Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1910 — Bad Auto Wreck at Hammond Kills One and Injures Six. [ARTICLE]

Bad Auto Wreck at Hammond Kills One and Injures Six.

Peter Ripley, a popular young man at Hammond, lost his life in an automobile wreck Monday night and six others, five young men and one young lady, were somewhat injured. The automobile in which the seven were riding was a big Stoddard-Dayton, belonging to the Betz family. It was being driven by Irving Betz. Ripley was sitting in the seat with Betz. The young people had been over to Lake Front Park and were returning home at about 11 o’clock. Betz took up a high rate of speed as the car plied its way up Sheffield avenue. At a sharp jog in the road the auto struck a telegraph pole and Betz lost control of it. The car leaped over the street car track and into another telegraph pole and when it crashed into the third pole the big car turned over and went roiling down the embankment. Ripley had his neck broken and was pinned in the water beneath the car. The others were all more or less cut and bruised. Reckless driving was responsible for the terrible accident, which the Hammond Times describes as being one of the most shocking that ever occurred in that region. Leave your orders for fancy pineapples for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. JOHN EGER.