The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-13

acquainted with this section Of the |
country. however, and thought he |
could surely find q physician within
ashort time. His statement follows
below:
The party passed me at the foot
ofithe hill. They were driving then
at from 90 to 55 miles per hour
They passed me without a word Of !!
warning. Fortunately Twas driving
along one side Of the road and there
was room for them to get by.
4 came TO the top OF the bill and
as I rounded the curve i came upon
the wreck. The bodies were strewnIl
all over the road. All were un com
scious and 4 at first believed that all
were dead.
The chauffeur stirred when u
stopped my car and when i went
oyer, to him he got up. There was a
big cash across his chin@it seemed
to rip open the entire lower part Of
ibis jaw. He also said his hip was
broken. HeYwass q game fellow. He
never uttered a word during the en-
| tire time. y 3
I'VE gathered up Dr. Mckay, who
was lying unconscious in the cen ter
lofs the road, and placed him in the
back seat Of my car. The doctors
father, we could see, was dead as
was also Winfield, the son. i didn't
believe that the doctor would SUI.
yiyet the trip 4 ibid not ssee the little
\ girl. Dorothy but afterwards learn
ed that she had been flung out Of
sight In q bush. We started Off TO
find medical help without knowing
Z of her presence.
stopped at several farm hous.
es along the sroadside and asked II
A there was a ph ysician in thesyicinfty
4 but couldn't find any until we reach.
ed Cheat Neck.
When Iscame upon the scene, the
car was wedged solidly in the side
4 ofs the bank. The right axle was
smashed. The car struck the bank
Just a few feet to one side Of a tele-
phone pole. The chauffeur told me
that when they had reached this
spot, the right front wheel had
slipped into a rut which ran for q
ishort distance alongside the road:
way. He pulled the wheel sharply
and this in some way changed the
direction OF the car. He said he up
lplied the brakes and used the steer
ling gear at the same time.
"Unfortunately, Twas unacquaint.
ed with the region in which we were
and for this reason, was unable to
4 be Of greater service! We secured
aid as quickly as possible, although
| feared at the time that half of tile
party was beyond medical assist
ance.s y
Three hearses bearing the remains
Of DR.. H. c. Mckay, his father. Win:
field s. Mckay and his son, Winfield
Is. Jr., wendell their way to the Jones
imorgue from the SB. G o. station this
afternoon, Just after the arrival OF
| the bodies on train 80 Mt l1:1O from
Morgantown. and the silent cortege
}nponi the streets Of the leitytstill fur
lther impressed Fairmont with the
/ awfulness Of the automobile accident
which occurred on the pike yesterday
afternoon a short distance from Nor!
lgantown.
Undertaken R. G. Zones was called
TO Morgantown to TAXI! charge OF the
bodies. He personally snperintendedi
the transportation OF 1.-the bodies to.
this city Upon their arrival this'
Afternoon they were taken to the
Jones undertaking parlors and later
removed to theI Mckay home on Nat:5
son avenue.
No funeral arrangements have
been mad yet. Word IS being await.
! ed from some OF the relatives who
Five in the far west before any defls
mite 5arrangementsSa are made.
Mrs. W. 8. Mckay. wife % theielas1
lest OF the ctims OF the disaster ar
rived here this morning from her
home at Rayenswood after Strayelins|
lallf night. She IS in an almost pros
trated condition over her terrible
loss. She will remain here until aft.
lerithe funerals OF her5soni and grand
lson and Will then take tile remain
tof her husband TO Rayenswood Toll
Itnterment.
Reg. gook, pastor Of tie Episcopat1
Church, OF Rasenswood, a, close friend
OF the Mckay family, accompanied
Mrs: Mckay here. DR.. Roy Mckay
lof Detroit, Mich, viii arrive here to:|
morrow morning.
JOHN Wight, Miss Dorothy Mckay
and Graham Knox, the chauffeur, oil
the III fated car, are still in the hos /
lpital In Morgantown and are not YETI
able to be removed. while report
were sent out earlier in the day that
Wight would probably recover, the
latest reports from the hospital sa,
that he has very little chance to gel
we'll. II Is said that the fracture il i
his skull Is as large as an egg.
r. NJ. Bailey the other victim Of
the accident Is at his home In this
city having arrived from Morgan
town this morning.
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