Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-02-16
.AtwoodNear Death
From Auto Accident

y e. . barber employed in the City
reg Shop. is lying at the point Of
BIge; IN the Elizabeth Sullivan Ne
deatn Hospital as the result Of in
Iloilai raaceived in an auto accident
junsII FrankIinton-Bogalusa High
q Sunday evening. Joe Hughes
W " hov for the N. o. G. N. Railroad
eau ~ with Mr.. Atwood at the
D sO[ If the accident, suffered a frac'
Insa sboulder and numerous scratch
tufsu md both narrowly escaped in
,.,ording to Rex Trigo, who in
SoUv with his mother and sister
eoni l the onIv witnesses to the near
Eeis .5v six miles this side of Frank
l Has the Ford car driven by At
ll. .J came down the hill at break
VIZ M eneed. The TrigO car, which
ls.A hroken down, was parked on the
We, WI sida of the road in order to al
is .l cars bound for Bogalusa to take
y" ss;gbt-of-way. Mr.. Trigo stated
~. Stwood was on the wrong side
.i y tbs road and evidently perceiving
cor too late attempted to twist
w ~ wheel of his machine to avoid
t9s ~ II The speed of the machine
my he hasty wrench tore the right
aI Nv from the spokes and the car
.,-ngad over the three-fOOt embank-
snt throwing both Atwood and
INCHES out. In plain view, the hor-
~ ewes Of the three witnesses saw
a. .l.1 ear plunging through the woods,
'-baeI suddenly and come back at the
- unconscious men lying in its path
~ appear to roll over Atwood where
4 stobped. the broken wheel securely
-.5gsd over a stump and the car
rsrtjv resting on Atwood's body.
Trigp at once rushed to the assist
~ n the man beneath the car, but
Al not recognize him because of the
HOOD which covered his face and
M He noted that the mans right
10 appeared to be held in a grotesque
position over the head, which
sgured him that the man was seri-
.onsly injured. The weight Of the
a. was held up, to a large degree, by
~ stump which was wedging the
sTgbt wheel, and Mr.. TrigO's efforts
q raise the machine from Atwood's
body we're unavalllng.
The opportune arrival of DelOs Jer-
rol and Percie Thomas Of Pine, who
we're motoring on the Highway, gave
M. Trigo the desired assistance, and
within a few moments the uncon-
ssious Atwood was lifted from the
wreckage and together with Hughes,
who had regained his senses, was car
RED to the Elizabeth Sullivan Memoir
sl Hospital for treatment. AtwoOd's
artificial limb helped considerably to |
lB The weight Of the car from his |
bsay.
Arriving at the hospital Atwood !
Nggned consciousness for a short |
tine, but was unable to give a CO. /
hFent statement regarding the acct !
dent. Hughes kept mumbling 81
told him to slow up, / told him TO I
slow up," and later said that they i
had seen the Trigo car and had in
tended to avoid it by sharp turn to !
Tie right.
Mr, Atwood had borrowed the use
q the Ford car earlier in the even
NC from Esco Knight, and in COM
gny with young Hughes motored to
tlanklinton. On their way out they
truck the new laid track, which
aosses the Highway near the gravel
Es and Hughes said that the car
lad jumped out of the road about
lRenty feet into the woods and that
Y received a deep cut on the side of
rs head from the accident. (.
The rest of the journey continued
Without mishap until the return trip
wen Atwood who was driving, in an
siiort to avoid hitting the Trigo car,
sioke the wheel of his car which sent
Ae machine tearing through the
woods. Il
NJ. Trigo who, with his mother
saa sister, had motored to FraSklin-
len early Sunday evening in his Chal-
Ies car, on the return trip lost (
pa out Of the universal joint and
IoPped the car on the left side ]
: y the road. A passing motorist was
S-lied and requested to phone from
slaahklinton to Bogalusa, asking for ;
tOw-in. Il
Ferceiving the Atwood car coming I
NEarde him Mr.. Trigo said that he t.;
ss going to flag it down and ask t
w. The occupants take word back
~. 9togalusa Of his plight, but seeing
~ 10y the car was coming too fast to
H. Jumped out of thu way just
y .- Ilae to avoid being hit, the front
no ..luer Of Atwood's Ford grazing the
~ ~ lender Of the Chalmers before I
IVA PsaOod turned the steering wheel. t
~ ~ mrs TrigO and her daughter t
Nv " IN the car at the time.
,.. a;swood has been in a number of /
r. .,oIS accidents in the past several I
s. ,..ns and was one of the occu- /
49, 49, OF the car at the time Dan Ma
~. ny was killed on the Covington v
~ Several months ago he fell r
"a me steps at the Armory and v
Y. etsufed his skull, from which he t
Oeeh recovered but a short time. s
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