The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-12
THREE ARE INJURED
WHEN MOTORCYCLE
AND TRUCK COLLIDE
Halsey Ford Has Leg
Broken, w. M. Brown Cut
and Bruised and Ne
gro Breaks Foot

Three were hurt in collision be-
tween motorcycle and an automobile
delivery wagon at the corner of Eight
eeuth street and Tenth avenue. south,
at $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
most seriously injured was Halsey
Ford. the 21-year-old son of A. II. Ford,
president of the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company. Others in
jured were w NJ. Brown and VIII Hol-
loway, a negro boy
Halsey Ford was seriously injured,
suffering compound fracture of the
left leg Just above the ankle and a
broken rib, besides numerous cuts and
bruises. lie is.at st. viheents hos
pital. resting easily.
w. NJ. Brown, the driver of the de-
livery truck, was cut severely about
the face and bruised about the body
from the collision. win Holloway has
a broken foot and is at the Hillman
hospital The delivery truck was bad
ly damaged and the motorcycle COM
pletely demolished
According to accounts of the aeci-
cent, Halsey Ford, who is employed
ct the power house of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company
studying the various methods of street
railway and power house operation,
wds riding his motorcycle to his home
at 2772 Hanover Circle. lie was riding
south on Eighteenth street and collided
with the light delivery truck of the E
s. w. Dry Cleaning company. which
at IA.
intersection of Tenth avenue and
Eighteenth street
1t was stated by eyewitnesses that
the motorcycle struck the automobile
delivery truck broadsde. spinnet
around and pinned Ford against the au-
tomobile, crushing his leg. w. NJ
Brown, the driver of the truck, was
knocked off his seat and the Negro
10y, on the inside of the car was
hurled to one side so hard that his
foot was broken The mudguards and
running board of the delivery truck
were driven into the car and the body
of the automobile was cracked by the
collision 1t was, however, able to
leave the scene under it's own power.
Following the accident Mr.. Brown
picked himself up and rushing to. a
nearby drug store summoned Shaw $
ambulance, which soon arrived and re-
moved Mr. Ford to ST. Vincents. lie
then drove Holloway to the Hillman
hospital and then went to his home at
1880 Twelfth avenue, south, and dressed
his own wounds. OF the accident he
said.
81 had just left making a delivery
at 1914 Tenth avenue and was going
at about eight miles an hour toward
Glen Iris when the collision happefed.
never saw Mr.. Ford on his motorcycle
and did not know just what did hap
pen for "A few minutes. After | got
my senses together / summoned Shaw 5
ambulance, which arrived on the scene
in a few minutes. ! then took the boy
Holloway to the Hillman hospital and
reported to my company, and then
went home and fixed myself up. | got
few cuts on the face and lost about
a cupful of blood. Holloway has a
broken foot"
A. II. Ford, who arrived at the in
firmary soon after the accident, gave
cut the following statement.
"Halsey has a very bad compound
fracture of the left leg right above the
ankle, and his rib is also thought
to be broken. He cannot tell
anything of the accident at present as
he is in no condition to talk. The ac-
cident occurred as my son was on his
way home from the power house
where he is being taught the various
phases of the street railway and power
business"