The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-24
TWO AUTOS over BANK
WOMAN BADLY INJURED
TWO BADLY HURT =.
AND TWO ESCAPE
WHEN MR.. cHAooocK PURPOSE
~ RUNS CAR OVER HILL
To Prevent More Serious Accident.
Sudden Stop Injuries Father and
Son and Wrecks Car.

Two persons were seriously hurt
and two others had narrow escapes
Sunday afternoon when the +. NJ. +.
touring car owned and driven by ID.
II. Chaddock. OF Moundsville, skidded
in the mud due TO the rain OF a few
minutes before. on the Poor House
hill road. one mile south OF the Ohio
county infrmary. near Elm Grove.
and went plunging headlong down
steep embankment into run 100
feet below.
In the machine were Mr.. Chaddock.
his wife. his son Howard. aged 9. and
Mr.. s. Rlslnger. all of Moundsville.
Mr.. Chaddock and the youthful son
were in the front seat. and when the
crash came at the bottom OF the fear
full descent. they were hurled from
the machine The boy was thrown
across a deep gully. a distance OF 10
feet. sustaining a broken right thigh.
a number of scalp wounds and numer-
Gus contusions Mr.. Chaddock was
painfully cut and bruised. especially
across the abdomen. caused by the
forceful contact with the steering
wheel when the machine came to a
sudden halt.
II seems almost incredible that Mr..
Risinger and Mrs. Chaddock escaped
with scarcely no physical injuries,
though at a late hour last night they
were suffering severely from the
mental shock. The machine was
wrecked, but it is thought IL may be
rebuilt
Assistance was summoned by Mr..
Risinger. DIR. Cracraft and DIR. Shields
of Elm Grove, responding. The ply
sicians. with the assistance of Miss
Dobbins, n nurse at the North Wheel
ing hospital. who was making a visit
at the county inirmary, dressed the
injuries OF the victims. Within an
hour Floyd Francis, OF Moundsville,
had made the run through to the
scene OF the accident in an Everett
car. in which the injured were taken
10 their homes in Moundsville. At
a late hour last night the attending
physicians stated that the condition
OF young Howard Chaddock continued
critical One OF the scalp wounds the
lad sustained is proving a source OF
anxiety 10 the doctors.
The scene OF the accident is on
the road leading through the Simon
Lash farm, one OF the narrowest, and
during rainy weather. one OF the
most dangerous roads for automobiles
IN the county. The road Is less than
fifteen feet In width at the widest
point and is exceedingly steep, with
an embankment extending sharply
down the hillside along almost it's
entire length. Two hundred yards be-
yond the scene Of the accident the
highway borders on a rocky cliff. a
sheer descent OF 200 feet 70 the bot
tom Of the gully. Had the accident
occurred here every member Of the
party would have been instantly
killed.
Coolheaded action on the part OF
Mr. Chaddock probably prevented the
accident from terminating fatally. In
a statement 20 the Intelligencer last
night Mr.. Chaddock stated that the
car started skidding down the deep
descent and was on the verge OF
topping sidewise over the edge Re
alizing that such fall would prob
ably result fatally. he suddenly
turned the steering wheel and sent
the car head on down the hill The
power was of and both brakes we're
set. but the momentum OF the car IN
the slippery mud carried n az a ter.
rible pace over the brink Fortunately
there we're no trees or boulders IN
its path. and the wild dash was no,
interrupted until the bottom % the
gully had been reached.
The party had left Noundsville
about . o'clock yesterday afternoon
Intending 10 drive 10 Wheeling by way
% Elm Grove. and returning home in
The evening.