the Allegcmeine Automobile
Zeitung, the official organ of the prin-
cipal motoring clubs. In his story
Prince Henry. like any brave man.
says little of his own hurts The
| fact is that he and his companions.
who were seriously injured. most mar
rcwly escaped death. 1t is certain
| that such a plain. exciting descrip-
| ton of the automobile accident has
| never been written before by one who
WAS nnlucky enough to be in it,
Prince Henry, an expert motorist.
vas returning from England and had
motored across Holland on his way
to Kiel The Prince writes in part:
we reached the small town of
Cloppcnburg in Oldenburg on the so
called Hollander- Strasse toward $40
a. NJ. Thence We took the very good.
straight highroad leading via Ahlhorn
toward Delmenherst. The crew of the
car consisted, besides myself at the
wheel. of my faithful experienced
chauffeur. Hans Hartz, who had been
with me for nine years, at my side.
my personal aide-de-camp, Captain
Won Usedom who sat on the left back
seat, aud my constant little travelling
companion. a fox terrier called Jim
| my'-a company which had made nn-
raerous trips in harmony and &ccus-
toned to one another.
Close To the kilometre-stone 40 I
| noticed an automobile coming my way
and slowed down my speed. according
to my custom, previous to moving out
ef the way, and then steered my car
to thc right side of the road. After
had given sufficient clearance and
was about to steer the car back into
| the straight course, turning the hind
wheel to the left. | heard distinct
| metallic sound, as if one We're snap
ping pocket-knife or striking
metallic tube with a sharp chisel. and
at the same moment | felt the steer
| ing wheel loose in my hands without
| its offering any resistance to the lett
ward movement which my hands in
| voluntarily continued. l recognized
| Immediately the danger of my situa-
| ton travelling at speed OF about
| fifty miles
..Then-a shock, a crash, so that L
| last all sense of hearing and sight,
a blow against my chest, depriving
ne of breath and power of thought,
n sharp pain in my right knee and
the silence of death.
After recovering the power OF
| thought | found myself bent forward
gasping for breath like one who has
quickly climbed a high hill. l felt
| pain in my chest, but had the sen
cation that otherwise everything was
| IN order | commenced slowly to
systematically recall to mind what had
| happened, but cannot say how long
remained like this. | then looked
about and saw that the front part of
| the car up to the drivers seat was
smashed Beside me was a tree split
| right in two; the seat on my left was
| vacant.
Il
| chauffeur and saw the poor fellow ly-
| ing close to the car, his head toward
| the rear and his face covered with
| bleed. his legs across the broken front
axle, his arms stretched out. breath
ing hard. a sudden fright and deep
| sympathy shot through me for poor
faithful Hartz and only now l real
| lied the situation we were in. [
| nd Lft for hal Cn w
Won Usedom about fifteen PAGES away,
sitting upright on the far side of the
! ditch locking toward the road, ap-
parentiy unhurt.
| ~ called to him. but soon recog-
/ nized that he was in a daZed condi-
| ton; nevertheless he got up. walked
across the road, sat down on the OPP
posite side of the ditch. then got up
again and walked about the road, all
| apparently in a state of trance.
1.-THE terrier Jimmy lay in the mid
| die of the road trembling all over and
looking at me with eyes full of fear
| and reproach.
II realized that my first duty was
| TO free the injured driver from his
nainful situation, and | succeeded in
doing this with the assistance of DR..
| Oscar Troplowitz, who had in the
| mean time arrived On the. spot with
! his chauffeur. We laid Hartz on
| cushions at the side of the road. AS
feared he had received internal in
| juries I did not venture to have him
| removed at once; fortunately, | was
| mistaken in this assumption.
| II then asked DIR. Tropowitz, of
! Hamburg, to take my aide-de- camp IN
his car to Cloppenburg, and to send
| me medical assistance as soon as pos
sible, which was kindly complied with
81 now turned my whole attention
! To Hartz. and a superficial examina-
| ton showed me that he had apparent
| ~ fractured his skull. as blood was
| flowing from his mouth and ear and
| he had entirely lost consciousness
His limbs moved freely and l had
| reason to hope that there were no in
| ternal injuries either. / tried to give
him some lemon juice and water and
succeeded with some difficulty in do
| i0ps