The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31
One Is Dead and Eighteen
Injured, Several of Whom
Are in Hospitals and
May Die
MOTORCYCLES ARE
EQUALLY INVOLVED
WITH AUTOMOBILES
List of Casulties for Week, While
Showing Some That We're I'm
ayoidable, Show Many Re-
sulting From Criminal
Carelessness
BY RICHARD f. LUssIER

A record not unlike the casualties of
battle in one of the South American
republics is presented for the past week
as the result of the havoc automobile
and motorcycle speeders have made in
Birmingham.
In all, 1.-The grisly toll" as the neophyte
would say, was: One person killed and
Is injured, some of whom will die dur
ing the past seven days of bacchanalian
joy-riding in the streets of the Magic City.
1t all began last Saturday afternoon
when three young men. Walter Meseroll,
H. C. Brown and Nathan Lowenstein, all
riding motorcycles, met in a collision at
high speed with an automobile of the
Birmingham Ice Factory al Avenue e and
Twenty-first street The result was that
Nathan Lowenstein was killed He was
a young man % years of age, very pop
uar and was the city salesman of the
Birmingham Macaroni company. His par
ents living in Indiana were prostrated
by the shock of the tragic death of their
son. in the same accident Meseroll and
Brown were also very severely injured.
None Reported Sunday
On Sunday, for some strange reason, all
the automobiles and motorcycles held to
the road and with miraculous adroitness
avoided killing or manning any pedes-
trians. No one was reported injured in
any way for the Sabbath day, although
the following morning repair cars from
the garages were seen on their way to
Mount Pinson road to bring back two
wrecked automobiles which by some freak
of fortune had failed to kill the occu-
pants when they turned over.
However, on Monday things started
brsllly and early, for Joe Orso, a mes
senger boy employed by the Postal Tel
egraph company took the count when
an automobile driven by J. j. Miller
and owned by the Florence Taxicab COM
pany, ran him down at First avenue and
Nineteenth street. The accident occurred
after midnight
But it was in the afternoon of the
same day that the tragedy of the week
happened for Mrs. o. r. Dozier wife of
the well known physician, was run down
while walking to her home on the South
Highlands at Avenue II and Twenty-sec-
ond street by an unknown automobile
demonstrator who was speeding, it was
stated by expert automobile men, at no
less than 60 miles an hour. Mrs. Do
zier was knocked down by the car and
suffered a broken arm and limb. also
severe contusions all over the body She
was unconscious for many hours and
even at this moment it is not certain
that she will recover from her injuries.
Cruel and Revolving
The accident to Mrs. Dozier was par
tcularly cruel and revolving. The per-
son who was driving the large Hudson
touring car that struck Mrs. Dozer
stopped, following the accident, as soon
as he could and walked to where the
elderly lady lay unconscious in pool of
blood. There were several spectators
there and they only entreated him to
place the injured woman in his automo-
bile and hurry her to medical attendance.
But this young man gazed for one mo-
ment on the result OF his recklessness
and with blanched face turned and ran
for his machine and speeded away. He
is now in hiding
Wednesday had to have its quota of
accidents, for r. r. Bostick a contrac-
tor, left his buggy and horse standing
In the early morning hours at Twenty
sixth street. south, between Tenth and
Eleventh avenues and w. r. Lawson.
aged 22, mechanic, coming down the
steep hill toward the city without lights
at great speed, crashed into the buggy
smashing it up as well as his motorcycle
Mr.. Lawson is at present In st. Vincent
hospital, suffering from a fractured
skull
In the afternoon of the same day. for
bit of variety, a man named j. Hanna
had his horse run away with him on the
other side of Red mountain, which re-
suited in his being taken to the South
Highland inflrmary, where he is still a
boarder. His injuries are mostly on his
head, which was badly bruised
Thursday night the automobile of DR.