The Winslow mail., 1925-06-16
THREE YOUNG
MEN ESCAPE
DEATH BY VERY
CLOSE MARGIN

After taking what under most
circumstances would have resulted
in death plunge, three local boys
r. B. Tackett, Eddie Pooler and
Stanard Nesting, are nursing MANY
serious injuries as a result of an
accident which happened Saturday
night when the Ford coupe in
which they were riding left the
road to jump down a ten-foot en-
bankment and then roll thirty feet
into a ravine and a stream of
water. When found, the boys were
all three pinned under the machine.
Pooler and Tackett were both un-
conscious, Tackett being totally
submerged in the straem, and Nest
ing was able to keep only his head
out of the water. The wreck oc-
Cured on the road between McNary
and Springerville at about II
o'clock.
The three young men left Wins
low Saturday evening to be gone
over the weekend on a fishing
trip. They were accompanied by
Wallace Merrick and Bud Clark,
who were riding in another car.
Both cars were travelling at a high
rate of speed, as the boys were anx :
ious to reach camp, when the acci-
dent occurred and the Merrick car
was ahead. The first car had just
rounded a sharp curve in the road
and crossed a bridge that spanneG
the ravine, when the second car fol-
lowed, but instead of making a
sharp enough turn it missed the
bridge completely and went over
the bank. Merrick and Clark did
not see the accident, but missed the
car in few minutes and turned
back. AS it, happened, they were
in the nick of time, and while as
soon as Pooler and Nesting were
taken from the water both were
measure, Tackett was apparently
drowned, and it was some time be-
fore they had pumped the water
out of him sufficiently for him to
start breathing again He did not
regain consciousness, however, un-
til after he was taken to. the hos
pital at McNary.
Pooler received deep gashes over
both knees and suffered one badly
lacerated hand, besides other minor
injuries and bruises. Nesting also
received cuts on his knees and
hands and it is feared that he also
received a basal fracture, as his
head was badly hurt in the smash
up.
AS to the Ford coupe, it was a
total wreck as far as the body was
concerned. Every piece of glass in
it was shattered to nothing, and
the body itself was torn and
smashed out of shape. The ma
chine was brought in to Winslow
on it's own power, however, and
though there was nothing left to
steer with but two short pieces of
the spokes of the steering wheel,
the driver had no trouble in get
ting over the road at fair rate of
speed, which fact would be hard
to account for, except that the
machine is a Ford.
Tackett was left in the hospital at
McNary, as his condition was con-
sidered too critical for him to be
moved. A message from there
Monday afternoon, however, stated
that he was resting we'll, that nc
bones had been broken, and though
he was badly bruised, he would be
released from the hospital in three
or four days.
Pooler and Nesting were brought
into Winslow Sunday after they
had received first aid treatment al
the hospital. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Clark made the trip to bring the
boys home. 1t is reported that
Pooler's injuries promise to mene
without further trouble. Nesting
however, will be sent to the Santa
Fe hospital at Los Angeles as soor
as he is strong enough to make the