Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-13
AUTOlSTS AND PASSENGERS
MlRAcuLousLY ESCAPE Sc
WE'RE INJURY.
CAR FORCED FROM TRACK;
AUTOMOBILE BADLY DAMAGED
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Carney, Leonard 7.
Carney and Latter's Children in Mar
row Escape - Driver, in Trying to
Avoid Motorcyciists, Fails to See APP
preaching Car and Collision Results.


miraculous escape Of several persons
| from severe injury and possibly death,
/ and of more than ordinary interest
| owing to the peculiar nature of the
mishap, occurred shortly after o'clock
! Friday night, when j. L. Carney
sixty horse power seven passenger
Kissel car collided with one Of the new
! cars of the Iowa Railway Company
near the junction of Main and Seventh
! streets, almost directly in front OF the
Carney home.
/ The escape of the occupants of tbs
| automobile and passengers in the car
! from more serious injury is believed
| due to the weight of the automobile
and the fact that the automobile struck
! the forward end of the car a glanc-
! ing blow. Had the acciccn- occurred
second or two later, the automobile
would have been struck squarely, and
| the result would have been much more
serious. Four persons We're slig ntiy
| injured, three occupants of the auto
mobile, and one passenger in the street
car They were:
j. L. Carney. slightly bruised: Mrs
J. L. Carney, bruised; Loring Carney,
/
by flying glass: Milo L. Church, III
East Church street. a barber in the
employ of c. A. Lands, hand cut BY
! flying glass. Mr. Church was passen-
ger in the street car.
| Street Car Leaves Track.
! The automobile was occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Carney, their son, Leon
ard T. Carney, who was driving the
car, and the latter's son Loring and
| daughter Jean. Little Loring Carney
and his father were in the front seat
| at the time of the accident. The col
lision was of such force that the street
| car was forced from the tracks, d.
verged in it's direction, and catupulted
! toward the curbing at the north side OF
! the street. 1t was not overturned. A
| trolley post at the side Of the curling
was broken down by the car in its
! flight.
The automobile radiator was
smashed, the front axle twisted and
bent, one forward light smashed fiat
against the radiator. and one side OF
the hood bent inward.
Tried to Avoid Motorcyclists.
Mr. Carney said after the accident
that he was driving west and was try
I ing to avoid three or four motorcyclists
i as he turned into the Carney driveway
to go to the garage. The motorcyclists
We're coming from the east, and all the
occupants of the car were watching
| their course. Two of the motorcycles
were seen to pass, and Mr.. Carney says
he was looking for another to pass hin
and did not notice the approach OF the
street car from the west AS he made
the turn to enter the driveway, ant
just as he was about to cross thu
tracks, Mrs. Carney noticed the ap
preaching car and screamed. Mr.. Car
ney, realizing the danger he was in
hastily reversed the car and was back
ing away when the collision occurred
He attributes their escape to the fac
that he had reversed, or the automo
bile would have been struck amid
ships" and undoubtedly would hav
been overturned.
Injured by Flying Glass.
The force Of the collision turned tn
automobile until it headed almost east
ward The street car kept to the rail
for few feet, then left the tracks
continued distance further, and fl
nally turned toward the north and wa
stopped only at the curbing, thirty 0
forty feet from the automobile.
1HuTcI, WHO was d passenger "
the car with his wife, was cut by fly
ing glass, but his injury is not consid
cred serious.
Little Loring Carney was cut abou
the face and head BY splinters of glas
from the broken wind shield, and h
| fell from the seat to the floor of tn
car. The cuts are not of a serious ma
+ ture, the most severe being cash i
i the eyelid. Luckily the glass did nc
: penetrate far enough to endanger til
eye.
Car One Of Largest Made.
The Carney car is one of the large!
made, a sixtyhors power, six-cylir
der Kissel 1914 model 1t has IA.
inch wheel base and a length of twen1
T feet It weighs 1890 pounds.
: 1t was said by G. z. Shugart, OF Il
Kissel Kar Company, this mornin
that the car could be repaired for al
- proximately $3.50 unless 1t was decide
to send the car into the factory for
~ complete overhauling In that eve
the cost will be 5000 or $500.
The street car, No. 80. one Of q
newer cars, was in charge of Motto
or man J. Hockenberry and Conduct
Ray Smith. 1t left the soldiers hor
at 1854. Luckily there were few pa
ke sengers on the car at the time Of t
accident.
Superintendent Munson, of the ra
w way company, said this morning til
he had not talked with the members
the crew, and knew little concerni
or the accident. The car was hauled ba
on the tracks shortly after the accide
and is not believed to be badly dal
ed aged.
The speed Of the car could not
definitely fixed, but ]. L. Carney es
~ mater that it was travelling at FRI
yn twenty to twenty-five miles an no
Mr.. Carney. in turning into the driN
way, had swung to the left side of
nd street just before the accident {
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