Several People Hurt
Today by Falls
Several accidents, some of them serious, were reported today
as a result of the glaze that covered all out-doors and many automobiles are
reported out of commission. Before noon there were few cars on the streets.
An automobile driven by Mr. B.D. Williams of Charlotte was
smashed when it attempted to climb a telephone pole on Thirteenth avenue early
today. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. K.C. Menzies, had
started home and the machine had not left the driveway before the trouble
began. The car ran into a pole and two wheels were smashed.
Two automobiles were wrecked at the corner of Thirteenth
avenue and Seventeenth street this morning. They had hit the curbing. The upper
end of Main street was the most notable place for slipping and, as stated
elsewhere, several cars were on the side walk much of the morning.
Mr. Jesse Warlick was coming in rapidly from Forest Park
this morning and passed Mr. J.W. Shuford on Seventeenth street. Mr. Warlick
started back home without any effort on his part and despite his efforts to
proceed to town. He got here.
Mr. S.L. Whitener stepped out in his back yard this morning
with a bucket of water for his chickens. He slid but he makes the point that in
traversing 10 feet on his side he did not spill a drop.
The Record has mentioned elsewhere accidents to Miss Boney
and Mr. Deal. A college boy fell near the post office and was rendered
unconscious. No bones were broken.
There was a score of other accidents reported, but none of
them were of a serious nature.
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Mr. Deal’s Arm Broken
Mr. W.M. Deal fell this morning and broke his left arm in
two places while on his way to the Hickory Manufacturing Company, where he is employed.
It was a painful fall, but it is hoped he will recover promptly.
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Miss Boney’s Arm
Fractured in Fall
Miss Kathryn Boney of Lenoir, teacher of the fourth grade at
the North school, fell on the ice at the home of Mrs. W.R. Weaver this morning
and sustained a fracture of the left wrist that will keep her indoors for a few
days. Dr. Rowe was summoned and carried her to the Richard Baker hospital where
an X-ray examination disclosed a slight fracture.
Miss Boney fell down 10 steps and suffered injuries that
were painful. Her left arm is badly swollen and the shake-up was severe on her
nerves, but it is expected that she will be able to resume her teaching in a
few days.
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Hickory People Have
Rough Walking
Hickory men and women walked gingerly today—an you might
have seen pa come steppin, high, which was not his walk the way—to paraphrase
what a famous poet sang years ago for J.P. Caldwell. There was a reason, and
nuf sed after you have ventured out on the streets yourself.
But for the benefit of those persons who have not tried to
negotiate a high set of steps, or have not tried to make an uphill pull, or
essayed to keep a car on the street, it is necessary to elucidate. It is
absolutely essential that the reporter make his remarks clear, that he use
words to denote and connote certain shades of blue, white and black, in order
that those who have been compelled to remain at home and have missed the ups
and downs of locomotion on the streets may be left in no doubt of his meaning.
The genesis of this story began, some say, about 10 o’clock
last night when nature, in sifting the elements, tried to make snow and failed.
The result is what your boy and girl call sleet, and what you might call it
during a lapse of the tongue, but what the specialists in charge of the weather
bureau at Washington denominate as glaze. For the purpose of this story, we
shall call it glaze in order not to take issue with anybody.
It glazed all right or all wrong, as the case may be. If you
had been standing on the corner of Main street and Thirteenth street this
morning about 8 o’clock, you might have seen a few automobiles and trucks
skating around the corner and incidentally climbing on the sidewalk and bumping
into the battery station there. As fast as a car pushed up on the sidewalk,
somebody helped it off. One man who came down Thirteenth avenue in a new
machine said he spun round a dozen times and thought he was in a top.
Many children were having good times, but some were
indulging in a practice that was liable to prove serious. They were swinging
onto automobiles, which were likely to slip and crush a little body. Parents should
caution their children to keep away from cars at all times, especially during a
glaze like that of this morning.
Among those falling on the streets this morning were school teachers.
Several persons were seriously hurt.
The weather man promised snow for the western end of the
state last night and rain today, and the indications early this morning were
both.
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From the Lincolnton News, as reprinted in the Hickory Daily News, Jan. 7, 1920
Seriously Injured
When Struck by Automobile
Mr. A.G. Stewart, who lives near Lookout Shoals, was
seriously hurt Tuesday morning when he was struck by an automobile owned by
Rev. S.L. Cathey, and driven by Mr. T.W. Springs of Mount Holly. The accident
occurred at Stony Point. Mr. Stewart suffered a dislocated hip and internal
injuries. He was sent to Long’s Sanatorium in Statesville for treatment. It is
believe that he will recover.
Mr. Stewart had left his team beside the road with his small
son. The horses became frightened. Mr. Stewart, hurrying to the team, emerged
from behind a pile of crossties into the road directly in front of the
automobile. He was struck before the car stopped. Mr. Springs was accompanied
in the car by Mr. Cathey. The injured man is 34 years of age. He has a wife and
several children.
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