Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1915 — Ray Thompson and Harve Moore in Automobile Accident. [ARTICLE]

Ray Thompson and Harve Moore in Automobile Accident.

While returning from a business trip southeast of Rensselaer Thursday evening about 6:30 o’clock, R. D. Thompson and Harve Moore met with an automobile accident about a half mile north of the Oscar IHauter farm. - Ray, who was at the wheel, had taken his tobacco from his. pocket and w r as in the act of replacing it when the car got partly off onto the dirt road at the west of the macadam track and in attempting to pull back to the hard road, Ray's coat sleeve seems to have caught the throttle and threw it wide open. The car skidded and in a moment was turned bottom up, with Ray pinned underneath by the steering wheel, which was across his face. Moore had jumped out and escaped with a slight cut on the, head and a sprained back. He attempted to pull Ray from under the car but was unable to raise it enough to get him out, so he blocked it up somewhat with a hammer, by standing the latter on end, and ran back to the Hauler place, shouting for help. He secured assistance and they went back to-the car and pulled Mr. Thompson' from underneath. The latter was able to walk, and was brought home by “Frenchy” Deschand, who had taken Dr. Washburn, who had been summoned by telephone, out to the scene. While Ray’s nose was scratched up somewhat, it was not believed that ho was seriously hurt. They were driving Mr. Thompson’s Ford car, with the top down, and had not yet lighted the lamps, although it was quite dusk, and this fact, no doubt, had something to do with the accident, as the driver could not see the road clearly.

Scott Chesnut, while trying out Dick Wood’s Ford automobile at an early hour yesterday morning, went in the ditch out near the Horace Daniels place north of town. Chesnut had been working on the car practically all night and had taken it out about 6 o’clock to try it. He was running along perhaps at 20 miles an ohur or better when one of the rear tires came off and the wheel broke down and the car went into the ditch. Chesnut was not in jured in any way.