Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
SIX NEAR DEATH
IN AUTO PLUNGE
HEAVILY LOADED CAR PlUNeES
DOWN TWENTY-FOoT GRADE
y AND TURNS OVER.
ONE PAINFULLY INJURED;
OTHERS SLIGHTLY HURT
Auto Driven by James Burns and Con-
tainina Members Of Burns Family
.od Erisnd in Wild Ride Down Sum
init Street Road Grade-Mrs. May
Burns Most Painfully Injured

Occupants Of heavily loaded
touring car were close 20 death Friday
afternoon at 1880 when their auto
plunged off a twenty foot embank-
ment Of the Summit street road at the
gr.de crossing OF the 81 g 81. l., west
OF the city, completely overturned
plunged thru fence and rlghted IT'S
elf. The occupants OF the car We're
thrown out and free of the car as Il
took its wild plunge and escaped with
mo more serious injuries tEan-a traC-
.tured arm, spEains, bruises, cuts and
.saock.
The injured are; Mrs. May Burns,
- West Church street fracture Of
the right elbow, ana badly shocked
and bruised.
Miss Anna Burns. daughter OF Mrs.
Burns, right ankle sprained and eru.S-
ca.
Mss Marie Day. Nose badly bruised
end perhaps fractured.
James Burns. the sen u Mrs Burns,
md Margaret and Ellen Burns, dauEn-
tiers. were scrat ched and bruised 7 -
youog man was 5-sN t-lE EEs car.
Car Ruas Of Read.
The tearing car VS. 6slnE driven
west and was steered rur of ,he -czsd
and gradsal}y 10 ias brink 4 tte
grade TAc T=c right wheels van over
the edge and the marks Of Tia wheels
where rhe car r35u-ha5 along On the
side Of me e-lha-s-nsr- Sefore IL
turned over. could Pc seen fur = DIS
lance Of twenty @. thirty yards
The ear was sa55 u nave bean 5r.T-
-, - 2 high -z-= 81 Sped ~ thos=
who heard rns screams OF the CcCG-
PANTS. 6ut al tha Burns home i vas
declared THAI the rate Of travel was
not over fifteen or eighteen miles an
hour. II =yas explained that for some,
reason. due 70 = defect in the steering
gear Of The front wheels the driver
could not steer the car back into the
road, altho he realized il was heading
toward the enbankm ent.
Occupants Thrown Out.
When the car reached the point in
its course along the side OF the high
embarrassment when It could no longer
remain upright 1T plunged downward
and turned completely over The oc-
cupants were thrown out free OF the
car, which was without a top The
auto struck rhe wire fence, tore out
swo sections Of it and righted itself,
resting partly on top of a heavy fence
post brace at the corner of the field.
The fact that the occupants were
thrown clear Of the car is all that
rroI,a hly r,rayer-- ed some of them from
being caught under it and killed. Dan
Andrews, and other men who were
working nearby, heard the screams
and rushed to give assistance. They
found the party badly shaken and
dazed DR.. A. r. Lynn, who was called.
had Mrs Burns removed to her home
where the fracture was reduced.
The car was not badly damaged. in
spite OF the frightful plunge. The
Wind shield was broken and spoke
of the steering wheel was torn loose.
The auto was driven to town under
its own power.
Scene of Three Accidents.
The scene Of the accident, the
north side of the graded approach TO
the NJ d St. l.. from the east, has
been the spot where two other cars
lave plunged off the embankment in
ethe last three years. Last summer
1.-THE d. C. Wilbur Store light truck ran
down it and the year oeTore that of
William Adams and others, plunged
soft the bank. In the latter accidents
occupants of the car were injured.