Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-12-04
Auto Owned by. Troy, Maine
Man Somersaults at Man
chester-O Occupants Penned
Beneath It-Three Cars In
Odd Mix.up on Bangor Road
Car Collides With Trolley
Car-No Casualties


A dealer in non-skid appliances
might have found ready market at
the top Of Rhines Hill last evening
from about half past five O'Clock un-
til late at night. At one time half a
dozen cars were sliding about prom
iscuously. Several tried in vain to
climb the hill and slid back into the
c,,rbing on the west side. A number
CT narrow escapes from collisions
were marked through cars going
down the hill becoming unmanageable
7, as others were coming up the grade.
The hill was so tricky that an Of
| ficer was stationed at the top to stop
| all cars and warn the drivers to put
! on their chains and drive slowly as
| they went down the incline. Even
with the chains many cars slid ten,
twenty and even thirty feet at a time
with the rear wheels dragging-A
number sidled broadside down the
grade.
The conditions on Rines Hill en-
| pnasiZed the need o ia curbing or
iron rail on the east side of Gage
street at the top of the hill as it was
easily conceivable that A car coming
down the hill might become unmana-
! eeable and slide with great force into
the railing on that side Should this
nc overridden there would be sheer
droy to the Maine Central tracks
twenty or thirty feet below.
| Conditions on ConyS hill were
equally as bad and mere too, many
cars narrowly escaped coming to
grief.
Large Number of Minor Accidents
Reports were current in this city
Sunday night that there We're from
six to twenty four autoes in the
bitches on the state road between
this city and Watelville, and condi-
tons on the Winthrop road were
much the same. Despite tho numer-
Gus minor auto accidents which oc-
Cured due to the slippery condition
CT the roads, up to a late hour last
night no emergency auto cases had
been brought to the Augusta Gen
eral Hospital.
| From Saturday until Monday SEEM
ed an ill-fatcd day for motor vehi-
cles even before the snow fell and an
unusually large number of mishaps
were reported in that period.
| At one o'clock Saturday afternoon,
u Chevrolet touring car driven by
John Nutter of East Chestnut street,
in which Mrs. GIDEON Hallowell was a
passenger, turned into Eastern Az
enue. from Stone street and collided
with an Overland car driven by
Charles Meme of Thomaston. Both
| cars were thrown 10 the dithc in
front of the harrington school from
tie force of the impact. The front
/ wheels of both machines were brok-
en-, and bodies badly crumpled None
OF those in the two cars was injured.
Auto SomersauIts At Manchester
One of the narrowest escapes from
death or serious injury reported was
i that of f. W. Thompson of Troy,
Maine, and party, whose light touring
car left the road at a point about so
yards west of the post office at Man
chester Forks going toward Winthrop.
The car turned somersault and land
: ed in deep ditch bottomside up, pin
ming all the occupants beneath it.
The accident happened at 1130 Sun
day morning, and the Augusta bound
car from Winthrop reached the spot at
almost the exact time of the mishap.
Conductor r. A. Linscott stopped the
car at once and rushed to the aid of
| ,>;x
When he first saw the wreck, only Mr..
Thompson's army was visible from be-
meath the machine. With the aid of
motorists and Passengers on the troll
| ley, the Ford was raised and it's occu-
pants released.
| With Mr.. Thompson at the time of
the accident was his daughter, Miss
Rodora Thompson; his aunt. Mrs. H. B.
! Seavey, and daughter Miss Dorothy, of
Auburn: and Miss Inez knowlton Of
| Pittslield. The party was on it's way
to Auburn from Troy.
| Miss Knowlton was suffering some
what from shock and was taken at
once to the post office at Manchester,
whore DR.. +. H. Badger of Winthrop
! gave medical attention. No bones
were broken, and not one of the party
suffered any injuries aside from minor
! bruises and cuts.
! The car was badly crumpled and the
! top demolished. 1t was removed to the
| garage at Manchester. Miss Knowl-
ton had so far recovered that the en-
tire party was able to leave for their
respective homes shortly after 2
o'clock.
! Series Mishaps in Riverside
| An accident Of peculiar nature,
eventually involving four cars, oc-
CURED about $50 Sunday afternoon in
front of the Frank Morgan farm at
| Browns Corner, about seven miles from
this city on the East River road. 1t is
understood that Ford car driven by
Paul Radsky Of Augusta was hit by a
REQ car said to have been driven by
Joe Carron of this city. The driver of
the REQ, in attempting to pass Mr.
Radsky's car. bit the Ford in such a
manner that it was completely over
turned and the larger car thrown
against telegraph pole swapping it
off. Both cars were going toward Au-
gusta. 1t was said that a woman in
I the REQ was severely cut but this could
not be substantiated last night. Both
cars were badly damaged
About 10 minutes later a Ford coupe
driven by Peter Carey Of this city. 60
ing toward Waterville, stopped at the
scene Of the above accident so that the
occupants might view the wreck. A
Hudson car driven by Charles Bilo-