Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-30
Sixth Sense Warns Driver Of
PeriIs Ahead.
NIGHT DRIVING IS EXCITING
Red Cross Worker Just Back From
France Tells Some Thrilling Tales
Of His Experiences There-Nar-
row Escape From Certain Death
Attacked by German AirpIane on
Fire. Day Driving an Ambulance.


Ambulance drivers develop a sort
d sixth sense. said Herman More, a
Red Cross ambulance driver, Just
back from France.
1--WE have to drive in the darkness,
of course. There can be no lights
anywhere, especially not on the car,
in which we carry the wounded.
II remember one night was COM
ing back to the post from the third
line trenches with three wounded men
In my car. The road wound up the
mountain side. through thick trees, to
the post, which was in the grounds Of
what formerly was chateau.
1.-The road turned suddenly at right
angles. Through the trees I could
vaguely see two openings. thought
I remembered the road, so turned to
the left. I crept along very slowly,
when suddenly that sixth sense told
me something was wrong. stopped
the car and went around to the front.
1 started to step in front of the car
when my foot went down. I caught
myself, and went back to the seat.
I backed carefully around and fol-
lowed the other road. In the morn
ing went out to see where had been
the night before, and found that the
first road was simply the clearing
where an old summer house had been.
If I had gone one foot further, the
car would have gone hurtling over
the precipice, crashing on the roofs
of a little village below.
"My sixth sense saved me from GER
tain death.
Thrills Of Night Driving.
"Night driving never loses its thrills.
"The mountain roads in France are
winding and dangerous. I remember
one night was crawling up a wind
ing road in pitchy darkness. Sudden
ly heard roaring like ten express
trains rafting down upon me. knew
battery was coming down as they
often do, on the run.
"In the car was one man who was
close to death. A jolt might kill him.
$50 Rugged the right Of the road,
and waited. Like a cyclone that mass
Of horses and guns rushed down upon
me. knew they could not see me, and
1 feared for the life of the man In
the ambulance.
"But just before they reached me,
the officer in charge evidently sensed
that was there, and wheeled his horse
right in front of my car. Then the
,others were upon us, but just as they
reached us the first horses swerved
out of the way with a wild crash.
The others followed suit, and almost
before could breathe they were gone.
Half an hour later reached the post,
Exciting First Day.
"My first day driving a Red Cross
ambulance In France was most excit-
ing.
II had to drive six miles to Point
Suippe. 1t was in the open, and no.
ticed the planes whirring everywhere
in the sky above my head.
II finally reached my destination,
and drew up under tree to read. Sud-
denly heard the pOp-pop-popping all
around me. Little clouds of dust spit
up near the wheels. A cross flew to
pieces in graveyard beyond the trees.
heard yell, and man n few feet
away doubled up and went down. Then
/ looked and saw German plane was
firing on me. ---'sss
at was over in few minutes, as
they dared not stay long. I hurrledly
backed the car up to the man, and took
my first case back to the post.
II said nothing about this expert
ence for few days, because the other
fellows had filed me so full Of tales
Of horrible experiences that I thought
1t was just part of the days work.
Later learned that 1t was quite
novel experience to be attacked by