Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
SUNDAY IS MARRIED
BY MOTOR N|SHAPS
NORTH SECOND STREET SCENE
CT FOUR MOTOR Accl,
DENTS.
MCToRcYcLisTs FIGURE
IN THREE SUNDAY SPILLS
Motorcycle Patrolnan Thrown While
Pursuing Speeder--Two Motorcycles
Electric Car Damaged When Run
Into CURLING At Second and Lincoln.

North Second street, one of the main
! thoroughfares for automobiling. was
| the scene of numerous, tho not serious,
! automobile and motorcycle accidens
| Sunday afternoon and evening. -Four
accidents. within three blocks. occurred
between 4 and o'clock, and alto auto
cars and motorcycles suffered some
damage as n result. none of the ocCu-
pants or motorcycilists was injured
seriously.
Two accidents ACQUIRED al the Grant
street intersection. where Motorcycle
Patrolman Lloyd Dcnnison. was
thrown from his machine while pursu
ing a speeder, and an automobile and
motorcycle collided in negoting
corner: third accident occurred the
Grant street crossing where another
motorcycle contested the right way
with a Ford. and the fourth mishap
was at the Lincoln street corner, where
an electric car driven by Mrs. J. B.
Simmons was baly damaged by run
ming into the curbing.
Motorcycle "cop" Spilled.
The two accidents at Second and
State streets were largely the result
of the bad condition of the paving,
which. with the heavy automobile trat-
fic down Second street, makes the cor
ncr one of the most dangerous in the
city. Traffic at this intersection is
little less heavy than on Main street.
Motorcycle Fatrolman Dennison, in
pursuing a speeder in the early even
Of
Second and State but hit one of the
depressions in the pavement. his fen
der striking the asphalt overturninS
his machine and throwing him to the
street. Dennison was not injured, be-
yond severe shaking up, but the
motorcycle was damaged.
Car and Motorcycles Collide.
Later IN the evening, at the same in
tersection. a motorcycle collided with
Ford car, the motorcyclist being
thrown to the pavement susta lining
minor injuries. The motorcycle was
damaged, but the Ford came thru the
mishap unsecured. Both drivers were
able to continue their journey ana
their names were not secured.
A similar accident, with more re-
SuilIllS UdiiiClSS " ihs1NiiiiiSS'
shortly after, block north. at the
Grant street intersection. when
motorcycle ran into a Ford car, the
motorcyclist receiving slight injuries
and his machine being badly damaged.
Wheel of Car Broken.
Fearing a possible collision with pas
sing cars, Mrs. J. 3. Simmons, driving
an electric, ran into the curbing at
Second and Lincoln, Sunday afternoon,
one wheel of the car being broken.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. NSimmons were in
the car at the time.
The spokes were broken out of the
wheel by the impact with the curbing
but the occupants of the car suffered
only from shock
Brown in Auto Collision.
c. NJ. Brown, Of this city returned
home Saturday morning from an auto
mobile trip to Denver, Colorado
Springs and other Colorado points but
he came by railroad His car was lett
at Omaha to undergo repairs.
While on the return trip. near IRE
mont, Neb, a woman driver. attempt
ing to pass Brown, ran into his car
causing considerable damage. The car
was sent to Omaha for repairs anu
will be shipped here in a week or SO.
No one was injured as result OF the
accident. Misses Lois Jessup ana
Elizabeth Smith and Carleton Brown
| who made the trip west in the Brown
| car, remained in Denver and were not
| In the car at the time OF the accident
Mrs. j. w. Pursel returned home
| Sunday evening from Colorado, coming
| by the way Of Columbia. Mo-, where
she left ner daughter, Nita, who Is
student at the University of missouri
| Mrs. Pursel and daughter made the
trim west with the Brown party.