The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-26
FLOYD LEE IS NOT
AS SERIOUSLY HURT
AS At FIRST FEARED
No Internal Hurts; Recovering at
Sanatorium A. B. McMillcn
Describes Miraculous Escape
from Death on La Bajada.

who was injured when \. y. McNtil-
lens car went over the edge OF a road
way on la Bajada hill yesterday. was
pronounced out OF danger today. II
was at first thought hat he might
have sustained Internal hurts, but that
fear has been removed. lie Is resting
and recovering az 81. Nincent's saai-
forum in santa re.
Mr.. McMillcn gave an account Of the
accident today.
we started for santa re" said M.
McMillon at $50 In the morninI. In
my Buick six. Laurence Lee was
sitting In the front seat with me, and
Floyd Ice ia the back seat, I had "a
case % argue in the supreme court at
ten o'clock.
THE trip was u%neventful until we
were about half way up la Bajadn
hill. For a long time / had mrdo Il
a rule to not allow anyone 10 spcaf
to me or talk during the drive up or
or dow La Bniada hill, but I mad
driven u so often that the trip Lad
become n matter Of course ana Lau-
renee and | were talking. just before
the point where tho accident occurred
there Is a long stretch of road without
any turn. and without "a very heavy
. ~ u We WIZ AANANAAAAE aNNNNE E"h
that at "a pretty fair rate OF speed
probably fifteen miles an hour.
The turn that We were approaching
looked like an ordinary turn at about
riFht angles, and was broad enough
that there would be no difficulty in
making the turn. ] had mad the
usual allowance for Aturning at such
a place when I discovered that IL was
not a r~ight-anglc turn but a very short
turn at "a much more acute angle. /
turned the Steering gear as Tar as II
would turn 20 the right, and when
saw che danger | at M put on the
bake.
Il was heavily dressed ON account Of
the cold weather. and the slight delay
on that % IN applying the brake
probably VAS sufficient To cause the
accident: but another cause of not be-
ing able to stop the car was that the
ground was frozen and the wheels
readily slid. The brake worked per-
fectly and the road showed that nom
the point where the brake was applied
that the wheels we're held solid a1d
skldded. At that point there Is "a wal
a. feet high built to support the
lroad. and the road is on a level w,,h
the top OF the wall
"Being unable to stop. the car left
| wheels ran over the cage Of this wall
THE result was that she car turned
| over. striking the ground below upside
| down. smashing h top, windshield
and everything shat was above the
body 81 the car II continued Ia roll
until IL landed on the wheels. having
made one complete revolution.
AT the time the danger was de
covered Laurence ~cndcavored to dis
4 entapsie himself from the car and
threw himself outside, but was not
able 20 release himself entirely from
| tho ear before IL went over. ana the
consequence was that he was thrown
| clear beyond the car in the direction
% was falling, and escaped injury c.
cept from being bruised.
Floyd also attempted 20 throw hin
self from the car. but was caught 1cd
thrown 10 the ground and the side Il
the car between the backs or tho front
land back scat struck FLOYD as lac WAS
thrown upon the ground and almost
iCrushcd the ne out ~ him The Fac
that II Immediately turned on oN'i
land relieved hiw was most fortunate
Il was driving ana 90 the stccrini
wheel and was unable to uu u|r'thttsn
hut 60 hold ON. and when the cal
stopped I found myself stiU iu th'
front sent. and while do2ed for me
moment WIS uniniurcd.
"Wc w|iniHtcrcd To- Floyd d bees.
uo could under the circumstance uu'
ia hs had recovered sufficiently Co q
moved. and , then jumped into tr'
,ar Co sec ~ m would run. % iouu'
that tho engine ran perfectly and thn.
Ia, body of the ear was not uWt '
materials. cEctpt that ~ spoke bad
been broken ont 90 the left hind vince
iu tho fail 7 turned the car nT"uu'
pno drove 10 back 60 "a pace whore th'
wall wls iuw and got b. onto tho tn.d
lagaiu.
eve thon carried Floyd and placed
him Iu tho Dfr and started iUr SAINT.
Fo and arrived M the ssnitorium q lc'
mIuato- before ten o'clock. We wcr'
very much grluGcd to find that fl"N,
was not huIt as badly a. we NE'
feared
Tine fact that Wc were moi; "a!
KILLED on the car entirely doWullsh''
was one of thnpe strangc things tnn|
cannot hC 1r.ouutcd for. u was 9.
accident purr and simple. and so t2i
9s there was auy fault % was mime %
Dot observing the danger quiC..ct
There 1870. un want OF proper utuDi
after the danger was observed TIT
steering wheel brakes and eNcr}thtul
connected with the car worked per.
fcctly