Kinston, Aug. 12—Mrs. D. Minnis of Hillsboro is in Parrott Memorial Hospital seriously injured, it is thought, and the other members of the automobile party, composed of Mrs. Minnis, her husband six children, were practically uninjured when the Ford automobile which Mrs. Minnis was driving went through the bridge at Oak Bridge crossing of the Neuse river, tore out a section of the iron railing and plunging downward to the dry river bottom land some 10 feet. It was understood that Mrs. Minnis had just taken the wheel some miles back to give her husband a rest and that when she got in the turn on the bridge, after making part of the curve, the steering wheel locked in some way and she was unable to stop the car before it hit the railing, tore out iron uprights, a section of wooden foot-railing and hurled it all to the river bed. The car appears to have turned over once and headed back towards the city, and must have hit on the side.
The top was torn to pieces, the front left wheel crushed but all four tires were still inflated. A jar of jam and other jars of preserves in the car were unbroken. Fishing poles fastened to the left of the car were intact. The front left fender and light were crushed, the radius rod was broken but otherwise the car appeared not badly damaged.
The occupants of the car were hurled out. Mrs. Minnis was scratched, bruised and lacerated and may have been internally injured. She was suffering great pain last night and it was thought best to wait till she became quieter and less nervous to take an X-ray. It is hoped that her injuries will prove less dangerous than first thought, and it is not believed that she will be found to be very seriously injured.
The other members of the party were practically uninjured. The children were merely scratched in a few places. The husband suffered a cut on his nose and no other cuts of any moment. The party were going to Morehead City for an outing. How they failed to escape death is the mystery that worried many who went to the scene of the wreck.
Some months ago a King car when over at about the same point and landed a few feet further towards the middle of the righter, a man breaking his leg. Evidently those who suffer accidents at this point in Lenoir county just have charmed lives.
The report that the car had gone over and two children were drowned was the first report had in town. The accident occurred at about 3 o’clock but few knew of it till around 5 o’clock.The occupants of the wrecked car were brought to the city immediately after the accident by a passing car.
From page 3 of the Goldston News, Aug. 13, 1924
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