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Rush Girl to Hospital

Rush Girl to Hospital
Warren Hill and Edward Lucas, dep
uty sheriffs of Jefferson county, who
with their wives, were passing in an
automobile, were among the few to
reach the scene of the wreck almost
Immediately. Mr.. Hill succeeded in
rescuing the child, and, wrapping her
in his coat, he rushed her in his au
tomoile to the hospital, making a
speed that was estimated at 70 miles
an hour. After he had taken the child
to the hospital Mr.. Hill received medi.
cal attention himself.
j. p. Williams, colored, a chauffeur
living at 1543 Clifton avenue, was an.
other of the early helpers.
The. Inflated party were all board.
ers with Mrs. ]. M. Dunham, at 237
East Broad street. All had lived there
for five years or longer. Shortly be-
fore o'clock Mr.. Borders drove up
with the car, for which he, had taken
the agency few weeks previously.
His wife and daughter entered it, and
young Paul, who assisted in adjusting
the top, was asked to go along. 1t
was his first ride with the party in the
new machine. Some one asked If they
were going to take BILL" Bill being a
big bulldog and pet of the family. One
of the Borders replid that Bill didn't
relish automobile riding. ~
Tragic Feature Attends
A tragic feature in connection with
the accident was the fact that a few
minutes after the party left her place
Mrs. Dunham's car came up, and,
gathering few of her people about
her, she, too, sped eastward in Broad
Street At Alum Creek she heard of
an accident, saw them remove one of
the bodies, but never asked any ques-
tions, and it was not until she return
ed home, two hours later, that she
learned of the fatalities. She was al
most prostrated.
Mr.. Borders only recently had. taken
up the automobile agency as side
line. For several years he had been
engaged in newspaper work, manag-
ing special editions and circulation
campaigns. This work kept him on
the road most of the time. He was in
town recently, enjoying his vacation.
He has no relatives in this city and so
far as known, none nearer than Cana
da.
Mrs. Borders was Miss Eta Sander
son of Delaware, where her parents
and sisters still reside. Her parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sanderson.
Minnie Sanderson, sister, formerly
worked for the Citizens Telephone
Company in this city, and returned to
her home only few weeks ago. Fred,
a brother, was employed with the Pos
tai Telegraph Company here and is
now at Pittsburgh with the same com,
pany. The boys still at home are
Charles, jr., and William. Sisters at
home are Georgia and Margaret. Mar
ried sisters are Mrs. e. B. Eckman OF
Milwaukee and Mrs. j. Mullen, 1926
West Forty-fifth Street, New York.
Mr.. Paul has been employed for
years as a coat-maker at the Tyler
Richter establishment, and ranked as
a high-class workman. He was ma
tive of Finland and, so far as known,
had no relatives in the United States.
Lived In Mt. Vernon
The Borders met and were married
in 1904, as the result of a circulation
contest Mr.. Borders conducted in Del
aware. His home at the time was
Louisville. Latter they moved to Mt
Vernon, where he managed a paper
for about year. Columbus had been
their home for five years. Mr. Bor-
ders, among other things was presi-
dent of the National Circulation Com
pany, with offices in the Harrison
Building. He was O. Mason.
The Dunham residence, where all
the dead people lived, was the old
Mithoff property and, during the brief
period of. Governor Pattison's incum-
bency, was the executive mansion of
Ohio
At the Broad-Oak garage, where Mr..
Borders kept his car, it is said that