Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-02
TWO CARS CRASH
HEAD ON TRYING
T0PASS 3RD auto
La Sale, Oct. 2.-(SpeciaD -Decapitated
by a bow of the top which caught her across the

N'~~oo A'ASAA NlANA NJ "a
bowski, l9, of La Sale,
was instantly killed at
l2:O5 this morning, and
two others were badly bruised in an
auto collision on the approach to the
Shippingspors bridge, south Of this
city.
The accident happened in three
machine mixup at a short distance
north Of the bridge while the drivers
We're speeding over the concrete bent
on reaching their homes as quickly
as possible
DINNERS, which were not discerni-
BILE to Gordon Mickey, driver of the
Chevrolet, in which Miss Grabowskf
met her tragic fate, are blamed for
the accident which resulted in a head
on collision as the two machines tried
to pass third car directly ahead Of
them.
The Occupants.
In the car with the DINNERS was
Richard Whenan, his wife, daughter
and two men, bound from La Sale to
Oglesby. In the car with Mckay and
the dead girl were Miss Alma Ross.
man, Robert Cody and Francis Kelly.
The third car, which was driven by
Joseph Abiila, of Ogesby, was the
one the two machines, one headed
north anu the other going south, tried
to pass when they came together
The impact was so great that the
top of the Mckay auto was torn from
it's fastenings and hurled back with
such violence that one of the bows, it
is believed, caught Miss Grabowski
on the forehead and took the top Of
her head almost completely off. The
other occupants OF the Chevrolet were
practically uniniured, although given
a bad shaking up
Mr. and Mrs. Whenan were both
badly bruised and knocked about and
were rushed to st. Mary's hospital.
where they continue as patients, al
though 1t is not expected there will
be any serious results from the mis-
hap. The people in the Abilla auto
were unhurt, and rushed to the aid
of the stricken people in the other
two machines.
Didn't See Car COMING.
According to young Mckay he tried
to pass around the Abilla auto Just
as the Whenan car came from the
south. The Whenan driver, he says.
turned down his lights to pass the
Abilla machine and he was unable to
see it as he turned out around to get
into the lead The instant he came
from behind the Ablla machine the
Whenan machine loomed out of the
darkness. A sickening crash follow
ed and the two autos locked head on
The top spun back from above their
heads and the next thing they knew
Miss GraboWski lay dead in the bot
tom of the auto. Neither car left its
wheels.
This afte rnoon Coroner Donoghue
impanelled a jury to conduct an in
quest in an attempt to fix RESPONSE
bility for the tragedy. Sheriff Ayers
was an interested spectator at the in
QUESTION. Il
Interurban Hits Auto.
Car No. 269 of the C., o & p rY
way collided with Durant toV2
car yesterday afternoon at aMdi-
o'clock while west bound on tMecut.
son street bridge over th4rge Of
The interurban car was iYonductor
Motorman Warner anYthe grade
Scott and had started the bridge
on the east approackaw the auto
when the motormSridge. Warner
coming east on Xut it was little
put on the braNeavy interurban car
too late and the little automobile.
smashed inHadiator i'll and smash
knocking flights, tenders and prob
ably dy
ment automobile was driven by
Ellina, of los Ridgewood ave-
* Joliet. ILL.,, who was accompan-
ID bv his brother, Tony, also OF JOLT
+ who resides on North Reed street.
he machine is the property OF the
p r Motor Co, of Marsellles,
gents for the Durant in this locaii-
y.
Ford Becomes Unruly.
Mrs John j. Pillion, of rs East
,uperior street, was unable to get her
1ord roadster under control last even
ne at about o'clock, the result De-
ng she smashed into street car
,efore she brought the auto to a stop.
rhe accident happened in a rather
peculiar way. Mrs. Pillion. who was
by two ladies', started
cast on Main street, after crossing the
Main street bridge and continued un-
til brought to sudden stop by MT
ting the lamp post in front of the /.
r. Godfrey grocery.
The first thing to get in the Ford's
wav was street car No. II, which was
standing on the switch on MAIN
street. In endeavoring to pass an