Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — AUTOS IN HEAD END COLLISION [ARTICLE]

AUTOS IN HEAD END COLLISION

HIRAM DAY AND CLIFFORD PARKINSON HAVE CARS DAMAGED SUNDAY. The automobiles of Clifford Parkinson, of Pleasant Ridge, and Hiram Day, of Rensselaer, crashed together Sunday evening about 6 o clock o.i South McKinley avenue, with the result that both were quite badly damaged, the Parkinson car suffering the worst of the two. Mr. Day was driving an Overland and Mr. Parkinson a Maxwell. The radiators of both cars were badly damaged, the fenders smashed, the front axle _of the Parkinson car sprung and the lights of both cars smashed. Mr. Parkinson was coming in from Pleasant Ridge to catch the two young lads who had robbed his store during the afternoon and turned north on reaching McKinley avenue. Rex Warner was in iron of Mr. Parkinson and was also driving north. The Day machine was being driven south, Mr. Day being on his way to the Bedford farm. The Warner machine passed the Day car, but Mr. Parkinson was so close behind the Warner car that both he and Mr. Day were unable to see each other with the result that they ran into each other. It is not known who was at fault and probably one was as much to blame as the other for the accident.