The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-06-16
IN TWO COLLISIONS :
INSIDE OF TWO DAYS
Almost Miraculous Escapes =
After Car Speeders-Oth-
er Auto Happenings.

David Currie seems to carry some
kind of charm of both bad luck and
good that enables him to get into
i auto collisions and out again with
out injury to himself or occupants OF
the machine he is driving. His bad
luck is getting into auto accidents
and his good luck is in escaping
without injury.
| Currie holds the record in Brook
| haven for being in two heat on col
lisions within two days time. Da-
vid was driving a truck in a head
on collision Friday. Sunday he was
plotting big Buick "Six" car when
he collided with Ford driven and
owned by Geo. L. Strait. The last
named collision occurred on the I'm
ion Hall bridge two miles from this
city where on both sides of the forty
foot bridge there is an embankment
twenty feet deep. The bridge Is mar
row and there is really not sufficient
breadth for two cars to pass each
other.
According to Mr.. Straits statement
of how the collision happened, he
saw Currie coming at thirty or
forty mile clip and thinking Currie
would reduce his speed to some ex-
tent he kept on travelling at me-
dium rate, Currie coming on With-
out slackening. The cars met and
the crash came at the east sud of
the bridge. Straits car was occu-
pied by his wife and little sblidren
while the Buick, owned by Tick Fi-
duccia, had Currie, FiduccIa and
two young ladies as passengers
The collision played all kinds of
havoc with the looks and unnine
qualities of the "Tin Lizzie but the
little car managed to stay On the
bridge whiles the big car took a
swerve to the north, smashed the
iron railing on the bridge, tore down
a gum tree, five inches In dame
ter at the base and plunged Gown the
twenty foot embankment head on,
only being stopped by larger trees
and a ditch. When 1t lost its mo-
mentum it was standing almost on
end. 1t was removed from its rest
ing place Monday by means of a
bridge built across the ditch and
power furnished by truck. "A
smashed front wheel and fnnumer-
able other broken places showed as
result of thg crash.
Mrs. Sam zwirn Charged With Reck-
less Driving Ran Down M.
A. Parkman.
Late Monday afternoon on the
same road within less than mile OF
where the Sunday smashup occurred,
Mrs, Sam zwirn ran down M. A,
Parkman.
Mrs. Zwfrn was driving i new car
and is only beginner at handling
the machine and luckily Mr.. Park
man was not injured TO any serious
extent.
Mr.. EArknaan made out an afhdaYii
IN Just1ef Harrons nre sterday
Charging her both ciyiIly and cri-
Eminally with reckless driving.
Today the case was compromised
! by Mrs. Zwirn paying Mr.. ParkmAn
$500 and settling the costs of the
court officers.
Police Are Vigilant in Detection Of
Auto Violators.
| @AAOA5 WIN IAO ACc1 tCCAuCuL6 uOI-
ed, Mayor r. S. Buffers court dock.
ct shows that Chief of Police ]. H
Case as well as his-policemen are
giving especial attention to viola.
tion of the auto laws within the city
Since last Friday fines and costs
have been imposed on the following
for the offenses named:-
j. d.. Arnold-Driving with cut.
out open. $500 and costs.
w. R. Driving with cut
out open. $1,000 and costs.
Herbert McGuffee - Speeding
$500 and costs.
w. A. Palmer, Buck Moore, Ell
bridge Applewhite, Rev. w. L
Spinks, James Bee.-Speeding $500
each and costs.
Johnnie Middleton and w. H. Sea
vey.-Driving to left of silent po
liceman. 500 and costs.