Sunday, May 26, 2019

Burke County Men Never Made It to Trial, May 26, 1919

From the Hickory Daily Record, May 26, 1919

Burke County Men Hurt in Accident

Several Burke county men, driving a Ford, were more or less painfully injured this morning shortly before 9 o’clock when their car turned around and over about midway between the Hickory Spinning Company and Hildebran. The men were en route to Newton to attend the trial, but all said when their injuries were being dressed here by Dr. O.L. Holler that they were as near Newton as they expected to be this day.

Ed Britton was driving the machine and he sustained the worst injuries of any of the party. He suffered two broken ribs. G. Cornelius Abernethy had both bones broken in his arm; Charlie Stephens suffered cuts on the ear and face; Everett Britton sustained injuries about the face, and J.B. Britton was hurt in the shoulder.

It was said that the steering apparatus went wrong as the car was making a short turn. Mr. Ed Britton, who was driving it, said the machine turned around and then piled up on top of the party.

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