Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1917 — FORD CAR SMASHED UP [ARTICLE]

FORD CAR SMASHED UP

CAR DRIVEN BY ROSCOE REEDER UPSETS—OCCUPANTS ESCAPE. A Ford car, driven by Roscoe Reeder, turned turtle in front of B. T. Forsythe’s residence on East ington street at 6:30 Friday evening. The car turned completely over and all four wheels were pointing skyward when the finish came. Reeder was driving east with a couple of companions at a fair rate of speed, at the time of the accident, when the left front tire blew out. The car skidded on the oil which was recently placed on that street and crashed into the curbing, bouncing back into the street again and upsetting, pinning the three occupants of the car beneath it. Aid came quickly to their rescue and the car war lifted from them. The top of the car was up and this was probably the only reason that they did not receive more serious injuries. A survey of the car showed that it had suffered quite extensively. The top was a complete wreck, the windshield was broken off, the fenders were bent beyond repair, the radiator was smashed and the car was in a pretty bad condition throughout. The fact that none of the occupants received any more than a few slight bruises was a as they had no chance to get out of the machine. Drivers of machines should be more careful while the streets of our city are in such a slippery condition from the oil.

A car returning from the ball game on the newly oiled street across the river, skidded into the curbing and out again, turning half way around before stopping. If the car had been driven at a fast rate of speed it certainly would have suffered as much or more damage than the Reeder car.