The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-09-26
SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT.

| tuesday of last week ser;o,s .,
"c.iueht occurred on the road to por
,icton In which two men were serious
iy injured and which is of local inter
les' because the car that the Canadian
oriVer was attempting to pass belong
Gu mere and was occupied by OroviII.
sSiaehts. The car from here is own.
Icu ny Miss Ruth Burns, manager ri
l.He oroville General Hospital and at
.ae 'iilie was occupied by Miss, Burns
MISS Loretta Lyden, Mr.. Slayton apf
mr' and Mrs. A. Bumgartner. Mr.
bumgartner driving. The party was
ION thelr way to Penticton. travelina 8
.he highway along the shore of Dos
lake known as the Kaladen road
"hlie ambling along there suddenly
appeared ahead a car coming at
very nigh rate of speed. AS it neared
the oroville car Mr.. Bumgartner turn.
eu 10 the left as near the bank as DOS.
sibie. Without Stacking speed the an.
pioaching car attempted to pass
slowed to the left and shot over the
Dohh' TWO OF the occupants were
thrown a considerable distance out OF
the car, one of them falling against \
parbed wire fence and was seriously
hurt. The driver stuck to the wheel
and although the car fell a consider
able distance and was badly demolish-
lea strange to say the driver ESCAPED
without hurt. The Oroville people
lent all the assistance they could to
injured travellers and conveyed them
ITO Penticton. No blame could be at.
'tached to the Oroville car and driver
IThere was ample room for even two
cars to have passed the auto goine
north had the driver of the Canadian
lear slowed up and shown any judg
ment, according to the statements
made by those in the car from this
place and while they deeply regret
the unfortunate circumstance they
feel that they are entirely blameless
under. the circumstances.
To one who has been over the road
that skirts the lake high above the
water, and so near the shore that in
many places traveller could readily
throw stone into the lake, it seems
only short of a miracle that car con
tanning people could go over the grade
anywhere and the occupants escape
with their lives. In this instance the
escape of those in the wrecked car
would seem an act of providence. The
Penticton Herald contains the follow
ing account of the accident:
Another bad accident occurred on
the Kaleden road last Tuesday after.
noon, as a result of which Mr.. Matt
Wilson, of Paradise ranch and Capt
w. ]. Kane, in charge of the Govern
ment saw mill at Camp Mckinney, are
lying in the local hospital suffering
from serious injuries and shock.
Capt Beddall recently returned
from the war was driving the party
in his big new Mclaughlin six head
ell south, when they met an American
car coming in the opposite direction
When first seen the strange car was
on the brow of hill on a narrow
road and the Beddall party was just
starting the climb. Capt. Beddall saw
that he had either to run into collis-
sion or risk the plunge into the gulch
to avert the loss of life so he decided
on the latter course. He turned off the
road just in time and his car took a
regular nose dive into the depths be-
low. Capt. Kaine was shot into the air
and Mr.. Wilson was catapulted
through the windshield of the machine
while Beddall was carried down with
the automobile. The auto was wreck
ed but Mr.. Beddall escaped scott free.
Mr.. Wilson received the worst injuries
OF the trio suffering fractured dislo-
cation of the left leg, badly slit ear,
a narrow cash across the back of his
neck and a couple of broken ribs. He
was unconscious when picked up.
Capt. Kane received many bruises and
cuts about the face and body but 9TH
erwise had no broken bones.
"The American visitors picked the
victims up and brought them into
Penticton to the hospital, where they
are now under the care of DR.. NC
Gcegor and apparently recovering
slowly