The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-22
AN ANDERSON WOMAN
INSTANTLY KILLED
MISS CHRISTINE MAXWELL
MET SUDDEN DEATH
in AN AUTO WRECK
Owner Of Car and Young Lady of
This City Lost Their Lives
When Machine Turns Turtle
t..att
in AN AUTO WRECK

fiteHuS anu relatives In anderson
received telegrams yesterday morn
ing from Charlotte, N. c.. advising
them that Mrs. Christine Maxwell
VINO was born and reared in Anderson
county. had been killed Sunday night
IN an automobile wreck. For time
1t was hard to- obtain any OF the de-
tails OF the sod affair but when the
charlotte newspapers arrived It was
found that tho car In which Miss
Maxwell was riding, together with
several companions, was wrecked
when 10 mites from Charlotte. ana
Miss Maxwell and John j. Craig were
both killed. - -
Miss Maxwell was eighteen years
old and daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
]. d. Maxwell. l.fformerly OF this city
She Is survived by one sister. Mrs
II. r. Clinard Z pf Winston Salem. N
e., and four brothers; j. D. Maxwell
OF Anderson, r.. ID. ). Maxwell of Ander-
son. John Maxwell Of Richmond Va.
and James F., .axwell Of Knoxville,
Tenn. 81. IS ss. IS ! - - :
Miss MAXWELL had hundreds of
1 friends and was a Young woman of
unusual charm. She has visited here
number OF times since she moved
away from Anderson.
A complete story, of the said affair
Is contained In the follownie article
which appeared An yesterday's Char
lotte Observer: ~,
Mr. John J Craig, secretary OF the
ED Melton Company and one of the
most popular and promising young
men OF the city and Miss Christine
Maxwell. daughf of Mr.. and s Mrs; !;
~, NJ. MAXWELL Who; ! live; at f6DE Is (
lBanseyard. J. were S inBtkntiy
ssss S.
MT. Craig d hIgf1 b power, seven. pas.
fsenger topringE car in which they were
riding was overturned on the States
Vile road, one half mile north of Crof-
! ts and 10 mflea' from CL arlotte. Mr..
David J !. Craig OF Statesville. q bro
! ther. Of Mr. =. John M Craig, and Mr..
w. Hayward NfcCabe. Jr., who were
also In, the car were both painfully.
but not seriously injured while John
RINGERS, thea cOloredY chauffeur, had
his leg broken. m, s
Sharp Turn in Road. =,
The distressing accident occurred at
the sharp turn In the road where II
CROSSES the A. Il. 6 o. railway junt
opposite Mr. Il. NJ. Beaty's residence.
The road which is almost straight
away, had been newly surfaced and is
exceedingly fast, which combined with
the fact that there is an exceedingly
sharp right angle turn at this point,
makes livery dangerous to save any ex.
cept the exceedingly, careful drivers
This ts attested by the fact that three
more or less serious accidents have
occurred 99A1 atS this point within the neat
year Last night Mr.. Craig WAS nj
1,Y1 eVf,S 4
Tore ~ grew too late and the car was
speed 1tis certain that the car reach
| ed the sharp turn before 81 the driver
was aware of his difficulty and then
he could not pull the wheel enough to
keep the road >. A small telegraph pole
standing on the outer rim OF the road
was snappcd .off ami the car turned
completely over. Mr.. Craig was,
thrown clear OF the machine and also
Ras Miss Maxwell. They were both
severely bruised about the. head. Mr.
Craig being killed almost Instantly.
Miss MAXWELL lived for possibly ten or
fifteen minutes but Bhe was so fear
fully. shaken that she never regained
conscio cionspess. { Mr. s. David Craig was
thrown on his forehead and sustained
q sharp cut, He was also cut about
the face and bruised about the neck
anG: body. When assistance reached
him he was 60 Gazed that he could
not account for his condition All he
remembered at the time was the ma
chine F1eaging the road !. Mrs McCabe
had bis wrist: severely sprained and
twas stated last night that one OF the
small bones had been broken He
Was ALSO smashed up severely and