Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-31

afternoon. Mis- Heltne, who sWaS.r34s
ing with Keith bacon said the Bacon
car was travelling atEA rapid rats M
was not speeding. They were yKotaG
north on Belmont. and a. the car Qp-
preached Firth street. she saw the
Brown car turn south, but was unable
to see the toboggans because OF Tho
glare OF the ligh.s which they faced.
ssnen the toDGAsans siGed acros the
street an .lnslan. later. she SAID bacon
headed his "a for the curb skidaed
along The icy stone and crashedatntn
the telephone pole.
Is Harry Mcylcol, postmaster, And%;G.
r. jacob VINO. were on Belmont Ayee--
nue. saw the car pass Mr.. McNlcOl
testified that he belleVed Bac6p'Sssssar
was going about 50, miles an hoursssEhe
said Dacon' slowed down to saY6ia
skidding on The turn. but when sWitiis
in loU ieeCs from the corner, tho acCl.-
dent occurred. s.7Sstss. &
4. y. Holmes. who with Mrs.
Holmes was passing when the asct.
dent Occnrred sad rhac Keith Bacon
made desperate effort to avoid hlt-
ting the tODogsans. Mr.. Bacon turn
ed his car into the curb, risking his
life ndSthat Of Miss Aeitne in mn Ell
fort to get ION to the BERN. Hadsshe
gone straight ahead he would have
ploweds directly through the second
roboggaR with its seven passengers,
Mr.. Holmes said. s s&.4
Member Of Party Heard.
Reuben Nomland, "a member Of the
party who narrowly escaped death,
said that he was the last man on the
toboggan, and vas seated directly be-
hind Mildred Brown, and Herman
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the corner they struck the opposite
curb or telephone pole, hurting Mr..
Nomland on to the BERN near the
Presbyterian church. He leaped to
his feet and ran after the sleds.
1t was then that the accident
occurred. He saw the Bacon a APP
preaching for an instant before 1t
crashed into the telephone pole.
boggan loaded with his friends. crash
IN i ne e ~ Of n sled where he
was seated an instant before and caus-
ing, injuries to the two who were seat
ed in front of him that resulted in
their death. He could not estimate
the speed of the Bacon car but
thought 1t must have been travelling
Is miles an hour. He estimated that
the Brown machine was travelling at a
speed of is miles when the corner
was turned. Nomland gave Bacon
credit for doing the best he could in
attempting to. miss the toboggan.
H. L. Edwards, captain of Company
M, N. D. N. G., testified that he was
riding in the front seat with Brown.
the driver. In front of the Grand
theatre an officer broke up the party
but near the Diamond mill the young
people returned to the toboggans to
continue their ride. AS they turned,
the corner he looked back to watch
the toboggans take the slue at the cof-
ner. He saw Nomland hurled to the
BERN and turned to the driver, sug-
costing that the practice Of sluing on
the corner should because of the
danger. Brown agreed with him he
said. Brown had slowed down the car
and they were barely moving. 1t was
then that Edwards saw the Bacon a
right beside the Brown machine. The
rest Of his evidence was practically
the same as given by others. He also
stated that Bacon did his utmost to
prevent an accident.
Ruby Crothers. a student at the
! university was the final witness. She
said the Brown car was not travelling
fast and could not estimate the speed
of the Bacon machine. y