Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-21

Now Ahead OF Me.
Of his body torn away, and the rest of
him was leaning on the driver. who
was being covered with the blood
which was gushing from this awful
thing beside him. The colonel. who
had been sitting In the back OF the car.
was curled over on the seat. and his
head and part OF his shoulder were ly-
Ing In a pool of blood In the bottom OF
the car. To me the most terrible part
OF 1t was the driver He was as white
as a ghost. and his eyes seemed to be
sticking an inch out of their sockets
His teeth were barred. and his whole
face was twisted into the most hellish
expression one could imagine.
Good God. he's gone mad" cried my
officer. And ! was sure OF 1t. The OIL.
Ger ordered me to turn around and fol.
low him aud to catch him If possible
The car was away down the road by
the time | got turned around, but set
out after him for all was worth
gained on him. too. but as | went
through vlamertinghe he was Just
StopphiS III iiout VI tuo ueiu uItSSIlS
station there.
The orderly rushed out when he
heard the car. aud heard that driver
say. "For Gods sake take this thing
away from mel"
II was horrible beyond description
saw that poor fellow a couple of weeks
later, and he was bad enough to look
at even then. He was walking around
alone all right except that his face was
continually twisting and twltching hor.
ribly. His nerve was completely gone,
and he was discharged almost at once
For all the shock he had his was a mi.
raculous escape.
When we saw that the driver was
being taken care of we started back to
make our attempt to pass through the
burning city
AS we got nearer the city seemed TO
nave lost all feeling of fear, and In fact
didn't have any feeling at all
| tried to think about what was GO
ing to happen to us, for 1t worried me
that ! didn't seem TO have nerve
in my body, kept telling myself that
| was going to my death and that In a
few minutes | would be lying some
whore In those smoking ruins. But It
was no use, didn't care one way or
the other Before one comes to the
railway track just outside Ypres there
Is n road which branches off to the left
and leads to the village OF Elverdinghe.
Before we came TO where this road
branches off the officer spoke
II think 1t would be worth while try.
ing to get TO the canal bank through
Elverdinghe." he said, land from there
we would perhaps be able TO leave the
car. swim the canal and get through to
PotijZe on foot. Ii will take longer,
OF course, but the main thing for US to
do Is to get there safely. no matter II
u takes great deal longer Let us
try that way, anyway"
was willing to try anything. and so
We turned of the road and headed for
Elverdlnghe. II was only few kilo-
metres. and we didn't take long getting
there, but when we arrived we found
that we had jumped out OF the frying
lHh ihNO AhN ults AbI was
getting 1t hot and heavy from the Ger.
man deld batteries
We rushed into the town. and as we
swung into the village proper we came
very near having one grand smashup.
A field ambulance was moving out Of
the place. aud the road was blocked
by ambulances which were loading up
with wounded TANNED on the
brakes and pulled over almost into the
ditch, but the brakes stopped the car
before we got clear in
A sentry Informed us that the road
through the village was closed and
that we would have to turn around and
go back. | tried TO back up. but my
two front wheels were stuck away
down IN the ditch. and she wouldn /
pun out under her own power
! appealed to the driver OF an empty
ambulance TO help me. and he quickly
got his towrope around my back axle
aud we came out with the FIRST heave
I noticed while We were taking the