Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-18
ONE MAN IS KILLED.;
TWO NURSES ARE
HURT IN ACCIDENT

E. MILLEDGEVILLE. Ca, Oct. Is
A big touring car filled with nurses
from the state sanitarium, plunged
over a steep embankment near here
Saturday. A. B. Berry, driver of
the car, sustained a broken neck, and
was instantly killed. Miss Ruby
Hoover is seriously injured. doctors
stating that she has little chance to
recover. Other injured are Miss
Gertrude Ham and Miss Mabel Nc
Donald, nurses at the state SAM
tarium. L. P. Grant, of Atlanta, was
not injured. Three other nurses es-
capped injury. The car was trying
to pass another automobile when 1t
ran over the embankment.
2, The big seven-passenger car turned
turtle over a thirty-foot embankment
about one-half mile from the state
sanitarium. Mr.. Berry was prac-
: tica1ly dead when picked I'D within
, three minutes after the accident. He
s 10 Q resident of Milledgeville and
operator of o taxicab service.
= At the time the accident took place.
: Berry was trying to pass another
automobile. driven by Mrs. j. T.
Hollis. AS the two cars lined UP
side by side. the man who lost his
life In ths race steered a little too
: far to the left, it Is said, and the
car plunged over the embankment.
:. The tragedy was on highly i'm
proved road, an avenue leading out to
the state sanitarium. The touring
car was being driven by Mr.. Berry.
+ Besides the three young ladies Sc
riously injured, there were three 9TH
? or passengers in the car, L. P. Grant,
Of Atlanta; Miss Cora Binford, of
: Monticello, Ga, and Miss Susan
Hyde, of Milledgeville, the two lat
ter young ladies being nurses in
training at the sanitarium. None OF
these latter three named were in
: jursd to any considerable extent.
Miss Mcdonald, whose home Ii In
Florida, La O member OF the class
= Of graduate nurses to receive diplo-
mas next Wednesday while Miss Ham
was in training at the nurses
school. Miss Hams home Is at Still
luOESs 1siss A1lo G44GS S'S~ -
q. ident Of Baldwin county.
According to physicians at the
state sanitarium Miss Gertrude ham
may die at any time from serious
internal injuries and Misses Mabel
Mcdonald and Ruby Hoover Will
hardly survive the night. The three
young ladies were pinned beneath
the automobile when landing, down
the lengthy embankment.
AS the well-loaded machine land
ed down the steep embankment. the
stopped. Mrs. Hollis had in the car
with her four other young ladies
and three of the number remained
at the scene Of the tragedy while
Mrs. Hollis and one Of her compan-
ions hurried to. the state sanitarium
nurses. Misses Mcdonald. Hoover
and Ham have been totally uncon-
scious since they were picked up
from the wreckage. Miss Mcdonald
suffered broken leg and arm besides
other serious injuries, while Misses
condition as the result Of internal in
juries. None Of the occupants of the
wrecked automobile escaping without
serious injuries are able to- tell Just
exactly how the wreck happened.
They say the driver of the machine
was attempting TO pass another car
when the accident took place.
MAN KILLED IN JAM
-.,- IN COLLEGE PARK
W. A. Waller, f1fty-eight years old,
of Red Oak, Ga, was killed at $50
o'clock Saturday afternoon when he
was hurled from an automobile in
which he was riding on Virginia ave-
nue., College Park. He was thrown
head first against a telephone pole
and sustained a broken neck.
- According to witnesses, Mr.. Waller
was riding with his son. There was
car ahead of them and one be-
hind. The appearance of a fourth
car on the scene caused a jam and
in an endeavor. to avoid a collision
the driver of the car in which Mr..
Waller was riding turned sharply
and struck the curbstone causing one
of the forward wheels to crumple
and threw Mr.. Waller headlong into
a telephone pole.
The injured man was placed in an
automobile and rushed to the home
Of DR.. G. r. Adams. but he died be-
fore arriving there. He Is survived
by four sons, J. H, w. A, J. w. and
r "A. Waller, and five daughters, Mrs.
Fannie Hopkins. Mrs. M. J. Green, Mrs.
T. A. Sanford, Mrs. J. w. Hanson and
Mrs J. s. Oras. The body was TAX
en- to the chapel of A. c. Hamperley,
at East Point. and notice Of funeral
ARRANGEMENTS will be made later,