The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-07-28
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Last Saturday evening Dr. d. H.
Lewis, S. B. Starrett, Jr., cashier of the
First National Bank of Oroville, and
IG. II. Jackson, steographer, connected
with the same bank, had about as mar
row escape from death as men could
have and live to tell the story, although
to the matter of the story, they have
a very indistinct recollection of how
it happened.
Saturday afternoon DR.. Lewis and
his two companions left in the doctors
heavy Studebaker three passenger
runabOut for Omak for the purpose of
registering for the land drawing. On
the return trip, about o'clock in the
|evening, and some seven miles south
of Tonasket, while bowling along at
pretty lively clip, the car struck soft
spot on culvert at curve in the road
and instantly skidded off the culvert
and turned turtle Indeed the occu-
pants of the car insist that the machine
turned over twice. The momentum
carried the uptipped car some distance
and the occupants underneath were
dragged along the ground in the midst
of the general wreckage, the sand and
gravel rasping off the cuticle and gen
|erously distributing cuts and bruises
Henry East who was driving along
in his car on an upper road some dis
tance away, witnessed the accident and
hastened to the relief of the victims.
He found DR.. Lewis almost helpless.
while Mr.. Starrett and Mr. Jackson
were dazed and hardly able to get
|about. He loaded the injured men into
his car and rushed them into Tomas
ket where DR.. Clough dressed the
wounds, and several of the citizens did
all in their power to aid and relieve the
sufferers. The three disfigured travel
ers took the late evening train from
Wenatchee for home.
Considering the ordeal through
which they passed the gentlemen are
devoutly thankful that they are alive.
DR.. Lewis who was driving the car,
Sustained the most severe injuries. His
right shoulder was very severely
wrenched and it has given him great
deal of pain. DR.. Elmer states that two
ribs were fractured also. Besides these
injuries Dr. Lewis suffered numerous
|abrasions about the right side of the
face. His right eye was swollen shut
for couple of days and even the scalp
was scraped off in one place. While the
side and shoulder causes him the
greatest suffering his facial disfigure-
ment presented the most shocking ap-
pearance Mr.. Starrett was bruised
about the body and face, his most Sc
we're injury was across the small of
the back, as he was bent double when
the skidding car finally came to a
|standstill He was able to limp around
the next day, but still suffered consid-
|erable pain in the back. Mr.. Jackson
ESCAPED with the least injuries. He had
la cut across the forehead, and suffered
numerous bruises and abrasions, but
was able to be up and around after the
accident
The car was brought up from the
|scene of the accident by w j. Hoskyn
Monday. Although the top and upper
works are very much of wreck, with
one of the rear wheels smashed to
|kindling wood, the body and engine of
the car are intact, and when new
wheel was fitted the car ran on it's
|own power. Fortunately the top was
up at the time of the accident, and
occupants with their lives.