The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-04-23
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Willie Travers Seriously Injured
and Other Occupants of Car
HUT in a Bad Accident.

While speeding along the shell
road leading from Church Creek
to Cambridge, yesterday evening,
about shutdown, the automobile of
Mr.. Willie Travers, the older son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Levi D..
Travers, of Taylor's Island, got be-
yond his control and smashed into
an oak tree, and then rebounded
across the road, with the result that
all of the occupants of the car, who,
besides Mr.. Travers, were Misses
Eudie Travers, his sister, and Mar
garet Breerwood, of Cambridge, and
Carroll Dali, also of Cambridge, and
Lee Travers, were hurt.
According to the statement of
Lee Travers, a brother, who Is
about fifteen years old, they were
motoring along at rapid clip, the
road being good, when they were
passed by the automobile of Mr.. W.
H. Mcguire, of Madison, which left
cloud of dust behind it. Being
temporarily blinded by the dust, Mr..
Travers ran his car too close to
the ditto with the result that the.
front wheel on the right side ran
into the ditch, causing Mr.. Travers
to lose control of the machine which
crashed into a large oak tree with
china cfrnnk
the tree with so much force that 1t
rebounded and was thrown fifteen
or twenty feet across to the other
side of the road. All OF the occu-
pants of the car were thrown out,
with the exception of Willie Tray
ers, who was driving, and who was
caught in the stearing gear, land Lee
Travers, who was sitting on the
rear seat, and in some manner es-
capped injury, beyond being shaken
ZIP little.
The accident occurred at the en-
trance to the road leading to the
home of Mr.. Daniel R. Martin, the
machine striking the gum tree
which stands upon the side of the
road. The tree, when examined
this morning, showed that it re-
ceived a terrific blow, as the bark
was knocked off. The automobile
seemed but slightly damaged when
the due consideration is taken of
the force with which it struck the
tree, which was sufficient to cause
it to rebound distance of fifteen
or twenty feet. The occupants of
the machine were thrown distance
of ten or twelve feet from 1t, with
the exception of Master Lee TRAY
ers, whose escape was probably due
to the fact that he was sitting in
the middle, on the rear seat.
The most seriously injured men,
bers of the party were Mr.. Travers,
who, it is feared, is very seriously
injured, as an examination at the
Hospital indicated that, besides be-
ing badly bruised, he might be in
jured internally as we'll; Miss Mar
garet Greenwood, who sustained a
broken collar bone, a sprained
ankle, and was badly shaken up and
bruised; Miss Eudie Travers, who
sustained q sprained ankle and was
BADLY bruised and shaken up, and
Mr. Carroll Dali. who was badly
shaken up and bruised. Master Lee
Travers, however, came out of the
accident without any injuries what
ever, beyond being shaken up a
little.
The members of the party had
been out for a pleasure spin, and
were on their way back to Cam
bridge at the time of the acct
dent. They were all made uncon-
scious by the shock attendant upon
their injuries except Lee Travers.
Mr.. VIM. E. Hearn came along in
his car, on his way to town, and
made a hurry trip after DR.. Victor
c. Carroll, who, with Mr.. Hearn,
brought them to town. They were
hurried to the Hospital, where their
injuries were treated.
At the time we go to press, In
formation has just been received
from the hospital that all of the
patients are getting along very
nicely, and that there seems to be
every reason for believing that
young Mr.. Travers will recover.