The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-30
MRS. MEMM|NGER AND
SON DOING WELL;
FURTHER DETAILS
or THE ACCIDENT


with Mrs. Memminger and son.
states that she found them both get
ting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected. and no serious complications
are expected. OF the accident the
Asheville Citizen of Saturday has the
following to say
Injured persons in the automobile
accident early yesterday on the Ashe-
ville-Waynesville highway, which re-
suited in the death of Francis Hyatt
OF Waynesville and the injury of five
others, were reported last night as
resting better and it is not believed
that any other deaths will follow
from the accident, unless complica-
tons now unforeseen, set in.
/ Miss Mary Turbyfill Of Waynes.
vile, the most seriously injured, has
regained consciousness at the Mis-.
sion hospital, following an operation
yesterday afternoon and it is believed
that she will recover. Mrs. H. E.
Memminger Of Lakeland, Fla, who
suffered broken collar bone and
many bruises, was taken back to
Waynesville last night, after she had
remained at farm house near the
scene of the accident throughout the
day. Her three-year-old son, whose
arm was broken and ribs shattered,
was taken with her.
William Hyatt, brother of the dead
man, received only minor injuries
and he too went back to Waynesville
as did the negro chauffeur, who re-
ceived many minor injuries about the
face and body.
Mrs. Memminger arrived here sew.
eral weeks ago from her home in
Lakeland, Fla, with her son, chauf
feur and car, which is /. Cole 8. She
has been stopping at the Piedmont
hotel at the foot of Junaluska noun
tain, about three miles from Waynes
: vile, which is conducted by jeff D
Hyatt, father of Francis Hyatt, who
, had been managing the hotel for his
father.
, Shortly after midnight THURSDAY
morning the party decided to go tt
7 Hendersonville, to visit Mrs. Clay
ton, a friend Of Mrs. Memminger, |
: being the plan to make the trip be
fore daybreak, while 1t was still COO
and before the traffic on the road
: was heavy.
About two miles before reachin
Gambler, is a sharp curve, at Judsol
Morgan's place and just as the part
reached this point, someone in tn
rear Of the car, believed to have bee
Mrs. Memminger gave orders to tn
chauffeur to speed up little and tn
:, negro turned to catch what was sait
AS he turned his head, he also turne
the curve, and he was evidently goin
at such rapid speed he could nc
make the curve with the big machin,
turned over in the ditch, which
: only a few feet deep there, against
high embankment on the other sid,
= But for the fact that the car wa
going at rapid rate of speed, it
: not believed that the accident woul
have resulted SO fatally. The fore
= of the jump from the road turned tn
car over, throwing the occupant
against the sides and front Of the ca
Francis Hyatt's head and body wa
crushed and he was instantly kille
His brother, William Hyatt, onl
slightly injured, was able to get o,
of the machine and run to a neart
farm house to call for help. Even
that it was sometime before enoue
people had gathered to move the c;
off Hyatt's body Physicians wei
called, DR.. r. w. s. Pegram of Cantc
being one Of the first to visit Il
scene. Sheriff e. M. Mitchell, Cor
ner E. P. Morris, s. J. Stelling, chi
of detectives visited the scene SOC
after the accident and rendered al
The Noland-Brown ambulance W,
called and Miss Turbyfill brought
the Mission hospital. She suffer.
conclusion of the brain, fractured l,
and internal injuries. She was q
conscious until operated on yesterd;
afternoon.
Francis Hyatt was well known
Asheville, having been employed
: the Office Of the Murphy division he
last winter He had been conductir
the Piedmont hotel during the SUI
mer. Miss Turbyfill hnGd been az
ing as social entertainer at the b
tel. She too, is well known her
Mrs. John Erwin and Mrs. Nelst