The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22

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Accidents in Street.
A c Ross. No. 407 Crawfordave,
and willard Robinson. No. 2l5 Twen-
ty-fourth-st.. wrecked their automo-
bile and were both painfully injured
in avoiding collision with pedes-
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on Raker-st, near feminist, during
II e height OF the storm az ] O'Clock
Thursday morning.
Ross. who was driving, sweryed
his machine suddenly TO avoid the
man walking In the car tracks, ana
the machine crashed into telegraph
pole. Both occupants were thrown
out. and badly cut about the faces
and heads. They were removed TO
1rumbull-ave. station I'm police am
bulance, and later taken home by
friends.
Mrs. Helen Deminski. No. 915
lTwenty.fifth-st, sank exhausted In a
big drift on Edison-ave., while at
tempting 10 make her way home,
Wednesday evening. She was taken
Into the house at No. 22S Edison-ave.,
and was later removed TO her home
In a police auto
Gabriel Lske, one OF the hundreds
OF Detroiters who used the street car
tracks for a thoroughfare. while on
the way TO work, Thursday morning,
was struck by a Brush car, on Rus
sell-st., and painfully injured. He was
taken 10 his home in a police ambu-
lance.
The blizzard was responsible for the
accident, as Liske, unable TO make
any progress through the drifts on the
sidewalk, was taking advantage oil tho
cleared tracks. and was walking along
with his cap pulled over his ears,
shutting out the sounds OF the ap-
preaching car Swirling snow con
cealed him from the motorman, until
the car was only few feet from him.
IN was impossible TO stop the Car
soon enough TO prevent the accident.
The blizzard is held responsible for
the death OF James McKenney. an
aged railroad man, who was found UNI
ten-DIllon Tobacco Co.'S plant, lato
Wednesday night. A passing citizen
notified the police. After several
vain attempts 10 revive him II Was
decided to send the man TO Solyay
hospital. but he expired on the way.
The body was sent TO the county
morgue. Coroners Clerk Allmand
concluded that death was due 10
apoplexy, brought on by cold and eN-
posture.
A feature OF the blizzard which the
Oldest inhabitant never saw in the
old.fashioned winters, when tbs
smoke froze in the chimneys.' was
the stalled motor cars. gone dead
I'm the drifts all over town, Wednes-
day night, and awaiting the light or
Thursday morning, 10 be toweo 20
the garages There were 3 lot OF these
strictly modern wrecks riding the
snow pillows when the early birds
came down town Thursday.
Wednesday was the most strenu-
ons day the traffic officers have ever
experienced. and, thanks to their
diligence there were no serious ac-
cidents in the downtown district. As
is customary under such circum-
stances, the traffic men were relieved
for 10 minutes every hour. to give
them a chance 10 recuperate.
Each of the telephone companies
had a large force of men out. repair
ing breaks caused by the storm. The
street lights between Fifteenth and
Twentieth-sts., near Michigan, and in
the vicinity OF Randolph, Atwater
land Jefferson were put out OF com
mission during the evening. but
were restored before midnight.
Many OF the public schools closed
at noon and the Highland Park
schools did likewise. The drifts
we're too deep for the youngster TO
negotiate.