South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-15
ARGOS MEN HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
WILL RECOVER
Surgeon MendS Albert Carriers
law and He Will Leave Hos
pitaI Soon - Four Others
Are Injured.

Albert Carter, OF Argos. the young
man most seriously injured when the
automobile in which he and four
friends were riding turned turtle
Sunday afternoon on the Turkey
Creek road. after an operation in
which his fractured jaw was mended.
is reported 20 be on a fair way TO re-
eovery at Epworth hospital Jack
DAILY. the other OF the party. who was
severely bruised, is also improving and
will leave the hospital Tuesday.
The operation on young Carter was
performed by DIT. J. 3. Berteling sun
day night at ten o'clock. The bones
of his Jaws were bound together with
wire. The operation was very painful
and Carter will not be able 10 leave
the hospital for some time.
Earl Corey. Judd Metthersmith and
Dewey Fox were slightly bruised in
the accident.
All are from Argos. That none of
the men were killed is considered a
miracle. The car after 1T swerved
from the road turned somersault,
landing in a ditch upside down. Car
ter and Daley were pinned under the
car while the three other men were
huri ed into the road.
The accident happened so suddenly
that none Of the men could give an
account OF the probable cause. The
car, IL is believed, was being driven at
a high ratio Of speed and that either a
stone or ridge in the road suddenly
swerved the car and before 1t could be
controlled IL lurched into the ditch
and turned over.
Both Carter and Daley were un-
conscious when pulled out from be-
meath the car. The other three were
sitting in the road half dazed by the
flight through the air and sudden stop
in the road. Carter was at the wheel
and was caught beneath the steering
apparatus. Fox was sleeping in the
rear seat when the car jumped from
the road and said he knew nothing
until he suddenly found himself in the
road after being thrown from the ma
chine.
Bound For Bremen
The men left Argos early in the day
and had gone TO Bremen to attend
base ball game. After the game they
drove to Lake Of the Woods and from
there turned toward South Bend. None
of the men could state how fast they
were travelling, but judging from the
time the men said they left the lake
and the time they reached the city
limits. the police believed they had
been driving at a high rate. No other
cause could be advanced for the car
skidding All tires were intact eX-
cept one in the rear which was partly
torn it is believed after the car MADE
its sudden swerve. At the point where
accident occurred the road is smooth
and level with the exception OF oc-
casionaI patches of loose gravel.
According TO auto men these patch
e.s are liable to cause a car 20 swerve
if driven rapidly. Furthermore the
ear was of a light build which fact
was pointed out would cause 1t TO
skid more easily.
The police ambulance was rushed
10 the scene and the two most serious
IL injured men were removed 10 the
hospital. The other men after an eX-
animation were found not suffering
severely and brought TO the city.
When Carter and Daley were first
taken from beneath the car II was
thought that they were dying as they
both were unconscious and bleeding
profuseIy from the ears and nose.