Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-09
HIGHWAY DUST
CAUSE OF MANY
AUTO MISHAPS
Traffic Dust FOgs on Roads
Make Travelling EX-
tremely Hazardous.

Drouth of the past two weeks was
responsible for extreme conditions in
this section.
Besides the practical drying up of
pasture lands due to lack of rainfall,
the problem of travel on the high
ways was one of acute hazard.
On the lately improved and recently
surfaced roads radiating out of this
city the finely crushed rock used for
this purpose was reduced to a fine
powder by constant tourist and local
traffic
In the evening when no air was stir
ring, a pail of white fog hung sus-
pended in the road to height of pos
sibly 20 feet Al this time of the day
traffic is largely local, and each pas
sing car added to the volume of the
dust cloud until vision of the high
way was completely obscured. COnse-
quently several accidents last week
were the result of this condition.
The Platteville fair was in progress
last week, and congestion on the high
ways, especially the trunk lines lead
ing to that city, accounted for several
auto mishaps reported in that section.
Besides many narrowly averted
ter only one resulted disastrously to
the machines and minor injuries to
occupants.
Hunsacker Hit by Tourist
AL Hunsacker of this city, has been
carrying his arm in a sling since last
Wednesday when his car was side
swiped by a car bearing a Texas Ii
cense plate, on the road near the
Snyder farm southeast of this city
about three miles.
His car, a practically new Oak
land, is almost total loss.
Mr.. Hunsacker, in company with
spot Wayne, who was driving, was
on the way to Platteville in the early
part of the evening last Wednesday,
when, at a wide curve about mile
beyond the county farm, the driver OF
a heavy car, either misjudged his
speed and distance in making the turn
on the inside of the curve and side
swiped the Hunsacker car with ter
rife force, tearing away the front
wheel, both doors and crumpling the
rear wheel as though of pasteboard.
Luckily no one was seriously in
iured. Besides a bad Jolt to his Shout
der, a wound on Mr.. Hunsacker's arm
appears to have been caused by
puncture, possibly by one of the
gpokes of his steering wheel, the grip
of which had been shattered from the
spokes by the force of the impact.
The driver of the Texas car was
cut slightly about the head.
Both cars were towed to this city
and stored in local garages awaiting
possible salvage. SCI
Taxi Driver Hits Car =
Andy Welsh, who was called to take
the occupants of the Texas car which
hit Mr. Hunsacker, to Bloomington
where they were enrOute to visit rel
atives. struck the car of John Joyce
of Beetown, at Five Points on his way
back. He was following in the dust
of car and was just pulling out to
go around, when Mr.. Joyce came out
of the fog. Both were going slow and
not mach damage resulted.
\. l.. Norton In Jam
At the approach of car racing
beyond the speed limit on the Union
road east of town Thursday evening,
A. L. Norton of this city who was driv-
A. l.. Norton of this city who was driv-
pulled his machine over to the side
of the road astride the gutter and
stopped.
Out of the swirling fog raised by
the passing of the speeders came Or
vile Ellis, farmer, living east OF
town, confused in direction by the
cloud of dust and struck the corner
of the radiator of Mr.. Norton's car.
Mr.. Ellis was not going fast and
the damage to either machine was not
serious. While Mr.. Ellis was the I'M
fortunate victim of circumstances ere
ated by the speed maniacs in the rae
ing machine, he graciously assumed
responsibility for the damage resulting
! to Mr. Norton.
Travelling Man Hits Wagon
Charles Gilbert of this city, was
driving his truck wagon on the Bee
town road about three miles west of
/ town last Wednesday when travel
/ ing salesman shattered the dust from
the wheels of his vehicle with the fen.
ders of his car.
To escape the fog of dust stirred up
by car he was following the sales
man started to go around. Lady Luck
guided the car and no damage aside
from bent fender resulted.