Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1914 — RICHMOND AUTOES COLLIDED SUNDAY [ARTICLE]

RICHMOND AUTOES COLLIDED SUNDAY

Two Charles, of Remington, Met Head-On East of RemingtonConsiderable Damage. TWo Charles and two Richmonds met head-op-in the highway east of ■Remington Sunday. The Charles were Charles T. Denham and Charles H. Peck. The two Richmonds were two automobiles of that make. Mr. Peck was going east and Mr. Denham was going west. A buggy obscured one from the other. Just how it happened neither is just certain, it is said. Mr. Peck saw the impending danger and threw on his emergency brakes. His car slid along the ground. The Denham car hit it head-on and turned to one side and slid into the ditch. None of the occupants of the cars were ihjured but the cars themselves were badly damaged. One wheel was broken off Peck’s car and every spoke was broken out. Both axles were bent. Denham’s car was injured by having the steering wheel broken, the axles bent and other damage.