Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
Q. BACH AND }. HINKEY
FAMILIES IN NARROW
ESCAPE
TRUCK IS WRECKED
FORD TURNS SUMME RSAULT
WHEN SHOCK ABSORBER LOCKS
IN REAR WHEEL--OWNSR IS
INJURED - GEYGER AUTO IS
SMASHED.


Sideswiped by an automobile that
endeavored to pass them on the road
between here and Streator last night
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bach, of 426 Cathe
rine street. and Mr. and Mrs John
Hinkey, of Wallace township, to-
eether with their children narrowly
escaped serious injury, when the i'm
pact forced their machine to turn
turtle The machine causing the ac.
cident undertook to pass on a narraw
strip traversed by the Hinkey car and
just as it came along side it skidded
into the other machine with such
force that the latter auto turned over,
scattering the occupants along the
highway.
The machine doing the damage was
owned and driven by Anton Delck. of
Streator, who said he was trying to
get from the lower road to the higher
road to permit the Ottawans sufficient
room to get by him
Some loose gravel between the two
roads caused the Delck car to skid
hitting the Hinkey car in the rear,
The impact was 80 great the car was
completely overturned. and striking
q garding at the side Of the road. that
caused the car to roll back on its side
again. The Bach car had the fender
badly bent. the wind shield broken and
the top crushed. The other car broke
both rear axels, sthe rear wheels being
entirely torn form the car
The occupants Of both cars were
shakened up and bruised Mr.. Bach
suffered from a sprained back and the
small son OF Mr.. Hinkey was badly
) cut about the head and face. The
strongest thing about the accident was
the Hinkey baby held in the arms of
Mrs. Hinkey, was hurled from her
arms and shot distance of about
twenty feet through the air, landing
In the road, and not being hurt in any
way.
When assistance reached the wreck.
ed cars and the Hinkey auto was right
ed it was able to come on to Ottawa
on its own power.
Shock Absorber Wrecks Car.
When, the shock absorber slipped
out OF place and locked the rearwheels
of his Ford truck, John Katz, Chi
cago salesman, experienced all the
thrills of looping-the-loop and still
coming out OF the ordeal alive. With
Mr. katz who Is an uncle of Sidney
and Isadore Katz, proprietors of the
Wonder Store, was George Dauber, OF
Aurora, an assistant
The accident occurred about l2:l5
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
Schmidt farm in Dayton township and
came so suddenly that neither Mr.
Katz nor his companion had any warn
ing they were about to be piled into
q heap and their machine wrecked.
The auto was spinning along al
about an lS-mle an hour clip when
the Jolt ehminator on the ear OF the
truck sprung into the wheel and lock
ed It firmly The car gave one plunge
and turned over, throwing both occu
pants out Mr.. Katz was severely cut
between the eyes. The cash was SUI
ficiently deep to require doctors at
tention and he was brought to Ottaw'
10 have the wound dressed at the hos
pital. Mr.. pauber was badly bruised
but was not otherwise injured.
New Car Damaged in Collision.
AT ten o'clock yesterday morning
a head end collision at the corner o
Sanger and Jackson badly damaged
the new REQ belonging to Joseph Gy
ger. l46l West Jackson street an'
the Ford touring car beloging to Han
cd Flaherty, 1o11 Popular street. 1t /
claimed the Gyger car driven by MI
Gyger's Oldest son, Lemuel, had JUS
turned the corner from Sanger stree
onto jackson street and was stoppe
ION the right side of the street TO le
another car pass, when the Flahert
car. which as turning the corner o
the wrong side Of the street. ran int
the Gyger machine from the from
smashing both hoods, tenders an
windshields The exact estimate {
the amount OF damage done to tn
two cars could not be made, and tn
occupants Of both machines escape
uninjured