Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-07
MARROW ESCAPES
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Madison Folks Figure In Smash
up In Which Escape From
Death Seems A Miracle

The closest call from death in
an automobile accident that has
perhaps beer experienced by any
one in Richmond in a long time,
was that of Misses Alice and
Grace Law, OF Richmond, and Mr..
Russell Grinstead, of Waco, while
driving to Lexington about 10
O'Clock Thursday morning.
Four other Richmond ladies go
ing the same way, also had
mighty close call when the big
touring car that Miss Law was
driving crashed into the Ford Sc
dan of Mrs. Lewis Weisenburgh.
With her and driving, were her
sister, Mrs. Carrie Henry, Mrs. S.
M. Sauhey, and Mrs. Overton
Harber. This car was struck by
the other car as it ricocheted
across the road, after striking a
telephone pole, and but for the
fact that Mrs. Henry was able to
check her car quickly, the smaller
machine would undoubtedly have
been crushed beneath the larger
car. 1t turned turtle" burying
the Misses Law and Mr.. Grin
stead under it. 1t seemed almost
a miracle that all were not killed.
Both the young ladies were badly
bruised and cut about the face
and it is feared that Mr.. Grin
stead is internally injured. All
were taken to hospital in Lex
ington.
The accident happened about
four miles this side of Lexington.
Both machines were going to-
ward Lexington. The larger car
was passing the other. Miss Law
who was driving the demolished
car, says that the left wheels of
her car got off the asphalt paving
and in attempting to pull the car
back, she lost control She says
she did not realize that she was
driving too fast, but occupants of
| the other car say that the big ma
chine was going at a very rapid
rate, just before the crash came.
When Miss Law lost control of
her car, it struck a pole on the
left side of the pike, and the mo-
mentum was such that it was i'm
mediate1y hurled to the right and
across the pike toward the small
er car which happended to be just
alongside at that very moment.
The ladies in the smaller car say
that it seemed that the big ma
chine turned over two or three
times. Mrs Henry put on breaks
and pulled to the right as far as
possible in an attempt to escape
the hurting machine which was
crashing toward it. She was TN
able to stop her car in time
though, and the big machine
struck the front end of the Ford
sedan, driving it down an en-
bankment at the right of the road
and into a wire fence, which held
we'll and undoubtedly prevented
the small car from overturning.
| A pond was at the foot of the en-
bankment, and the small car and
its occupants would have been
precipitated into its waters if the
wire fence had not held.
Workmen on the dwelling be-
ing erected Immediately across
the road from the wrecked ma
chimes, fastened and helped the
injured people out from under the
upturned car. The ladies in the
small car had been thrown out,
and ran a short distance up the
pike, fearful of an explosion of
gasoline tank. They came back
and gave all possible assistance.
A physician happened to be pass
ing and gave first aid and sent
Misses Law and Mr.. Grinstead to
a hospital. Mrs. Weisenburgh's
car was pulled back into the road,
where it was found a bent axle
and tenders and lamps torn off
were the only real damage sus-
tained by it. The small car was
| driven to town and the axle
Strengthened and the four ladies
returned home in the afternoon.
!, The Misses Law are nieces of
DIR. E. H. Norton, a local dentist,
and were driving over for the
day. His car which they were
using, was almost a complete
wreck, with the wheels crushed in
and otherwise badly damaged. 1t
was later placed on a truck and
taken to Lexington.