The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
NINETEEN HURT
 IS AUTO TOLL
 HERE TUESDAY
None Of Victims Believed To Be Seriously
 Injured

Nineteen persons, ranging from q year-old baby to a middle-aged man, were injured in series of four automo- bile accidents in Birmingham Tuesday evening. One accident claimed eleven casualties, another four, and the third three victims. From initial examina- tons by hospital attendants none ot the mamed were seriously hurt.
 Eleven persons, two babies, seven women and two men, were severely bruised and lacerated when automo- piles said to have been driven by G. D. Blankenship and Fred Beavers, respec- lively, collided at the intersection Of Cotton avenue and Mcconnell street.
 The injured were:
 MT. and Mrs. G. D. Blankenship, 3026 Prince avenue, Fairview.
 Mrs. G. H. Davidson and her two babies of 3O26 Prince avenue, Fair view.
 Mrs. S. H. (Elizabeth) Cotrell of 3026 Prince avenue, Fairview.
 Mrs. D. Griffis 1919 Fifth avenue, Bessemer. o,
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Beavers 1920 Fifth avenue, Bessemer.
 Mrs. Ed Phelps 515 Fourteenth street, Bessemer.
 Mrs. John McLemore, 3O26 Prince street, Fairview.
 Mrs. Cotrell was probably the more seriously hurt of the II, attendants at tbel hospital stated. She, with Mrs. Blankenship, Mrs. Davidson and her babies and Mrs. McLemore were in the automobile driven by Mir. Blankenship The other injured people were driving with Mir. Beavers.
 The injured were removed to the Birmingham Baptist hospital in ambu- lances from Lige Loy's and Johns. | Examinations revealed numerous head and body bruises and lacerations. The accident is alleged to have oc' cured when the two cars met at the | intersection. Beavers is said to have been driving on the avenue towards the street and Blankenship coming up the street towards the avenue. The accident was being investigated by the police but no arrests had been made early Tuesday night. Both auto mobiles were demolished in the crash
 Young Girl Injured
 Frances Shaner, 2-year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Theodore Shaner, 24Od Tenth avenue, south, was seriously in jured, and Marjory Shaner, age 2C months, and her nurse, narrowly es' capped serious injury when an automo bile driven by Mrs. Shaner cOllided with truck driven by Robert Camp bell, negro, at Avenue F and Twenty fourth street, south.
 Frances Shaner was thrown through the windshield and the left side of the | verely lacerated. The baby and the nurse were thrown to the pavement but escaped with minor bruises.
 According to police reports the ngerc cut the corner on the wrong side of the street and struck the woman. He was placed under S20O bond. H. NJ. Seibert Hurt | Henry NJ. Seibert, foreman of th' Hardie- e-Tynes Manufacturing company was badly bruised when struck by q switch engine at the Green street cross ing of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad.
 Seibert, according to witnesses of tn, accident, had awaited the passing of , passenger train and had started acros the track when the engine, backin! into the yards, struck his car squarel. | III IHc wac 1N tally demolished and the wounded man when taken from the wreckage, was il a semi-conscious condition, appeareC seriously hurt. He was immediatel. rushed to the Birmingham General hos pital by an ambulance from Lige Loy' E where an early examination develope' that he had been but severely shaker | up.
 Seibert lives at 210 South Pear street and was on his way home at tn time of the crash. He was alone in tn machine.
 Four Men Hurt
 Four men were injured late last nigh when their automobile hit sand bee and turned over at Bessemer Highwa! and Woodward road. The injured were: Gordon Hale, 1902 SixteentI street. south. Donald Beggs, Peytol avenue Jack Fergerson, West End Jack Mccormick, Norwood, driver. Al received decorations and bruises.
 The deep sand at the intersection of the two roads is said to have throwr the car over a fifteen-foot embank nent, and pinned the occupants under meath in a ditch of water. Passing autoists brought the injured to Bir mingham hospital.
 JOHN DRINKWATER
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