The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-06
HOLIDAY MARKED
BY TWO SERIOUS
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Four Persons In Hospitals AS A
Result of Wrecks at Deep Creek
Lake and Red House

, Labor Day weekend in Garrett
county with travel activity at its
highest peak since the war began.
1t was the first holiday in four
years without gas restrictions, and
hundreds of automobiles were on the
| highways.
At Red House on Monday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ashford, of Ak
ron, Ohio, riding on a motorcycle,
were allegedly crowded off the high
way by car driven by Erwin Stanley
Bittinger, of Bobtown, Pa, and were
! critically injured when the vehicle up
set.
All were travelling east on route so
and as Bittinger endeavored to pass
the motorcycle another automobile APP
preached in the opposite direction.
Mrs. Ashford was very seriously in
jured and her husband suffered a
broken leg and other injuries. Both
were taken to Potomac Valley hos
pital, Keyser, W. Va, in Leighton's
ambulance, where the former remain
ed in an unconscious condition.
Bittinger, at preliminary hearing
before magistrate H. A. Loraditch,
was placed under 81 900 bond, pending
the outcome Of the injuries. The acct
dent was investigated by Corporal
Thomas Currie, of the State police.
Cars Collide at Deep Creek
Two persons were admitted and two
others treated in Memorial hospital,
Cumberland, early Sunday morning
for injuries suffered when they re
ported a car crashed against the rear
Of the automobile in which they were
riding near Stone Tavern, Deep Creek
Lake about l o'clock a. m.
They were Mrs. Fannabelle Doub,
80, wife Of Albert A. Doub, Jr., Of
Cumberland, and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William R. Offutt, of Oakland,
admitted for treatment Of brush burns
Of the body, slight conclusion and
possible other injuries.
Mrs. Leona S. Hess, As, wife of
Powell 7. Hess, Cumberland, who suf-
fered a deep cut on the head and
brush burns Of the body was also ad-
mitted. Both were resting comfortably.
The driver of the car, Powell T.
Hess was treated for a hand injury,
! while Albert A. Doub, Jr., was treated
for shoulder injury. Both of the
ladies were riding in the back seat of
the car. They were taken to Cumber-
land in the Bolden ambulance.
According to reports the motorists
did not hear the approach of the car
from behind which Corporal Thomas
Currie, who investigated, said was
driven by Robert A. Storey, of Nc
Henry, a soldier recently returned
from England. The Cumberland car
was travelling south on route 219 and
! was preparing to leave the highway
into the driveway on the right, at
Stone Tavern. The impact of the on
rushing car demolished both machines
and upset the Cumberland car.
Storey, at preliminary hearing be-
fore Magistrate Loraditch, was held
under $500 bond for his appearance at
a trial sometime next week on charges
of reckless driving and operating a
motor vehicle without any license
tags.
Holiday Observed Quietly
Other than these two accidents, the
holiday period was observed rather
quietly in this area. There was no
Labor Day picnic at Oakland, but
hundreds of people had come to the
lake to spend Sunday and Monday. A
severe storm ON Saturday night cooled
off the area tC a considerable extent,
and many visitors and campers were
compelled to forcgo their swim in the
lake. The temperature dropped to AZ
degrees on Monday morning but it
warmed up during the day, and it was
much warmer on Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Hotels and boarding houses at Oak
land and Mt. Lake Park were filled to
| capacity but there was a general exo-
dus following the holiday period.