Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-10
EACH CLAIMS OTHER CAUSED ACCIDENT
IN MOUNT VERSUS ROSS DAMAGE SUITS
HEARD IN SUPERIOR COURT WEDNESDAY

ed the fact as proof that while the
frame of the car was badly broken
and should have been replaced, he
had had it repaired instead.
Upon cross examination he declar-
ed that the tracks of the Ross car
showed plainly that the Ross car was
hugging the turn. His own car was
hardly moving at the time of the
accident as he had been going slow
| ly down the hill and had applied his
breaks the minute he saw the Ross
car. He had endeavored to turn his
car down this sharp curve in order
to clear the Ross car but had been
unable to.
Accident Victim Tcstiflcs
Mrs. Mount was then called to the
stand. She testified substantially as
did her husband regarding the acct
dent. She said that her nose was
badly cut and she was knocked I'M
conscious by the collision. She was
at that time employed at the shoe
factory and lost day and a half
then. She went back 20 work but
had very bad headaches and at the
advice of a physician stopped work
after two weeks. She has since been
under a doctors care.
Peter McGovern OF Farmingdale,
testified that he was driving along
within two cars length of Ross at the
time of the accident and slowed
down to allow Ross to make the
turn as he knew thet Ross was go
ing up Bridge street. He did not
hear either car sound a horn. He
saw the accident. and stopped his
car at once, going back to the scene
of the trouble. He did not stay long
a hn ho1 1xt,t
his dinner. He thought that Ross
! had Rugged the turn pretty close
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DR.. A. w. Strout of Gardiner was
then called and testified as to the ma
ture of the injuries sustained by Mrs.
Mount at the time of the accident. He
stated that the scar which resulted
would be permanent. He also said
that she was suffering from nervous
shock, and while he thought that she
was now all right to do light work,
she was not yet in condition to resume
her work at the shoe factory.
Mrs. Myra Shaw of Gardiner testi-
fed that Ross shot up around the cor
ner suddenly and the cars came to a
stop on the, upper side Of Bridge
street. Mount at the time Of the COL
lision had almost stopped his car. She
heard no horn blown.
William II. Hinckley OF Gardiner,
who lives at the intersection Of these
two streets. said that he heard the
noise and saw the cars come together.
The road at the time was In good con-
dition. The Ross car stopped about
where the silent policeman used TO be
which was near the center OF Bridge
street and near the edge Of Main ave.
nue.. He testified to the position OF the
cars, as did Fred Heath, who also
lives near the intersection Of the
streets.
Thomas w. Dick. who repaired the
frame of the car, said that 1t was SO
badly bent that there was not over
two feet Of straight metal on either
side. In fact when he told Mount that
he could hx It his helpers laughed at
him. He declared that while he could
and did make It serviceabIe, 81 was i'm
possible to make the frame as good as
new. William E MalIoney testified as
to the position OF the cars.
Ross Claims Mount Struck HE Car
The plaintiff closed his case at this
point and the defendant took the stand.
He declared that he was going home
to dinner and that before making the
turn he had sounded his horn ana
shifted from high to second gear a.
the hill is pretty steep and he could
thus get over 1t without driving fast.
He made . wide curve and was upon