Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-02
AUTO SMASH
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front of the rear wheels. At that In
slant the Lewiston car stood straight III
and down. its radiator and front springs
gouging into the earth at the side of the
highway, and the Augusta car wen, owe,
sldeWlse down across the ditch and land
ed right side UP on its four wheels or
what was left of them The Lewiston
car rested 10 earth with the wheels in the
air, pointed II the opposite direction from
the course it was formerly taking
All Thrown Aside
The five occupants Of the Lemieux car
a!to the TWO occupants of the Heath car
were thrown well aside from the heavins
machines ana fell heavily 10 the ground
boucher struck face down upon the sharr
stones Of the somewhat worn macadam-
izcd road and the blood Oh the ground
where he struck showed that he landed
f|it = feet beyond the car IN which he
had been riding. The others were no,
thrown So far.
Gardner Heath was the first TO gain his
fee: lie saw smoke enveloping the Buick
and, fearing . fire to add to tine danger
Of the injured. he ran to his automobile
and stopped the motor. which was still
running If the machine had not just
turned somersa ut in the air. He
then started to run as fast as he could
toward the nearby Hussey home to call
Tor doctors by telephone. Mr.. Bishop and
ilerhert Heath were also quickly upon
thei- feet and gave attention TO the 9th
ers.
When the alarm reached Augusta three
doctors and the knowlton & Hew1ns am
bulance were hurried to the scene of the
accident. The doctors found the boy AL
bert lying on the ground with q diSlocat-
ed nip. MI, Boucher sitting down suf-
ferng intense pain from his scalp
wounds, and the others standing about
him. All except Albert Lemieux came
into the city in automobiles, ne was
taken to the hospital in the Knowlton d
Hewins ambulance Mir. Lemieux- anxious
about his wife and son, held himself up
until early in the evening and then learn
ing that they were resting comfortably,
he gave UP and was given treatment
for has Own injuries.
the Seven People
Gardner Is. Heath. 9 BoWdoin grad
uate. Is well known as the assistant clerk
Of the 10TH Maine House. and his brother
Herbert, 4 University OF Maine man, Is
al automobile enthusiast interested in
the automobile business David LernieuX
is one Of Lewiston s best-known con-
tractors and at present has several large
contracts in that city and at the time
OF the crash was riding on the rear seat
with his son Albert and Mrs. Lemieux.
Joseph Boucher IS MIR. LemieuXs book
keeper and was riding on the front seat
with Ned Bishop, the driver a we'll
known Lewiston automobile man, who
drove the Bitten Benz entered al the
Lewiston races il July. Il was said that
the car IL which the Lewiston party rode
is . new one purchased the day before
the accident and that the party was driV-
ing to Augusta tor registration numbers
J. appears that this MAY be So mas
much as there were no number plates
on the car when seer Just after the
crash The cause Of the accident was
al first attributed 10 the breaking OF the
steering gear OF the LeYnieux automo-
bile but autumohilists who examined the
car AFTER the crash declared that the
steering gear was still intact.