The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-04
ACCIDENTS ARE
NUMEROUS IN
CITY IN one DAY
SEVERAL OCCUR IN VARIOUS
PORTIONS OF CITY, BUT WITH
ONE EXCEPTION NO ONE WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

= boy cIinging to the fender Of a
moving automobile; the breaking OF
another boys arm by a runaway horse;
2 man knocked down and injured by a
buggy: rider knocked from a motor
cycle by another buggy. and the burn
ing OF an automobile. formed q series
OF accidents yesterday which necessi-
tated investigation by the police and
called cut the IRE department.
The rnost thrilling Of the numerous
accidents occurred last night about
o'clock. when a small white boy. whose
name has not yet been learned by the
police, chung to the fender Of an auto
mobile a1ter 1t struck him at the
southwest corner OF Palafox and Car
den streets.
The boy caught the brass fender rod
OF the automobile In falling and in
some manner kept his feet clear OF
the pavement and remained in this po-
sition until the machine was stopped
The automobile is owned by Frank
l.. Mayes and was driven by Hobart
Graham, colored. who had not been
located by the police UP to . late hour
last night.
S. Brown, q real estate salesman.
was among those who saw the boy
clin9ing to the automobile. and, be-
1ievfng that the machine had gotten
beyond the control Of the driver, he
ran behind 1t for the purpose OF enter
ing the car from the rear to stop it,
hut before he reached the machine he
was run into by an approaching horse
and buggy and knocked to the pave
xnent- He was bruised on the hip, leg
and arm and his hand was skinned up.
Injured by Runaway Horse.
While waiting for an approaching
Belt line car to convey them TO the L.
& N. passenger depot. Mrs. TidwelL
her daughter and son, Percy. had a
close call for their lives yesterday
about noon as the result of a runaway,
and the boy received q broken arm.
They were standing at the corner of
Devi1lsers and Romans streets, but
before they had a chance TO board the
car horse owned by Mr.. Kennedy,
proprietor Of a store at the corner Of
DeyiIliers and Gadsden streets. came
dashing down Deviiliers street, having
started to run away at a point near
the store OF it's owner. Mrs. TidweIl
and her two children tried to get out
OF the horses way. but before they sue
ceeded her son. Percy, thirteen years
old, was knocked down and his Arm
broken when the wagon to which the
horse was hitched struck him. Mrs.
Tidwell and her daughter escaped in
jury by a narrow margin.
Mrs. Tidwell is the wife OF Section
Foreman Tidwell OF Repton. Ala. and
she and the two children have been
visiting in the city. They were on
their way to the depot to meet Mr..
TidweIl.
Knocked From Motorcycle.
James Lindsey. colored. charged with
fast and reckless driving. was errested
yesterday by Motorcycle Officer George
Hall and his case will be called in the
recorders court this morning.
Lindsey is charged with running .
buggy into q motorcycle driven by
Richard Wilson, who was knocked
from the machine and slightly injured.
The motorcycle sustained slighr dam
age.
It Is said that Lindsey drove .he
suggy into the motorcycle at the tn
tersection OF Errtng and Gregory
streets yesterday afternoon and that
after Wilson was Knocked down he
Grove tbs horse of without stopptng
20 make an investigation.
Fire Damages Auto.
The are department was called out
about 9 o'clock yesterday morning to
extinguish IRE In the large automo-
bile owned by DIR. J. Whiting Hargis.
The blaze was extinguished with Bab-
cocks, but not before the machine was
badly damaged.
The machine ignited a moment after
it was rolled out into the yard from
the garage at the Anderson home, corr
ner OF Barcelona and Gregory streets,
and the negro man who pushed 1t into
the yard said that the IRE followed an
explosion that took place In the ma
chine, according to the report made to
the chief OF the fire department.